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Discussion: Lack of black people in the media?
Member Since: 9/18/2011
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Originally posted by Ahmed.
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LOL the people who barely had lines in the HP movies? Really? Can anyone name them that's not a HP fan?
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Member Since: 3/18/2009
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Originally posted by Lately 1814
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.
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Black filmmakers make films about black issues because otherwise they wouldn't get made. At least someone is doing it.
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Member Since: 3/27/2011
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Originally posted by Shape
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.
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How many black actors have reached Will or Halle's success? Few. Hollywood pumps out new, fresh white actors every year. The major black actors in 2012 were the same major black actors 10 years ago..Will, Halle, Taraji, Gabrielle Union, Denzel, Samuel, Morgan etc.
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Member Since: 12/4/2010
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Originally posted by lancelovesgaga
the new spiderman is gay & black ...
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Gay and Black? Ch. 
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Member Since: 2/17/2010
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Originally posted by lancelovesgaga
the new spiderman is gay & black ...
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Well, they had to kill the original one to create the new one... But the question is, why wasn't the original one black?
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Member Since: 4/7/2009
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Originally posted by DrunkNHotBoyz
It took George Lucas FOREVER to release the movie Red Tails, which has a predominantly black cast, because nobody wanted to fund a movie with an all black cast. He had to pay for the movie out of his pocket. 90 something million dollars. That's sad.
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I need to go out and support that film. 
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Member Since: 5/21/2009
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Originally posted by Shape
Hate to bring up The Help again, but yeah. The Help had top billing for Viola Davis. I don't watch enough TV to make an argument for that, but Donald Glover is the breakout star from Community.
Last time was 2001. If the world is fair, this year will also have an African American winner.
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White people love to give Oscars and accolades to Blacks playing subordinate roles in those oppressive type of movies that take place during the 50s, slavery, or ghetto.
It seems as though Hollywood doesn't like to give Blacks the lead role in just a regular movie. It always has to be "black" movie.
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Member Since: 8/6/2010
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Originally posted by Cheers
LOL the people who barely had lines in the HP movies? Really? Can anyone name them that's not a HP fan? |
LMFAO! Right he tried that.
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Member Since: 8/23/2010
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Originally posted by supaspaz
I'm not sure how anyone can defend the white hegemony of American media as somehow fair or sensible. Yes, a few black movie stars have broken through and now there's a black Disney princess. But for the most part, blacks (and every other minority group, including women) are underrepresented across movie and television as compared to their percentage of the population. Guess why? Because straight, white, Christian men pretty much run the media industry (and this country). The lack of diversity across the board is despicable.
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But I won't develop more, the subject just makes me feel all kind of ways.
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Member Since: 10/3/2010
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Originally posted by Bert.
PS. And lets not forget when Black people DO get roles, Its usally something stereotypical (e.g. The angry black woman)
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Oh that is such a ******** argument, and that really degrades the work that talented black actresses (and actors) do all the time.
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Member Since: 1/7/2011
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Originally posted by Cheers
LOL the people who barely had lines in the HP movies? Really? Can anyone name them that's not a HP fan? |
DEAD. Not the extras in the move 
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Member Since: 5/17/2010
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This reminds me of when Donald Glover was campaigning to play Spider Man and he said he got a bunch of hate mail from comic book nerds saying that black people don't read comic books and there's no such thing as black nerds. 
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Member Since: 5/22/2010
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Originally posted by Cheers
LOL the people who barely had lines in the HP movies? Really? Can anyone name them that's not a HP fan? |
I'm just trying to say that there were black Char in the movies. Bem, Patil sisters, Thomas, Kingsley Shacklebot. But it is true, they actually had a shitload more lines in the books
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Member Since: 4/29/2011
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Originally posted by ****y On Venus
And that's a major part of the problem. People have this archaic idea of what black people are entertained by and believe that's all that should be put out there. 
Not every black person grew up in the hood, or without a father, or poor. There are plenty of black comic nerds that would support a film of Harry Potter's ilk. |
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Originally posted by supaspaz
Black filmmakers make films about black issues because otherwise they wouldn't get made. At least someone is doing it.
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That comes as a result of being stereotyped, and the response movie companies get from distributing such films. If a film about "life in the hood" is successful and what Blacks like to see, then why stray away from the formula?
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Member Since: 8/26/2011
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Originally posted by Doc
Gay and Black? Ch. |
Wasn't the original spiderman made in the 50's/60's ???
Wasn't there still segregation at that time?
DAMN I feel ****ing retarded 
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Member Since: 10/3/2010
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Originally posted by NE.
White people love to give Oscars and accolades to Blacks playing subordinate roles in those oppressive type of movies that take place during the 50s, slavery, or ghetto.
It seems as though Hollywood doesn't like to give Blacks the lead role in just a regular movie. It always has to be "black" movie.
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Oh my god look at MONSTER'S BALL. Look at DOUBT.
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Member Since: 3/30/2011
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Originally posted by Celestial
White people are the majority in Europe and America, that's why most of the characters are white.
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Basically.
Plus older stories like shakespear and LOTR were written when there were even less black people in the countries they were penned, so of course all the characters are White.
I don't think there is a lack of black people in the media though. Beyonce, Oprah, Rihanna, Jay-z, Kayne West, Will Smith, Whitney Housten, Alexander and Burke, and obviously Obama are just a few of the names which spring to mind.
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Member Since: 1/7/2011
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Originally posted by Shape
Oh that is such a ******** argument, and that really degrades the work that talented black actresses (and actors) do all the time.
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Dead @ you skipping my whole argument and addressing that one line. LOL, at degrades the work. I said nothing about the actor's work. I'm talking about the ROLES black actors & actresses are given.
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Member Since: 10/3/2010
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Originally posted by ****y On Venus
This reminds me of when Donald Glover was campaigning to play Spider Man and he said he got a bunch of hate mail from comic book nerds saying that black people don't read comic books and there's no such thing as black nerds. |
That **** ****ing pissed me off. I'm still mad that he wasn't even given a chance.
There's a lot of ignorance still.
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Member Since: 5/11/2010
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Shape, are you black? Just wondering. 
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