Minorities in Hollywood

[Neurochick]

I just can't with these racist people anymore. I wish they would all disappear, or go live on another planet.

[glitterbug]

Same. Between this and all the abuse Leslie Jones is going through (reminder: for daring to be a black woman in a film), I'm hoping this new planet they've found turns out to be a goer, then we can leave all the bigots and shitheads to it.

[discoprincess]

Bringing this over from Ruth Negga's thread:

Oct 18, 2016 17:55:46 GMT -4 Ginger said:

Bi-racial actresses getting work instead of dark-skinned actresses is a perpetual issue, it shouldn't be taken out on one particular actress (especially as the complaint does not apply here). The only time I think it may have been warranted to take it up with the actress is when Zoe Saldana played Nina Simone, because having to put on dark-face makeup should be a tipoff to anyone that they are doing something wrong.

On the one hand, I can see that side of the argument. Then again, the "one-drop" concept hasn't completely disappeared from society, so someone who is technically biracial can still be judged as "black" on first sight, like Halle Berry. (I believe Halle identifies as black anyway.)

[Neurochick]

Oct 22, 2016 20:01:38 GMT -4 discoprincess said:

Bringing this over from Ruth Negga's thread:

Oct 18, 2016 17:55:46 GMT -4 Ginger said:

Bi-racial actresses getting work instead of dark-skinned actresses is a perpetual issue, it shouldn't be taken out on one particular actress (especially as the complaint does not apply here). The only time I think it may have been warranted to take it up with the actress is when Zoe Saldana played Nina Simone, because having to put on dark-face makeup should be a tipoff to anyone that they are doing something wrong.

On the one hand, I can see that side of the argument. Then again, the "one-drop" concept hasn't completely disappeared from society, so someone who is technically biracial can still be judged as "black" on first sight, like Halle Berry. (I believe Halle identifies as black anyway.)

Very true, but I think this happens more with women than men. A dark-skinned man will be cast as a black person, while a dark-skinned woman will not. That's what I have noticed.