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Greta75 -> Black American Actors upset about Black Brits being cast in African American roles (3/14/2017 8:00:39 PM)
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https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/mar/08/get-out-daniel-kaluuya-samuel-l-jackson-black-british-actors
I find it interesting.
Jackson argued that Get Out, Jordan Peele’s satirical horror film about racism in liberal suburbs, could have been better with an American in the leading role, instead of British actor Daniel Kaluuya. “I tend to wonder what that movie would have been with an American brother who really feels that,” he told a New York radio station.
Though some have criticized Jackson’s comments – including John Boyega, the British Star Wars actor who called it a “stupid ass conflict we don’t have time for” – black actors in Los Angeles said it has sparked an important conversation and that they were tired of seeing UK actors taking on roles about the black American experience.
“When it comes to telling very specific American stories, it can sometimes feel like a slap in the face to the black community,” said Devere Rogers, a 29-year-old actor who has appeared in television shows Crazy Ex-Girlfriend and Grey’s Anatomy. “It’s like, we as Americans can’t tell our own stories?”
First it was not enough black people cast. And now when black people are cast, it's still not good enough, it must be AMERICAN black actors.
Ha! I think this just proves, they like to use race baiting, but they really feel entitled to alot of things because of baggage of slavery past.
But my thoughts are, how would modern African Americans understand it more than African Brits? Neither have been through slavery themselves.
Both grew up as minority coloured person in a white dominated country.
What discrimination an American Black would suffer that a Brit Black haven't?
Does American Black people think Britain is the holy mecca for Black people where they are treated much better in Britain than in America?
I just don't respect people who ask for Affirmative Action.
It's the same thing with Chinese people, if Foreign Chinese were cast instead of local Chinese. We aren't gonna get upset. Because we just want to make sure, that person was the best person for the role. Right race. Doesn't matter where this Chinese was from.
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