[MP2K]

Originally posted by Яeo.

I said "lack of" not "complete absence". Most of the characters are white / portrayed by white actors or actresses.

Yas. Punch for us!

[Shapes]

Originally posted by Яeo.

I said "lack of" not "complete absence". Most of the characters are white / portrayed by white actors or actresses.

I think that you're looking at specific things to advance your point, and it makes this thread rather manipulative.

Tyler Perry movies are a huge industry.

Will Smith is the biggest star in Hollywood.

One of the biggest box office hits this year was about the civil rights movement.

I think that you're looking at specific properties that will advance your cause

[goldpl]

because black people always die first in movies...they don't want them to die :C

[Nɑɑji.. ©]

Off Topic but on Topic can we get into how late Tiana movie was and how forced it was that's how they do their first black Princess?

[MrPeanut]

Originally posted by ****y On Venus

@ the responses.

But what about *insert token black actor*?

Will Smith is lead in all his films and definitely the most popular actor with the general public.

[primo.]

Originally posted by GaGaFan

There are plenty of African American actresses that have achieved mega cultural impact...

Can you name them?

[Bert.]

DEAD. Welcome to 2012

[Glam]

There's a lack of black people but it used to be way worse before.

[crumprKID]

Why does it feel like Black People are the only minority group in America that matter? There are also barely any Asian, Middle Eastern or South Americans in those pictures.


There is a far larger Black presence in the media compared to some of those groups.

[primo.]

Originally posted by Shape

Tyler Perry movies are a huge industry.

[Shapes]

Originally posted by ****y On Venus

Can you name them?

Naomi Campbell

Oprah Winfrey

Will Smith

Samuel L Jackson

Morgan Freeman

Halle Berry

Viola Davis

Etta James

Aretha Franklin

****ing BEYONCE.

RIHANNA.

Do I need to continue? I know I'm missing a ton of names still

EDIT: ****, we were talking about actresses. My point is still valid.

[Midnight]

Originally posted by ****y On Venus

@ the responses.

But what about *insert token black actor*?

It's not only black people who missing, tho.

[Nɑɑji.. ©]

Originally posted by GaGaFan

There are plenty of African American actresses that have achieved mega cultural impact...

Besides Queen Latifah, Halle Berry, Will Smith, Morgan F., Denzel, Taraji (to a certain extent), Whoopi, Samuel.. that's the people who you think off the top of your head.

[Kang.]

I think the SNL joke was that there were multiple black characters in Harry Potter.

And at the ignorance in this thread.

[primo.]

Originally posted by MrPeanut

Will Smith is lead in all his films and definitely the most popular actor with the general public.

Will Smith is arguably the the first black actor to transcend audiences while becoming a box office draw. However, the representation of blacks in film and television is still very minimal.

[jongshic]

Originally posted by crumprKID

Why does it feel like Black People are the only minority group in America that matter? There are also barely any Asian, Middle Eastern or South Americans in those pictures.


There is a far larger Black presence in the media compared to some of those groups.

THIS

[DrunkNHotBoyz]

Originally posted by GotMyBlueprint

you guys have
Oprah
Michael Jackson
Michael Jordan
Morgan Freeman
Queen Latifah
quit complaining

You are ignorant.

[Cheers]

Originally posted by crumprKID

Why does it feel like Black People are the only minority group in America that matter? There are also barely any Asian, Middle Eastern or South Americans in those pictures.


There is a far larger Black presence in the media compared to some of those groups.

+1

[Mr. Wonder]

I vividly remember reading an article about why Black film makers are so "one-track minded" when it comes to Black films. "White" films have creativity, are imaginative, they're "different", if you will. Black films tend to follow the themes that Blacks complain about when being type casted in "White" films.

Reality of the situation, Blacks probably wouldn't be supportive of a Harry Potter type film. Blacks seem to only like films where it's about "life in the hood" - Friday, Boyz In The Hood, Crooklyn, etc. This is why I don't understand why Tyler Perry gets so much flack from other Black film makers, who portrays his characters as "uppity" Blacks.

[Legend ReX]

Originally posted by Celestial

White people are the majority in Europe and America, that's why most of the characters are white.

I mean...

It's not like there's a 50/50 demographic divide. It's 72/13.