Nominated for her role in 45 Years, Rampling on Europe 1 dismissed the notion that racial quotas might be necessary to level the Oscar playing field. “Why classify people?,” she said, as reported in The Guardian. “These days everyone is more or less accepted.” Rampling, who won a top acting prize for 45 Years at Berlin in 2015, continued:, “People will always say: ‘Him, he’s less handsome’; ‘Him, he’s too black’; ‘He is too white.’
omg I LOVE Charlotte and this is heartbreaking to me.. But you can tell she lives in Europe tbh literally EVERYONE in France would tell you this.. 'why classify people'.. I lost track of how many times I've heard this..
Black people boycotting an awards show because white people are nominated. They're denying someone or something based on race, so that pretty much fits the definition of racism.
And anyway, the most important thing she's saying is that she wants people to stop classifying each other and I couldn't agree more. But that nuance is of course lost on the pitchfork-carrying Tumblr residents who want to burn everyone at the stake for what only seems to be racist remarks (written in telegram style). Good ****ing bye.
Please change the title.