This doesn't make sense. If it's an accepted form of comedy, and has been so for a century...why wouldn't it be included in films and television? And if you understand it's comedy and not a commentary on your sexuality, why would you have a problem with it? The impression I get is that certain (not all) black performers view it as a commentary on their sexuality. And in terms of pressure sure, if the script says xyz and you say you aren't doing it (and don't have the cache to do so)....why wouldn't there be some pressure? You're stalling the production at that point.
You cannot simutaneously argue "it's different for white guys" and "they don't put dresses on white guys" btw. Which is the problem I have. People just being dumb and saying anything. And when they get proven wrong they start moving goal posts.
Not only have men portrayed women in acting roles for HUNDREDS of years (longer, even, but there are tons of examples in recent history) across cultures, in many cases women weren't even ALLOWED to act as women. This is FACTUAL from the agora to Kabuki to the present day. It's insane. Let's also conveniently ignore the fact that many of the greatest military outfits throughout history that cats love to big up (Spartans, samurai) not only strictly prohibited female contact, but actively encouraged homosexual engagement. According to Cali brehs the men in indigenous tribes wear slacks, though no explorer ever has happened upon one. Remember the hieroglyphics of pharaohs in pants? Right. Did brehs not do the research on high heels, and that they were invented for men who didn't want to get their pants dirty? It's not fukking wild for Joe to say all this shyt and then talk his mani/pedi shyt?
Hollywood is a dirty place. Not one person's hands are fully clean. They make the sausage, nikkas can decide whether or not they want to read The Jungle.