25 Times White Actors Played People Of Color And No One Really Gave A S**t

From: Huffington Post

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 Katharine Hepburn 

as 

Jade

Film

"Dragon Seed" (1944) is a film set during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Jade is a Chinese woman that leads her village to fight against Japanese invaders. 

Character's Background

Again, Jade is a meant to be a Chinese woman living in a small village in China. 

Actress' Background

Katharine Hepburn was not Chinese, or of Asian-descent. The American-born actress was of mixed-European descent.