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This is a photo collage I made of some of Tim Burton's racial diversity in his films as a rebuttal to ridiculous, ignorant ugly claims on the internet that Tim Burton is a racist. A true racist wouldn't cast African Americans, etc. in any positive roles as good professional intelligent people and in positions of authority. Tim Burton's films do not portray an all-white and only-white worldview. Tim Burton's Addams Family are Latino, and even Tim Burton's first live-action film Hansel and Gretel (1983) had an entirely Asian cast.

Tons of actual racists refuse to even touch other races. For example, Jerry Lee Lewis wouldn't even shake African American Jimi Hendrix's hand. Tim Burton met Prince at Paisley Park studios and had Prince visit the set of the Batcave.

Tim Burton has been the victim of character assassination. Character assassination is an attempt to tarnish a person's reputation. Slander, gossip, snarky insults and mockery. Because Tim Burton is an old school white American male over 50 whom doesn't regularly post on the internet, and has always been a socially awkward introvert, he's an easy target. Some people on the internet love to falsely accuse racism where there is none.
For clickbait, Bustle website entertainment editor Rachel Simon vilified Tim Burton and basically insinuated that Tim Burton is a racist for having a predominately racially Caucasian cast in Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016), which is an adaption of the Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children novels by Ransom Riggs which feature photos of racially Caucasian children on the novels, there are pictures of the majority of main characters on the novels, but yet, Tim Burton's film adds African American Samuel L. Jackson. Tim Burton said, "Nowadays, people are talking about it [racial diversity in films] more. Things [roles] either call for things, or they don’t [meaning certain roles either call for certain racial actors, or they don't faithfully suit the character]. I remember back when I was a child watching The Brady Bunch and they started to get all 'politically correct,' like, 'Okay, let’s have an Asian child and a black' [the "Kelly's Kids" (1974, season 5) episode], I used to get more offended by that [The Brady Bunch's "social consciousness" was superficial, wooden, self-righteous and preachy parenting], than just... I grew up watching blacksploitation movies [Shaft (1971), Super Fly (1972), Foxy Brown (1974) etc.], and I said, 'That’s great,' I didn’t go like, 'Okay, there should be more white people in these movies.'..."
Rachel Simon baited Samuel L. Jackson about being the only African American in the film. Samuel L. Jackson said, "I had to go back in my head and go, 'How many black characters have been in Tim Burton movies?' And I may have been the first, I don’t know, or the most prominent in that particular way, but it happens the way it happens. I don’t think it’s any fault of his or his method of storytelling, it’s just how it’s played out. Tim’s a really great guy."
www.bustle.com/articles/186641…

Tim Burton explained why he added the Barron character into Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016): "Well, it's because I've always wanted to work with Sam Jackson! That was the first thing. It just felt like he's got such power, he's got such a presence, Sam, as a person and it was just a dream for me to work with him and then just what he brought to it. I remember when the first time he came on to the set with his look and his white eyes... I was like, 'Wow, that's cool'... next year's Halloween costume come to life. He's just one of those actors who's willing to go for it and try anything and had a real strength about him."
www.buzzfeed.com/kimberleydadd…

A list of racial diversity in Tim Burton's films:
Asian Andy Lee as Hansel in Hansel and Gretel (1983).
Asian Alison Hong as Gretel in Hansel and Gretel (1983).
Asian Jim Ishida as the father of Hansel and Gretel in Hansel and Gretel (1983).
Asian David Koenigsberg as Dan Dan the Gingerbread Man in Hansel and Gretel (1983).
Asian Michael Yama as the stepmother of Hansel and Gretel and as the Wicked Witch in Hansel and Gretel (1983).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAbAd4…
Jewish Paul Reubens [born Paul Rubenfeld] as Pee-wee Herman in Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985), as Penguin Oswald Cobblepot's father in Batman Returns (1992) and as the voice of Lock in The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
African American Starletta DuPois as Sgt. Hunter in Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985)
African American Daryl Keith Roach as Chuck the bike shop owner in Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985)
Jewish Diane Salinger as Simone in Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985) and as Penguin Oswald Cobblepot's mother in Batman Returns (1992)
African American James Earl Jones as Genie of the Lamp and Genie of the Ring in the Faerie Tale Theatre episode "Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp" [1986, season 5]
Jewish Winona Ryder [born Winona Horowitz] as Lydia Deetz in Beetlejuice (1988), as Kim Boggs in Edward Scissorhands (1990), as Elsa Van Helsing in Frankenweenie (2012) and as Wax Girl in the "Here with Me" music video directed by Tim Burton for the Killers band (2012)
Japanese Asian Adelle Lutz as Beryl in Beetlejuice (1988)
Mexican American Patrice Martinez as the Afterlife Receptionist in Beetlejuice (1988)
African American J. Jay Saunders as a moving man in Beetlejuice (1988)
African American Tony Cox as the Netherworld Reverend in Beetlejuice (1988)
The African American Voodoo Witch Doctor that shrinks heads in Beetlejuice (1988)
Jewish Robert Wuhl as Gotham City investigative reporter Alexander Knox in Batman (1989)
Jewish Lee Wallace as Gotham City Mayor William Borg in Batman (1989), based on Jewish New York City 1978-1989 Mayor Ed Koch
African American Billy Dee Williams as Gotham City District Attorney Harvey Dent in Batman (1989)
African American Louis St. Juste as a Gotham City public official in Batman (1989)
African American Anthony Wellington as a Gotham City Patrolman Robert in Batman (1989)
African American Leon Herbert as a Gotham Globe reporter friend of Alexander Knox in Batman (1989)
African American Lachele Carl as a Gotham City TV news technician in Batman (1989)
Singapore Asian Philip Tan as a Joker Goon in Batman (1989)
Chinese Asian Master Sken Kaewpadung as a Joker Goon Swordsman in Batman (1989)
African American Clive Curtis as a Joker Goon in Batman (1989)
Chinese Asian Vincent Wong as one of Gotham City's crimelords in Batman (1989)
Italian Joel Cutrara as one of Gotham City's crimelords in Batman (1989)
African American Dick Anthony Williams as Burbank California Police Officer Allen in Edward Scissorhands (1990)
African American Robert Gossett as a Gotham City TV news reporter in Batman Returns (1992)
African American Marlon Wayans was cast by Tim Burton as Robin for Batman Returns (1992) but Warner Bros obviously wanted a white Chris O'Donnell Robin
Italian Danny DeVito was cast by Tim Burton as the Penguin Oswald Cobblepot in Batman Returns (1992), also cast as a gambler in Mars Attacks! (1996), as circus ringmaster Amos Calloway in Big Fish (2003) and as circus manager Medici in Dumbo (2019)
Italian Vincent Schiavelli as the Organ Grinder of the Red Triangle Circus Gang in Batman Returns (1992)
Jewish Danny Elfman as the singing voice of Jack Skellington, also the voice of Barrel and the voice of the Clown with the Tear-Away Face in The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993), as the voices of the Oompa Loompa's in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), and as the voice of Bonejangles in Corpse Bride (2005)
Japanese Asian Ada Tai as Vampira's Friend in Ed Wood (1994) and as Ping in Big Fish (2003)
Japanese Asian Arlene Tai as Vampira's Friend in Ed Wood (1994) and as Jing in Big Fish (2003)
African American Jim Brown as Byron Williams in Mars Attacks! (1996)
African American Pam Grier as Louise Williams in Mars Attacks! (1996)
African American Ray J as Cedric Williams in Mars Attacks! (1996)
African American Brandon Hammond as Neville Williams in Mars Attacks! (1996)
African American Paul Winfield as General Casey in Mars Attacks! (1996)
African American Gregg Daniel as a Lab Technician in Mars Attacks! (1996)
African American Steve Valentine as a TV Director in Mars Attacks! (1996)
African American Chris Rock was cast by Tim Burton as Jimmy Olsen for Superman Lives (1997) but Warner Bros cancelled the project
Jewish Helena Bonham Carter as Ari in Planet of the Apes (2001), as Jenny in Big Fish (2003), as Mrs. Bucket in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), as the voice of Emily the corpse bride in Corpse Bride (2005), as Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007), as Red Queen in Alice in Wonderland (2010) and as Dr. Julia Hoffman in Dark Shadows (2012)
African American Michael Clarke Duncan as Colonel Attar in Planet of the Apes (2001)
India Indian American Erick Avari as Tival in Planet of the Apes (2001)
African American Evan Parke as Gunnar in Planet of the Apes (2001)
African American Michael Jace as Major Frank Santos in Planet of the Apes (2001)
African American Kevin Grevioux as Limbo's 1st Handler in Planet of the Apes (2001)
African American Isaac C. Singleton Jr. as Limbo's 2st Handler in Planet of the Apes (2001)
Anglo-Indian Deep Roy as Thade's Niece in Planet of the Apes (2001), as Mr. Soggybottom the Clown in Big Fish (2003), as General Bonesapart in Corpse Bride (2005), and as the Oompa Loompa's in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
African American Robert Guillaume as Dr. Bennett in Big Fish (2003)
Kenyan Nitin Ganatra as Prince Pondicherry in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
India Indian Shelley Conn as Princess Pondicherry in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
Japanese Aiko Horiuchi as a mysterious woman in the shop in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
Jewish Sacha Baron Cohen as Signor Adolfo Pirelli in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
Japanese Tatsujiro Oto as an Opium Dealer in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
Italian Eric Feliciano as Red Queens Courtier in Alice in Wonderland (2010)
Jewish Eva Green as Angelique Bouchard in Dark Shadows (2012), as Alma LeFay Peregrine in Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016) and as Colette Marchant in Dumbo (2019)
Italian Susanna Cappellaro as Naomi Collins in Dark Shadows (2012)
Hawaiian Pomaika'i Brown as a Radio DJ in Big Eyes (2014)
Mexican Canadian Leela Savasta as a hippie chick in Big Eyes (2014)
African American Samuel L. Jackson as Barron in Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016)
Asian Terry Li as a Tokyo Hipster in Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016)
Latin Gustavo Perez as a mysterious neighbor in Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016)
African American DeObia Oparei as Rongo in Dumbo (2019)
African American Philips Nortey as Merchant Lewis in Dumbo (2019)
African American Roshan Seth in Dumbo (2019)
African American Andres Austin Bennett as Orchestra - Violinist in Dumbo (2019)
African American Ndongo Faye as a fireman in Dumbo (2019)
Latino Luis Guzman as Gomez Addams in Wednesday (2022)
Latino Catherine Zeta-Jones as Morticia Addams in Wednesday (2022)
Latino Jenna Ortega as Wednesday Addams in Wednesday (2022)
Latino Isaac Ordonez as Pugsley Addams in Wednesday (2022)
Latino George Burcea as Lurch in Wednesday (2022)
Latino Victor Dorobantu as Thing in Wednesday (2022)
Asian Naomi Ogawa as Yoko Tanaka in Wednesday (2022)
African American Joy Sunday as Bianca Barclay in Wednesday (2022)
African American Tommie Earl Jenkins as Mayor Walker in Wednesday (2022)
Tim Burton's regular composer and friend Danny Elfman is Jewish. Tim Burton was in a relationship with Jewish Helena Bonham Carter and had two children with her, Billy and Nell. Helena Bonham Carter explained, "I look completely like my mum. She's very foreign, very Jewish." Eva Green is Jewish, too. DNA geneticists, including Harry Ostrer, say Jews are actually a race, not just a religion.
www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05…

Tim Burton's Corpse Bride (2005) is based on a Jewish folklore tale in the 17th-century book Shivhei ha-Ari, which collected 16th-century Jewish legends about Rabbi Yitzchak Luria. In the legend, a bridegroom jokingly recited his marriage vows over what he thinks is a twig that looks like a finger, but is actually a corpse skeletal finger, protruding from the ground. After placing his ring on the corpse finger bone, the corpse is reanimated, rises up and spoke, "My husband." The corpse wants to stay married to the bridegroom, but the Rabbi Yitzchak Luria declares the marriage to a corpse invalid, then the corpse bride screams and collapses, and the bridegroom marries his living bride. The legend is also in the book Lilith’s Cave: Jewish Tales of the Supernatural (1991) and titled "The Finger" by Jewish folklorist Howard Schwartz. The legend is also in the book A Sampler of Jewish-American Folklore (1992) and titled "The Moving Finger" by Jewish folklorist Josepha Sherman.
www.jweekly.com/2005/09/16/tim…

Themes that are touched on in Tim Burton's film Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016) adaptation of the books, are that these children in Miss Peregrine's home are an allegory for Jewish children during World War II. Jacob and Abraham are Jewish names, and when Abe tells Jacob the story of his childhood, he talks about growing up in Poland and seeing monsters there. He was a peculiar child in a monster-ridden Europe, he had to go into hiding with other peculiar children to stay safe. The monsters are called Hollowgasts in reference to the Nazi's Holocaust.
Out of all of the famous directors out there, why was Tim Burton singled out with this "political correctness" witch hunt? Seriously, where is all the racially African American, etc. leading hero roles from David Lynch films? Joel Schumacher films? Christopher Nolan films? Zack Snyder films? Or virtually any famous directors films that aren't made by Spike Lee or Tyler Perry?
As for the majority of Tim Burton's movie lead roles being racially Caucasian, well, lets look into that: The majority of Tim Burton's films are film adaptions of preexisting historical characters, but Tim Burton almost always adds additional roles for some racial diversity, often times where there had been no racial diversity in the preexisting historical characters cast before.
Pee-wee Herman was a preexisting character of Paul Reubens, and Paul Reubens is actually Jewish.
The villainous grotesque macabre perverted bio-exorcist ghost Beetlejuice was a creation of original Beetlejuice horror script writers Michael McDowell and Larry Wilson's in 1985 as a serious horror character before Tim Burton was involved. It was Tim Burton and Michael Keaton that turned Beetlejuice into a comedic buffoonish character, instead of a serious horror character. Would Beetlejuice have been better if Tim Burton had cast Eddie Murphy instead of Michael Keaton? Especially if Eddie Murphy was cast simply because of Eddie Murphy's race to force "political correctness" into the role in fear of being labeled "racist" if Burton didn't cast an African American as Beetlejuice? And if Tim Burton had actually cast Eddie Murphy as Beetlejuice, even that would be frowned upon as a negative racial stereotype for an African American to play the villainous perverted buffoon that Beetlejuice is.
Batman was a preexisting character from 1939 and historically a racially Caucasian character, so Michael Keaton was cast, instead of Danny Glover or whomever. In casting a racially Caucasian as Batman, Tim Burton was just being historically accurate to the Batman character and Batman fans would not have accepted Danny Glover as Batman. Tim Burton should be commended for managing to get away with introducing Billy Dee Williams' African American Harvey Dent. That was groundbreaking to cast an African American in what was seen as a historically white role.
The bubbling handicapped Edward Scissorhands was a creation of Tim Burton's. Would Edward Scissorhands have been better if Tim Burton had cast Will Smith instead of Johnny Depp? Especially if Will Smith was cast simply because of Will Smith's race to force "political correctness" into the role in fear of being labeled "racist" if Burton didn't cast an African American as Edward Scissorhands? And if Tim Burton had actually cast Will Smith as Edward Scissorhands, even that would be frowned upon as a negative racial stereotype for an African American to play the bubbling handicapped role that Edward Scissorhands is, especially with the Edward Scissorhands hair that would have reminded people of Little Rascals Buckwheat hair on an African American actor such as Will Smith. Edward Scissorhands is a preexisting Tim Burton in a sense, and is semi-autobiographical based on Tim Burton's childhood isolation in suburbia, so in a sense, Edward Scissorhands is based on how Tim Burton felt as a teenager.
Ed Wood was a preexisting real person whom happened to be racially Caucasian. The little green Martians in Mars Attacks! were preexisting characters from the '50s and they are not white. Sleepy Hollow are preexisting characters whom happen to be racially Caucasian. Planet of the Apes are preexisting characters. Big Fish is full of preexisting characters from a Big Fish novel. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory are preexisting characters. Alice in Wonderland are preexisting characters. The supernatural Collins family in Dark Shadows are preexisting characters from a TV series. Margaret Keane in Big Eyes was a preexisting real person. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children are preexisting characters from novels.

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This is a photo collage I made of some of Tim Burton's racial diversity in his films as a rebuttal to ridiculous, ignorant ugly claims on the internet that Tim Burton is a racist. A true racist wouldn't cast African Americans, etc. in any positive roles as good professional intelligent people and in positions of authority. Tim Burton's films do not portray an all-white and only-white worldview. Tim Burton's Addams Family are Latino, and even Tim Burton's first live-action film Hansel and Gretel (1983) had an entirely Asian cast.

Tons of actual racists refuse to even touch other races. For example, Jerry Lee Lewis wouldn't even shake African American Jimi Hendrix's hand. Tim Burton met Prince at Paisley Park studios and had Prince visit the set of the Batcave.

Tim Burton has been the victim of character assassination. Character assassination is an attempt to tarnish a person's reputation. Slander, gossip, snarky insults and mockery. Because Tim Burton is an old school white American male over 50 whom doesn't regularly post on the internet, and has always been a socially awkward introvert, he's an easy target. Some people on the internet love to falsely accuse racism where there is none.
For clickbait, Bustle website entertainment editor Rachel Simon vilified Tim Burton and basically insinuated that Tim Burton is a racist for having a predominately racially Caucasian cast in Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016), which is an adaption of the Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children novels by Ransom Riggs which feature photos of racially Caucasian children on the novels, there are pictures of the majority of main characters on the novels, but yet, Tim Burton's film adds African American Samuel L. Jackson. Tim Burton said, "Nowadays, people are talking about it [racial diversity in films] more. Things [roles] either call for things, or they don’t [meaning certain roles either call for certain racial actors, or they don't faithfully suit the character]. I remember back when I was a child watching The Brady Bunch and they started to get all 'politically correct,' like, 'Okay, let’s have an Asian child and a black' [the "Kelly's Kids" (1974, season 5) episode], I used to get more offended by that [The Brady Bunch's "social consciousness" was superficial, wooden, self-righteous and preachy parenting], than just... I grew up watching blacksploitation movies [Shaft (1971), Super Fly (1972), Foxy Brown (1974) etc.], and I said, 'That’s great,' I didn’t go like, 'Okay, there should be more white people in these movies.'..."
Rachel Simon baited Samuel L. Jackson about being the only African American in the film. Samuel L. Jackson said, "I had to go back in my head and go, 'How many black characters have been in Tim Burton movies?' And I may have been the first, I don’t know, or the most prominent in that particular way, but it happens the way it happens. I don’t think it’s any fault of his or his method of storytelling, it’s just how it’s played out. Tim’s a really great guy."
www.bustle.com/articles/186641…

Tim Burton explained why he added the Barron character into Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016): "Well, it's because I've always wanted to work with Sam Jackson! That was the first thing. It just felt like he's got such power, he's got such a presence, Sam, as a person and it was just a dream for me to work with him and then just what he brought to it. I remember when the first time he came on to the set with his look and his white eyes... I was like, 'Wow, that's cool'... next year's Halloween costume come to life. He's just one of those actors who's willing to go for it and try anything and had a real strength about him."
www.buzzfeed.com/kimberleydadd…

A list of racial diversity in Tim Burton's films:
Asian Andy Lee as Hansel in Hansel and Gretel (1983).
Asian Alison Hong as Gretel in Hansel and Gretel (1983).
Asian Jim Ishida as the father of Hansel and Gretel in Hansel and Gretel (1983).
Asian David Koenigsberg as Dan Dan the Gingerbread Man in Hansel and Gretel (1983).
Asian Michael Yama as the stepmother of Hansel and Gretel and as the Wicked Witch in Hansel and Gretel (1983).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAbAd4…
Jewish Paul Reubens [born Paul Rubenfeld] as Pee-wee Herman in Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985), as Penguin Oswald Cobblepot's father in Batman Returns (1992) and as the voice of Lock in The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
African American Starletta DuPois as Sgt. Hunter in Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985)
African American Daryl Keith Roach as Chuck the bike shop owner in Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985)
Jewish Diane Salinger as Simone in Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985) and as Penguin Oswald Cobblepot's mother in Batman Returns (1992)
African American James Earl Jones as Genie of the Lamp and Genie of the Ring in the Faerie Tale Theatre episode "Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp" [1986, season 5]
Jewish Winona Ryder [born Winona Horowitz] as Lydia Deetz in Beetlejuice (1988), as Kim Boggs in Edward Scissorhands (1990), as Elsa Van Helsing in Frankenweenie (2012) and as Wax Girl in the "Here with Me" music video directed by Tim Burton for the Killers band (2012)
Japanese Asian Adelle Lutz as Beryl in Beetlejuice (1988)
Mexican American Patrice Martinez as the Afterlife Receptionist in Beetlejuice (1988)
African American J. Jay Saunders as a moving man in Beetlejuice (1988)
African American Tony Cox as the Netherworld Reverend in Beetlejuice (1988)
The African American Voodoo Witch Doctor that shrinks heads in Beetlejuice (1988)
Jewish Robert Wuhl as Gotham City investigative reporter Alexander Knox in Batman (1989)
Jewish Lee Wallace as Gotham City Mayor William Borg in Batman (1989), based on Jewish New York City 1978-1989 Mayor Ed Koch
African American Billy Dee Williams as Gotham City District Attorney Harvey Dent in Batman (1989)
African American Louis St. Juste as a Gotham City public official in Batman (1989)
African American Anthony Wellington as a Gotham City Patrolman Robert in Batman (1989)
African American Leon Herbert as a Gotham Globe reporter friend of Alexander Knox in Batman (1989)
African American Lachele Carl as a Gotham City TV news technician in Batman (1989)
Singapore Asian Philip Tan as a Joker Goon in Batman (1989)
Chinese Asian Master Sken Kaewpadung as a Joker Goon Swordsman in Batman (1989)
African American Clive Curtis as a Joker Goon in Batman (1989)
Chinese Asian Vincent Wong as one of Gotham City's crimelords in Batman (1989)
Italian Joel Cutrara as one of Gotham City's crimelords in Batman (1989)
African American Dick Anthony Williams as Burbank California Police Officer Allen in Edward Scissorhands (1990)
African American Robert Gossett as a Gotham City TV news reporter in Batman Returns (1992)
African American Marlon Wayans was cast by Tim Burton as Robin for Batman Returns (1992) but Warner Bros obviously wanted a white Chris O'Donnell Robin
Italian Danny DeVito was cast by Tim Burton as the Penguin Oswald Cobblepot in Batman Returns (1992), also cast as a gambler in Mars Attacks! (1996), as circus ringmaster Amos Calloway in Big Fish (2003) and as circus manager Medici in Dumbo (2019)
Italian Vincent Schiavelli as the Organ Grinder of the Red Triangle Circus Gang in Batman Returns (1992)
Jewish Danny Elfman as the singing voice of Jack Skellington, also the voice of Barrel and the voice of the Clown with the Tear-Away Face in The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993), as the voices of the Oompa Loompa's in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), and as the voice of Bonejangles in Corpse Bride (2005)
Japanese Asian Ada Tai as Vampira's Friend in Ed Wood (1994) and as Ping in Big Fish (2003)
Japanese Asian Arlene Tai as Vampira's Friend in Ed Wood (1994) and as Jing in Big Fish (2003)
African American Jim Brown as Byron Williams in Mars Attacks! (1996)
African American Pam Grier as Louise Williams in Mars Attacks! (1996)
African American Ray J as Cedric Williams in Mars Attacks! (1996)
African American Brandon Hammond as Neville Williams in Mars Attacks! (1996)
African American Paul Winfield as General Casey in Mars Attacks! (1996)
African American Gregg Daniel as a Lab Technician in Mars Attacks! (1996)
African American Steve Valentine as a TV Director in Mars Attacks! (1996)
African American Chris Rock was cast by Tim Burton as Jimmy Olsen for Superman Lives (1997) but Warner Bros cancelled the project
Jewish Helena Bonham Carter as Ari in Planet of the Apes (2001), as Jenny in Big Fish (2003), as Mrs. Bucket in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), as the voice of Emily the corpse bride in Corpse Bride (2005), as Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007), as Red Queen in Alice in Wonderland (2010) and as Dr. Julia Hoffman in Dark Shadows (2012)
African American Michael Clarke Duncan as Colonel Attar in Planet of the Apes (2001)
India Indian American Erick Avari as Tival in Planet of the Apes (2001)
African American Evan Parke as Gunnar in Planet of the Apes (2001)
African American Michael Jace as Major Frank Santos in Planet of the Apes (2001)
African American Kevin Grevioux as Limbo's 1st Handler in Planet of the Apes (2001)
African American Isaac C. Singleton Jr. as Limbo's 2st Handler in Planet of the Apes (2001)
Anglo-Indian Deep Roy as Thade's Niece in Planet of the Apes (2001), as Mr. Soggybottom the Clown in Big Fish (2003), as General Bonesapart in Corpse Bride (2005), and as the Oompa Loompa's in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
African American Robert Guillaume as Dr. Bennett in Big Fish (2003)
Kenyan Nitin Ganatra as Prince Pondicherry in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
India Indian Shelley Conn as Princess Pondicherry in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
Japanese Aiko Horiuchi as a mysterious woman in the shop in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
Jewish Sacha Baron Cohen as Signor Adolfo Pirelli in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
Japanese Tatsujiro Oto as an Opium Dealer in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
Italian Eric Feliciano as Red Queens Courtier in Alice in Wonderland (2010)
Jewish Eva Green as Angelique Bouchard in Dark Shadows (2012), as Alma LeFay Peregrine in Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016) and as Colette Marchant in Dumbo (2019)
Italian Susanna Cappellaro as Naomi Collins in Dark Shadows (2012)
Hawaiian Pomaika'i Brown as a Radio DJ in Big Eyes (2014)
Mexican Canadian Leela Savasta as a hippie chick in Big Eyes (2014)
African American Samuel L. Jackson as Barron in Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016)
Asian Terry Li as a Tokyo Hipster in Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016)
Latin Gustavo Perez as a mysterious neighbor in Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016)
African American DeObia Oparei as Rongo in Dumbo (2019)
African American Philips Nortey as Merchant Lewis in Dumbo (2019)
African American Roshan Seth in Dumbo (2019)
African American Andres Austin Bennett as Orchestra - Violinist in Dumbo (2019)
African American Ndongo Faye as a fireman in Dumbo (2019)
Latino Luis Guzman as Gomez Addams in Wednesday (2022)
Latino Catherine Zeta-Jones as Morticia Addams in Wednesday (2022)
Latino Jenna Ortega as Wednesday Addams in Wednesday (2022)
Latino Isaac Ordonez as Pugsley Addams in Wednesday (2022)
Latino George Burcea as Lurch in Wednesday (2022)
Latino Victor Dorobantu as Thing in Wednesday (2022)
Asian Naomi Ogawa as Yoko Tanaka in Wednesday (2022)
African American Joy Sunday as Bianca Barclay in Wednesday (2022)
African American Tommie Earl Jenkins as Mayor Walker in Wednesday (2022)
Tim Burton's regular composer and friend Danny Elfman is Jewish. Tim Burton was in a relationship with Jewish Helena Bonham Carter and had two children with her, Billy and Nell. Helena Bonham Carter explained, "I look completely like my mum. She's very foreign, very Jewish." Eva Green is Jewish, too. DNA geneticists, including Harry Ostrer, say Jews are actually a race, not just a religion.
www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05…

Tim Burton's Corpse Bride (2005) is based on a Jewish folklore tale in the 17th-century book Shivhei ha-Ari, which collected 16th-century Jewish legends about Rabbi Yitzchak Luria. In the legend, a bridegroom jokingly recited his marriage vows over what he thinks is a twig that looks like a finger, but is actually a corpse skeletal finger, protruding from the ground. After placing his ring on the corpse finger bone, the corpse is reanimated, rises up and spoke, "My husband." The corpse wants to stay married to the bridegroom, but the Rabbi Yitzchak Luria declares the marriage to a corpse invalid, then the corpse bride screams and collapses, and the bridegroom marries his living bride. The legend is also in the book Lilith’s Cave: Jewish Tales of the Supernatural (1991) and titled "The Finger" by Jewish folklorist Howard Schwartz. The legend is also in the book A Sampler of Jewish-American Folklore (1992) and titled "The Moving Finger" by Jewish folklorist Josepha Sherman.
www.jweekly.com/2005/09/16/tim…

Themes that are touched on in Tim Burton's film Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016) adaptation of the books, are that these children in Miss Peregrine's home are an allegory for Jewish children during World War II. Jacob and Abraham are Jewish names, and when Abe tells Jacob the story of his childhood, he talks about growing up in Poland and seeing monsters there. He was a peculiar child in a monster-ridden Europe, he had to go into hiding with other peculiar children to stay safe. The monsters are called Hollowgasts in reference to the Nazi's Holocaust.
Out of all of the famous directors out there, why was Tim Burton singled out with this "political correctness" witch hunt? Seriously, where is all the racially African American, etc. leading hero roles from David Lynch films? Joel Schumacher films? Christopher Nolan films? Zack Snyder films? Or virtually any famous directors films that aren't made by Spike Lee or Tyler Perry?
As for the majority of Tim Burton's movie lead roles being racially Caucasian, well, lets look into that: The majority of Tim Burton's films are film adaptions of preexisting historical characters, but Tim Burton almost always adds additional roles for some racial diversity, often times where there had been no racial diversity in the preexisting historical characters cast before.
Pee-wee Herman was a preexisting character of Paul Reubens, and Paul Reubens is actually Jewish.
The villainous grotesque macabre perverted bio-exorcist ghost Beetlejuice was a creation of original Beetlejuice horror script writers Michael McDowell and Larry Wilson's in 1985 as a serious horror character before Tim Burton was involved. It was Tim Burton and Michael Keaton that turned Beetlejuice into a comedic buffoonish character, instead of a serious horror character. Would Beetlejuice have been better if Tim Burton had cast Eddie Murphy instead of Michael Keaton? Especially if Eddie Murphy was cast simply because of Eddie Murphy's race to force "political correctness" into the role in fear of being labeled "racist" if Burton didn't cast an African American as Beetlejuice? And if Tim Burton had actually cast Eddie Murphy as Beetlejuice, even that would be frowned upon as a negative racial stereotype for an African American to play the villainous perverted buffoon that Beetlejuice is.
Batman was a preexisting character from 1939 and historically a racially Caucasian character, so Michael Keaton was cast, instead of Danny Glover or whomever. In casting a racially Caucasian as Batman, Tim Burton was just being historically accurate to the Batman character and Batman fans would not have accepted Danny Glover as Batman. Tim Burton should be commended for managing to get away with introducing Billy Dee Williams' African American Harvey Dent. That was groundbreaking to cast an African American in what was seen as a historically white role.
The bubbling handicapped Edward Scissorhands was a creation of Tim Burton's. Would Edward Scissorhands have been better if Tim Burton had cast Will Smith instead of Johnny Depp? Especially if Will Smith was cast simply because of Will Smith's race to force "political correctness" into the role in fear of being labeled "racist" if Burton didn't cast an African American as Edward Scissorhands? And if Tim Burton had actually cast Will Smith as Edward Scissorhands, even that would be frowned upon as a negative racial stereotype for an African American to play the bubbling handicapped role that Edward Scissorhands is, especially with the Edward Scissorhands hair that would have reminded people of Little Rascals Buckwheat hair on an African American actor such as Will Smith. Edward Scissorhands is a preexisting Tim Burton in a sense, and is semi-autobiographical based on Tim Burton's childhood isolation in suburbia, so in a sense, Edward Scissorhands is based on how Tim Burton felt as a teenager.
Ed Wood was a preexisting real person whom happened to be racially Caucasian. The little green Martians in Mars Attacks! were preexisting characters from the '50s and they are not white. Sleepy Hollow are preexisting characters whom happen to be racially Caucasian. Planet of the Apes are preexisting characters. Big Fish is full of preexisting characters from a Big Fish novel. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory are preexisting characters. Alice in Wonderland are preexisting characters. The supernatural Collins family in Dark Shadows are preexisting characters from a TV series. Margaret Keane in Big Eyes was a preexisting real person. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children are preexisting characters from novels.