Sadly, his casting of lighter actors works because of the time the
film is set in. I remember New York in the 80s very well. We don't
like to discuss this, but we were a pretty color struck society then.
The popular actors and singers at the time were light. It's one of the
reasons Spike
I think that some areas were a little more skin sensitive than others but
I do remember some of the controversy back then. Especially when Prince, the
Debarges were big.
On a side topic, there was a post that I read a few months ago that asked
the question should black women wear lipstick. The
: [scifinoir2] Skin Color Prejudice in Precious Casting?
I'm bothered that the director didn't change his or her perception of fat
people until he made the film. He's no spring chicken.
I think that the light skinned vs dark skinned thing is still going on but it
is a lot more subtle. Hollywood
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I think that some areas were a little more skin sensitive than others but I
do remember some of the controversy back then. Especially when Prince
A lot of that is self imposed racial thinking. We were keeping ourselves
down by then after years of social programming to hate ourselves. That is
the true danger of racism.
On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 9:59 AM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.netwrote:
When I was growing up in Texas in the
Yep, you can remove the bars, but the prison cell remains
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can remove the bars, but the prison cell remains
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I'm bothered that the director didn't change his or her perception of fat
people until he made the film. He's no spring chicken.
I think that the light skinned vs dark skinned thing is still going on but
it is a lot more subtle. Hollywood still prefers the light skinned blacks as
the good guy
