Interesting video explaining "privilege"

[riverman]

thought I'd add this list
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_black_Academy_Award_winners_and_nominees

 

[riverman]

If the networks strive to produce shows that people wish to see, as verified by ratings, why would they alter success, in favor of diversity?

Let's just say Kobe is starting the allstar game this year and not long ago Jeremy Lin was

 

[MarAzul]

Because sometimes increased diversity results in greater success?

I wonder if they know this on BET?

 

[Denny Crane]

Again, read the article. Scandal and HTGAWM have non-white stars, one of whom (Viola Davis) won a best actress Emmy. ABC also has Blackish and Fresh of the Boat. And your characterization of the Grey's cast is disingenuous. I can name 7 black actors as part of the main cast, one Hispanic, and about 7 white, and that also includes 3 interracial relationships. That show is all about diversity.

I've been binge watching Grey's lately. The main character is a white woman (Pompeo). There are three black actors who appear in most shows in the first few seasons (Webber, Baily, and Burke). There is a huge difference between an almost all black cast and a few black actors in a mostly white cast.

Viola Davis is the bomb. I overlooked the show in making my observation.

Scandal has a lot of white faces in the cast. Kerry Washington is the only black actor/actress to appear in all the episodes.

Blackish is proof a black cast can make a quality modern sitcom. It's on my DVR and we watch every episode.

 

[MarAzul]

Let's just say Kobe is starting the allstar game this year and not long ago Jeremy Lin was

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[riverman]

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my point was that Oscar voting is a popularity contest just like the allstar game..Kobe's not an allstar this season but he'll start the game...Jeremy Lin started on the back of a zillion Chinese votes although he wasn't the best pt guard in the east by a long shot

 

[PtldPlatypus]

I've been binge watching Grey's lately. The main character is a white woman (Pompeo). There are three black actors who appear in most shows in the first few seasons (Webber, Baily, and Burke). There is a huge difference between an almost all black cast and a few black actors in a mostly white cast.

You can't compare early Grey's to where it is now. In addition to Bailey and Webber, there are now Avery and his mother, Bailey's husband, Stephanie, and Pierce, along with the Hispanic Callie Torres. Trust me, it's basically an even split now, with most of the fictional hospital's management being people of color as well. Much more diverse now than you're giving it credit for.

And honestly, I think a show like Grey's featuring black actors in roles that don't actually rely on their blackness is much more significant than a show like Empire which features black actors specifically because of the fact that they're black.

 

[Denny Crane]

You can't compare early Grey's to where it is now. In addition to Bailey and Webber, there are now Avery and his mother, Bailey's husband, Stephanie, and Pierce, along with the Hispanic Callie Torres. Trust me, it's basically an even split now, with most of the fictional hospital's management being people of color as well. Much more diverse now than you're giving it credit for.

And honestly, I think a show like Grey's featuring black actors in roles that don't actually rely on their blackness is much more significant than a show like Empire which features black actors specifically because of the fact that they're black.

Suuure.

Black people don't like hip hop, they like "How to Save a Life."

The point of a show like Empire is that it is something that black people can identify with. Few have the opportunity to get a medical degree and become surgeons.

Grey's is still about Meredith Grey.

I remember the Cosby Show was #1 on NBC for a few years. It got a lot of flack for being an unrealistic view of black reality.

 

[MarAzul]

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my point was that Oscar voting is a popularity contest just like the allstar game..Kobe's not an allstar this season but he'll start the game...Jeremy Lin started on the back of a zillion Chinese votes although he wasn't the best pt guard in the east by a long shot

All true! They do bring diversity.

 

[riverman]

You can't compare early Grey's to where it is now. In addition to Bailey and Webber, there are now Avery and his mother, Bailey's husband, Stephanie, and Pierce, along with the Hispanic Callie Torres. Trust me, it's basically an even split now, with most of the fictional hospital's management being people of color as well. Much more diverse now than you're giving it credit for.

And honestly, I think a show like Grey's featuring black actors in roles that don't actually rely on their blackness is much more significant than a show like Empire which features black actors specifically because of the fact that they're black.

early grey is a knockoff...this is the real thing

 

[bodyman5000 and 1]

Yeah come on Denny. Straight outta Compton isn't going to scare white people.

Like sly said, the theatres were definitely filled with white people.

Go to a Tyler Perry movie sometime, my wife and I did and we were the only white people in the theatre, which is too bad because it was actually a great flick.

I should put you on ignore for this but I don't have anyone on ignore. The last time was Mags for his idiotic bananas crap. So it's rare.

 

[JfizzleBlazer]

I should put you on ignore for this but I don't have anyone on ignore. The last time was Mags for his idiotic bananas crap. So it's rare.

Lol for the Tyler Perry comment?

Dude, sometimes you gotta take one for the team and take your wife to a movie she wants to see that you don't.

 

[bodyman5000 and 1]

Lol for the Tyler Perry comment?

Dude, sometimes you gotta take one for the team and take your wife to a movie she wants to see that you don't.

I was fucking with you and I completely understand the wife thing. 15 years later my wife says I pick wayyyy better movies but she still wants to go see stupid shit. Oh well, waddya gonna do?

 

[SlyPokerDog]

I want Denny to tell us about more movies he's never seen.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

I still can't believe Undercover Brother didn't win an Oscar. The Academy is so frickin' racist!

It was the coolest and hippest movie in years!

 

[bodyman5000 and 1]

I want Denny to tell us about more movies he's never seen.

Then HCP can tell us about math.

 

[KeepOnRollin]

I guess that this can go here now:
http://rare.us/story/as-critics-roa...-bet-and-black-history-month-for-this-reason/

“We have to make up our minds,” Dash said. “Either we want to have segregation or integration. And if we don’t want segregation, then we need to get rid of channels like BET and the BET Awards and the [NAACP] Image Awards, where you’re only awarded if you’re Black. If it were the other way around, we would be up in arms. It’s a double standard.”

Dash went on to say there should not be a Black History Month since there is no White History Month.

“We’re Americans. Period. That’s it,” she added.

If you don't know who Stacey Dash is:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001107/

 

[VanillaGorilla]

I guess that can go here now:
http://rare.us/story/as-critics-roa...-bet-and-black-history-month-for-this-reason/



If you don't know who Stacey Dash is:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001107/

Isn't she a Trump supporter?

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Isn't she a Trump supporter?

Who isn't?

 

[KeepOnRollin]

Isn't she a Trump supporter?

No idea. She is a black woman who has been in plenty of movies though.

 

[JfizzleBlazer]

Stacey dash is smoking hot and I've had a crush on her for years

 

[VanillaGorilla]

Stacey dash is smoking hot and I've had a crush on her for years

She's starting to show her age now though. She still looks really good for being 49.

 

[BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94]

Stacey dash is smoking hot and I've had a crush on her for years

 

[Denny Crane]

 

[PtldPlatypus]

No idea. She is a black woman who has been in plenty of movies though.

To me, she will always be the friend from Clueless.

 

[KeepOnRollin]

To me, she will always be the friend from Clueless.

One of the most underrated movies of all time is Renaissance Man (according to me - and perhaps only me - of course). Check it out if you haven't seen it.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110971/

 

[Denny Crane]

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Oscar nominees. Mighty white.