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I'm glad the movie, Crazy Rich Asians is out. I'm glad an movie led by Asians is making big money. But I'm sad the casting was done in this way, that they couldn't find a non-biracial looking Asian man to play the lead role.
But I'm also glad black women aren't the only ones who that Hollywood does not allow to come through unless they look white enough.
Frankly, I'm sick and tired of light skinned black women talking about how black they are whenever the subject of light privilege in Hollywood comes up -- as if any body ACTUALLY cares about their racial identity. That's a personal problem. You either know and believe you are black (or know that you are Asian) or YOU DON'T --no matter what your biological mixture is.
I don't know about Asian people, but most black people are "mixed" or "bi-racial" or "tri-racial" because most of us have white, rapist slave masters in our heirs SOMEwhere. Bi-racial black folks, as the RECENTLY "mixed," may have a higher number of white ancestors due that one white parent.
It seems to me bi-racial black people are mostly fighting a culture battle --because most of them don't look any different than my light-skinned cousins (who have two medium-to-light-skinned black parents, if they're not a genetic throw back of some kind.)
But by discussing RACIAL IDENTITY instead of white Hollywood (and too often Black Male Hollywood) is ALWAYS choosing the whitest looking, most bi-racial looking women of color they can find to star in movies, many of these bi-racial actresses (and now actors) are showing us that they aren't on anybody's side but their own. Zendaya, for example, is one of the very few bi-racial and/or very pale black women who come clean about their light-privilege in Hollywood.
AT LEAST this dude, Golding, has had the decency to say the discussion is important, that it shows White Hollywood that we're watching them. It may be lip service on his part, but it was decent lip service.
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‘Crazy Rich Asians’ Actor Henry Golding Addresses His Own ‘Whiteness’ in Casting Decision
from NEXTSHARK.COM
Being partially Malaysian and partially White, Golding has received criticism over the role which some argued should have gone to a fully Asian actor...
According to Golding, he is not angered by the criticisms, saying that he agrees that discussions on whitewashing should continue “because it kind of just shows the studios that we’re watching; we’re very aware of how we want our films to tell authentic stories now.”
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But I'm also glad black women aren't the only ones who that Hollywood does not allow to come through unless they look white enough.
Frankly, I'm sick and tired of light skinned black women talking about how black they are whenever the subject of light privilege in Hollywood comes up -- as if any body ACTUALLY cares about their racial identity. That's a personal problem. You either know and believe you are black (or know that you are Asian) or YOU DON'T --no matter what your biological mixture is.
I don't know about Asian people, but most black people are "mixed" or "bi-racial" or "tri-racial" because most of us have white, rapist slave masters in our heirs SOMEwhere. Bi-racial black folks, as the RECENTLY "mixed," may have a higher number of white ancestors due that one white parent.
It seems to me bi-racial black people are mostly fighting a culture battle --because most of them don't look any different than my light-skinned cousins (who have two medium-to-light-skinned black parents, if they're not a genetic throw back of some kind.)
But by discussing RACIAL IDENTITY instead of white Hollywood (and too often Black Male Hollywood) is ALWAYS choosing the whitest looking, most bi-racial looking women of color they can find to star in movies, many of these bi-racial actresses (and now actors) are showing us that they aren't on anybody's side but their own. Zendaya, for example, is one of the very few bi-racial and/or very pale black women who come clean about their light-privilege in Hollywood.
AT LEAST this dude, Golding, has had the decency to say the discussion is important, that it shows White Hollywood that we're watching them. It may be lip service on his part, but it was decent lip service.
BLaCKCHiCKRoCKeD.BLoGSPoT.CoM
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