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Discussion: Lack of black people in the media?
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Originally posted by GotMyBlueprint
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Originally posted by Bert.
Most of the **** you type is ********, so I'm sure you would know. My B. 
and dead @ "very far from that now." Viola just got nominated for her role as a maid in the 60s. Sit. |
Yeah, I'm sure that the Hollywood Foreign Press looked at her and thought "She was only good because she was a maid in the 60s".
They saw an awesome performance that happened to be in the 60s.
Did you know she's won before for playing the mother of a sexually abused boy? That sure sounds like a black stereotype to me
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Originally posted by ****y On Venus
For me, it's not even about stereotypes, it's about fair representation. More races should be represented in the media, not just a few token people from each group.
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Ohh, I agree! 
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Lol i LOVE when people point out the one token black character in each series and use it as a defense "see, there's black people!" 
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Originally posted by ****y On Venus
For me, it's not even about stereotypes, it's about fair representation. More races should be represented in the media, not just a few token people from each group.
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This is exactly my point. I would love to see a black actor / actress (or any other race) to star in a Popular movie as a main character, such as Harry Potter or Lord of the Rings and such.
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Originally posted by Ahmed.
I'm not "trying" anything. It's common sense really, it's set in a country where only about 1% are coloured people.
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You did HENCE you posting kids in a movie that no one even have seen (because they are black) to try to prove your point. Just because they walk down the hallway in Hogwarts doesn't justify that black people don't get major lead roles in movies, sitcoms, etc etc. So have a _/.
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Originally posted by Thisisit
The Harry Potter films simply remained true to the books, which were written by JK Rowling who lives in Scotland which is 98% white. Why does it shock you that most of her characters were, logically, white?
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When did I say I was shocked that the majority of the HP cast is white? 
Ahmed tried using those extras as "proof" that Blacks are present in the media, but none of them are iconic or popular.
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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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I don't think that's a good enough excuse. I think it has a lot to do with the fear that a black person leading a film won't sell. The people who write these movies 9 times outta 10 write the parts with Caucasian actors in mind.
Look at shows like The Real World. They barely cast a black person. Or primetime shows on CBS, ABC, etc. I think it's a little weird. But it's "the norm" now.
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Originally posted by ****y On Venus
For me, it's not even about stereotypes, it's about fair representation. More races should be represented in the media, not just a few token people from each group.
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I don't disagree, although Asians are probably the most underrepresented minority in terms of media visibility across music, film, and TV in the US.
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Originally posted by MrPeanut
I don't disagree, although Asians are probably the most underrepresented minority in terms of media visibility across music, film, and TV in the US.
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Exactly.
21 was based on a true story about 6-7 asian students that used counting cards to win big at Las Vegas casinos.
Wow. They sure all look asian
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Originally posted by DrunkNHotBoyz
I don't think that's a good enough excuse. I think it has a lot to do with the fear that a black person leading a film won't sell. The people who write these movies 9 times outta 10 write the parts with Caucasian actors in mind.
Look at shows like The Real World. They barely cast a black person. Or primetime shows on CBS, ABC, etc. I think it's a little weird. But it's "the norm" now.
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Shows like Revenge where they do have a black character.. she's a slave for a white person. Just saying. But I do agree with your whole post.
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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.
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.
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So much ignorance in one post. I guess we only like music by black artists as well. That can't be true tho, since we're here.
I love how you lump us all together, tho. 
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Originally posted by Thisisit
The Harry Potter films simply remained true to the books, which were written by JK Rowling who lives in Scotland which is 98% white. Why does it shock you that most of her characters were, logically, white?
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I just think it shouldn't play that much when casting actors. So what if one of their close friends was black or one of the main teachers? It wouldn't have changed the story much right?
I am sure there have been cases when the girl is described as a blond with blue eyes in a book and they cast a brunette with blue eyes. The same thing should apply for the race.
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Originally posted by Яeo.
This is exactly my point. I would love to see a black actor / actress (or any other race) to star in a Popular movie as a main character, such as Harry Potter or Lord of the Rings and such.
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But why would either of those movies star black actors when the original characters were white due to the authors both living in an near all-White environment? Those are bad examples to get your point across and neither indicate racism in Hollywood.
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Originally posted by Shape
YES! This is something I nearly 100% agree with
TV is a very different environment than movies. TV stations have trouble believing that people can stay attached to a minority character for more than 3-4 episodes.
In their eyes, it's easy to sympathize with a black character for 2 hours in a movie, but for 10 months in a TV series, it becomes an ordeal.
**** TV.
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You're being sarcastic right?
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Originally posted by Яeo.
Why only the white race survived the zombie apocalypse? |
I hope you don't think that was actually on purpose. Maybe the people who survived had a purpose.
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Originally posted by Shape
Yeah, I'm sure that the Hollywood Foreign Press looked at her and thought "She was only good because she was a maid in the 60s".
They saw an awesome performance that happened to be in the 60s.
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I love Viola to death but I don't see her career really taking off. I mean, after her performance in Doubt, she was in a Tyler Perry film. She even said after getting nominated, she thought things would change but they didn't. And god knows Octavia Spencer will probably never see the set of another feature film. 
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Why is everything always turned into a race thing?
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Originally posted by Shape
Exactly.
21 was based on a true story about 6-7 asian students that used counting cards to win big at Las Vegas casinos.
Wow. They sure all look asian |
That is unacceptable as well. But that doesn't change the issue with black people.
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Originally posted by Яeo.
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Lawl geezuz.
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