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So Mariah Carey is a field slave in 'The Butler'
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If it's done right, I don't see the problem.
But THAT'S the problem....it's NEVER done right.....or the stories we NEED to see (e.g., Nat Turner) will never get made.
Anyway, the only problem with this is the historical inaccuracy....I'm sure on SOME plantations there were light-skinned Blacks working in the field, but c'mon....Mariah Carey is the WRONG person to cast in that role because she barely off eggshell white her DAMN self.
She woulda been in the house.
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nikkas payin for cameos to be in the next roots
BellaVenus
FEARLESS
Most good looking look basic without makeup
...personally, I agree. I think people of mixed ethnicity should be allowed to SAY "hey, I'm both." Because they ARE. Making them choose one or the other is unfair and selfish.
Especially Black people. (I believe it was Chris Rock who) said it best, Black people LOVE to claim somebody who's even a LITTLE Black, and we get extra TERRITORIAL with it (the Black community has done that with Mariah, AND with Tiger Woods before all his drama). And if the person DENIES their Black heritage, we diss and drop them SWIFTLY out of sheer outrage.
...personally, I agree. I think people of mixed ethnicity should be allowed to SAY "hey, I'm both." Because they ARE. Making them choose one or the other is unfair and selfish.
Especially Black people. (I believe it was Chris Rock who) said it best, Black people LOVE to claim somebody who's even a LITTLE Black, and we get extra TERRITORIAL with it (the Black community has done that with Mariah, AND with Tiger Woods before all his drama). And if the person DENIES their Black heritage, we diss and drop them SWIFTLY out of sheer outrage.
The same way I agree, some may say "Hey Im both", I also agree that lets say a mixed person is raised in a white environment can say "I'm white", or a black environment "I'm black". Thats what makes a person relatable, their culture and upbringing.
I don't see this divide between other mixed races, or maybe I don't notice. Does a white/chinese mixed kid go thru this? Blasians get praise, and ohhh they exotic... Let that same Blasian go to China/Korea/Taiwan.... they don't relate with them.
People tryna make outcasts and pariahs out of other mixed people sometimes.
Oh, no doubt.
My bigger issue is with people trying to dictate TO persons of mixed ethnicity that they NEED to "pick a side". If they do so on their own, no problem. But people shouldn't be pressuring them into roles they're not comfortable or familiar with. Like you said, if a mixed kid grew up in suburbia with a "white" upbringing, allow that kid to identify with what he/she is comfortable with.
You're right about that. Society got it twisted when it comes to that, but then again that shouldn't be surprising seeing as how American society in general is STILL unable to deal with the race issue.
kermit da hustla
Banned
she's black. stop hating on your own kind. we need all the help we can get as a people. if someone wants to identify as black, they have every right to do, especially if they clearly looked mixed with black - which she does. black people, we need unity.
GoddamnyamanProf
Countdown to Armageddon
I'm 1/16th black, do I have every right to identify as such?
lightskin blacks were in the house last time I checked
kermit da hustla
Banned
i need to see what you look like.
GoddamnyamanProf
Countdown to Armageddon
It's your life breh , do you...
DarlingNikki
lil baby
I hate Hollywood, wish I could spit on the person who casted her. This bytch is only black for pay, her ugly ass denies it any other time. What a joke.