tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34770350.post116077458502729303..comments2024-03-27T19:55:45.373-04:00Comments on Nat Turner's Revenge: Our New Soul Sista...Angelina Jolie? W.T.F?Christopher Chambershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16981041389119024155noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34770350.post-1161054670959349522006-10-16T23:11:00.000-04:002006-10-16T23:11:00.000-04:00Yo Chris, Petey here, Hollywood has forever been o...Yo Chris, Petey here, Hollywood has forever been on this madness, but people of color have to take over this land in order to have an audience that is ok with people of color. I had a friend years ago named Aki Aleong,<BR/>Aki was once Pres. of the Minority Actors Guild (remember the mad scientist in one episode of the Twilight Zone, that was Aki) He is a Jamaican born 1/2 Black and Chinese that could never play a Black man cause he looked Chinese, and he worked real hard to secure ethnic roles for people of color,<BR/>and his enthusiam was fueled by the fact that when him and his white wife were looking for houses in fifties hollywood they always thought he was the butler or houseboy <BR/>Petey...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34770350.post-1161020965340900722006-10-16T13:49:00.000-04:002006-10-16T13:49:00.000-04:00Your comments are racist.Your comments are racist.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34770350.post-1160950948008754152006-10-15T18:22:00.000-04:002006-10-15T18:22:00.000-04:00The word is that Minne Driver was being considered...The word is that Minne Driver was being considered as well. Could it have been the hair?<BR/><BR/>The issue here may be that Mariane Pearl is the same sort of self-hating "biracial" person as Tiger Woods. I have met many of those people who become black when it's convenient or exotic to do so. I have heard biracial friends say point-blank that it's an easier life with more opportunity to be an "exotic" white person in America than a light-skinned black person. Indeed Zoe Saldana, in order to get work, has now billed herself as "black AND Latina." In Cuban and Domican culture, no one males that distinction. <BR/><BR/>This matter, as small as it seems, says a lot about American culture.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34770350.post-1160796367099198962006-10-13T23:26:00.000-04:002006-10-13T23:26:00.000-04:00That is crazy! However, I don't think Zoe Saldana ...That is crazy! However, I don't think Zoe Saldana is as good an actress as Thandie Newton. All of Thandie's work, including Beseiged and Crash, has been amazing. <BR/><BR/>PS I will post a comment on your Edward P. Jones interview. I wasn't able make it to Borders but my club has picked All Aunt Hagar's Children for it's December discussion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com