DANIEL KALUUYA SAYS HE IS BORED OF TALKING ABOUT RACE: ‘I’M NOT DEFINED BY IT’

[GoAggieGo.]

Im going to cap this off because I don't want to do a big back and forth. But I'll probably be back because the conversation is interesting lol.

Personally, I haven't seen anything he has said that has been disrespectful towards American Blacks and black people in general and even if he might disagree with say criticism from folks like SLJ , he always has expressed his disagreements respectfully and in a way that still shows respect to not just black folks but black Americans. He isn't pulling a Cynthia Erivo or jodie Smith. I just don't get the animosity even if you don't agree with what he said completely.

He is an actor and his job is to act. Folks saying he should pull back from certain roles but very few people are turning down a good paying job. It's unrealistic idealism. Like I said, I agree I personally think ADOS or FBA or whatever label you want to use for black Americans should get first dibs from a labor perspective.

We all live being black 24/7 and you're not special in having that being a part of your identity. The way you choose to incorporate that in your day to day life is up to you. I'm just saying, regardless of what roles he plays, I understand the perspective when a person doesn't want to only be identified by their race ,regardless of how society at large wants to do that. A way to push back against a society that does that, if it's something you don't like, is by letting it be known that yes I'm black and it comes with certain challenges but that is not all I am. Nothing wrong with that imo. I don't get the animosity.

Again, he can do all that and make his statement by dropping from the Fred Hampton role. He ain’t gone do that, though. nikka want his bag, and that is the only reason he does these roles.

Folks talmbout putting in work, but the dude yall defending isn’t putting in any work. He could easily put in the work, and shut all this race talk down. All it requires is for him to announce he’s dropping that Fred Hampton role. He’s no different than these activists y’all talk about.

 

[voltronblack]

I’ve never understood this either. This could be an entire thread in and of itself.

ma'am If I remember it right using the word "militant" as an insult on the coli start around the time the mainstream media start it showing the wrongly killing black people and you had a lot of coli poster mainly in the locker room who did not care for how militant the locker room was becoming that why the racetrack was turn into the root. locker room posters were hoping that the more militant coli posters would start posting in there . so the use of the word "militant" as an insult start it the locker room and spread to the other forums where it use as a insult to posters coming off as too pro black which is really when you think about it.

 

[Cynical Thoughts]

What’s funny is, all the fake outraged people on the coli want him to be one way. And the minute he says or does one thing they don’t agree with or challenges them in the slightest he’ll be a c00n.

Hell. I’m almost positive the first reply didn’t even read the op and look at the daps he got.

I’m convinced the fake outraged people need this online fukkery for their well being. Cause in real life they can’t handle when real shyt is in their face.

you can’t just call somebody a c00n at work.

You can’t just call your people at work ws.

This fake outrage is disgusting.

Example-wasn’t it just a thread celebrating him having a black women when his co-star was with a white man.

clowns

 

[Dr. Acula]

Again, he can do all that and make his statement by dropping from the Fred Hampton role. He ain’t gone do that, though. nikka want his bag, and that is the only reason he does these roles.

Folks talmbout putting in work, but the dude yall defending isn’t putting in any work. He could easily put in the work, and shut all this race talk down. All it requires is for him to announce he’s dropping that Fred Hampton role. He’s no different than these activists y’all talk about.

Well that movie is in post-production. Its shot and filmed and now in editing and cleanup phase and he can't really drop from it. However, despite that, as he mentioned he has had plenty of roles that weren't "race centered" and he said he has frustration that they are ignored. He says every interview, whether he is exaggerating or not, he expresses frustration that he has to give a speech or profound statement on the topic of race and thinks its boring at this point.

Even if he had the ability to drop from the movie, I'm not going to say he can't star in that movie and at the same time express feelings that he is only being looked at for his race and wish it would change. Finally, Like I said:

He is an actor and his job is to act. Folks saying he should pull back from certain roles but very few people are turning down a good-paying job. It's unrealistic idealism. Like I said, I agree I personally think ADOS or FBA or whatever label you want to use for black Americans should get first dibs from a labor perspective.

No actor, is going to pull out of a good-paying job and a possibly good role, to appease people online who have a different ideological view.

The article doesn't say he was doing press for the Fred Hampton movie and getting these questions. He was asked a general question about race, not in the context of playing Fred Hampton, from what I can gather from the article and what someone posted in a tweet in this thread.

 

[xoxodede]

I see he used the code word: VICTIM and VICTIM Mentality.

It used SO much to describe us...lol.

 

[get these nets]

This was pre-NOI split Malcolm X discrediting a newsweek article about Blacks in America, which heavily quoted Black celebrities.




Listen to what he says in the beginning, and then read to the quotes of Daniel K. from this thread.

 

[Dr. Acula]

This was pre-NOI split Malcolm X discrediting a newsweek article about Blacks in America, which heavily quoted Black celebrities.




Listen to what he says and then listen to the quotes of Daniel K. from this thread.

Not to mention, outside of their craft, a lot of entertainers are idiots or might not be the brightest. Not saying that in the case of Daniel but just in general. At the end of the day, they are people even if they live different lives than the average person, they are still a person at the end of the day. People overemphasize celebrity and get it mixed in with influence, importance, and leadership.

Just because someone is famous for acting, does that automatically qualify them for even have the ability to articulate strongly and correctly a particular ideology you want them to espouse?

 

[InkosiYe]

Since when did black people start using the word "militant" as an insult?

Last I checked, Malcolm X, Fred Hampton, Muhammad Ali and even Martin Luther King Jr. were considered "militant"...

The difference between those “militants” and coli “militants” is the latter often chooses to make every single thing about race, to a level that borders absurdity in some cases. They also tend to lack perspective and rather than seek understanding through discussion they seek daps by calling anybody a c00n who doesn’t see the world exactly as they do. It’s a comical level of black “pride”. And I use pride in quotes because often they use their platform to set narrow boundaries on themselves and other black folks which is just disappointing.

And if we’re being honest I don’t consider any of those people you mentioned to be militants. They’re simply highly intelligent and aware black men that weren’t afraid to speak their minds. And btw did any of those folks actually refer to themselves as militants before White America did? I’m actually curious.

But Coli militants are no different than an angry feminist, or conservative, or vegan, or whoever that spends every waking hour on a soapbox and refuses to acknowledge anything outside of the scope of what they consider to be the truth. Logic and an attempt for understanding are often substituted with talking points, anger and emotion.

Different strokes I suppose but I’ll be damned if I’m about to get my blood pressure up being angry about race every second of every day.

Watch while I get negged for this shyt too

 

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ma'am If I remember it right using the word "militant" as an insult on the coli start around the time the mainstream media start it showing the wrongly killing black people and you had a lot of coli poster mainly in the locker room who did not care for how militant the locker room was becoming that why the racetrack was turn into the root. locker room posters were hoping that the more militant coli posters would start posting in there . so the use of the word "militant" as an insult start it the locker room and spread to the other forums where it use as a insult to posters coming off as too pro black which is really when you think about it.

Never knew any of this

 

[Stacker Pentecost]

Isn’t he supposed to be playing Fred Hampton? Playing Fred Hampton yet bored of talking about race????

Can he stop being cast in everything now please??? He needs to be bored of acting. Or go play some Brits instead of Black Americans, we are also bored with YOU!

 

[Black Lightning]

British actors stay saying retarded shyt.

 

[Stacker Pentecost]

Be a character in get out and black panther, and say “race doesn’t define me”, brehs

 

[Turk]

A whole lot of outrage and uproar about nothing. Dammed if you, dammed if you don't

 

[Stacker Pentecost]

Cool. I’ll ignore that Fred Hampton movie.

I wouldn’t want it doing well so he gets more roles about black history and more black questions.

fixed

 

[you're NOT "n!ggas"]

Not to mention, outside of their craft, a lot of entertainers are idiots or might not be the brightest. Not saying that in the case of Daniel but just in general. At the end of the day, they are people even if they live different lives than the average person, they are still a person at the end of the day. People overemphasize celebrity and get it mixed in with influence, importance, and leadership.

Just because someone is famous for acting, does that automatically qualify them for even have the ability to articulate strongly and correctly a particular ideology you want them to espouse?

That's EXACTLY what the gripe is most of the time. Celebs speaking out of turn when they "don't know enough" or "aren't ADOS"-- Breh said he's not trying to speak for all black and it's STILL an issue




I swear....something ain't right