Rupert Murdoch defends all-white `Exodus` cast on Twitter

Rupert Murdoch has recently defended the all-white cast of 'Exodus: Gods and Kings' on Twitter, declaring that that Egyptians are 'whites', it has been reported.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, the media mogul, whose 20th Century Fox studios is distributing the film, tweeted that 'of course Egyptians are Middle Eastern, but far from black and they treated blacks as slaves'.
 

Everybody-attacks last tweet. Of course Egyptians are Middle Eastern, but far from black. They treated blacks as slaves.

— Rupert Murdoch (@rupertmurdoch) November 29, 2014

Murdoch also wrote that there are 'many shades of color' and told his Twitter followers to 'calm down'.
 

Okay, there are many shades of color. Nothing racist about that, so calm down!

— Rupert Murdoch (@rupertmurdoch) November 29, 2014

'Exodus' focuses on Moses defying Pharaoh Ramses by leading the slaves out of Egypt.