2016-02-29, 09:29 PM
High Wrote:they are just complaining about the lack of diversity.
Denzel Washington, Will Smith, Morgan Freeman, Eddie Murphy, Samuel L. Jackson, Eddie Murphy, James Earl Jones, Jamie Foxx, Forest Whitaker, Don Cheadle, Wesley Snipes, Halle Berry, Whoopi Goldberg - These are all black actors I can name off the top of my head. Admittedly, there's only 2 females in that list, but what lack of diversity?
Asian Actors:
Jet Li, Jackie Chan, John Cho, Chow Yun-fat - Can't name nearly as many, but again, these are off the top of my head.
I'm not seeing the lack of diversity. There are NUMEROUS movies starring countless ethnicities, races, nationalities, whatever you want to go with, but why do they have to win awards just for being diverse? These movies don't win because they star white people, you know. Isn't that pulling the race card in and of itself?
High Wrote:The world doesn't revolve around white people, you know?
No one here implied that in the least - nor has a single person in this thread even posted what their skin color is.
High Wrote:However it feels like it. I mean, you have the biggest movie ceremony in the world and yet it's a white party.
May I direct you to http://www.bet.com/? Where is the White Entertainment Television website? Where is the Asian Entertainment Television website? Why are double standards okay when white people are the ones not included?
High Wrote:People are questioning why the lead is always white. Why people getting awards are always white?
Because they're the ones playing their roles better than the others?... Why must everything be chalked up to race? Should I start flinging pomegranate at the NFL or the NBA because the majority of players are black? I literally never hear complaints about this, so why do acting roles get complained about for having a majority white group? Again with the double standards.
High Wrote:Look at the Emmys, it exists since 1949 and yet the FIRST black woman won best actress just last year, it took only 66 years... Does this feel right?
I guess it simply took 66 years for a black actress to do a good enough job to beat everybody else that year.
High Wrote:I used the beauty standards as just an example of how media can manipulate the masses and how it gives privileges to certain people and ignore the others. Which my point is about.
...Isn't this a problem for literally everyone? Doesn't this detract from your point, rather than add to it?
High Wrote:Why ignore the problem though?
There needs to be a problem for one to be ignored.
High Wrote:The point of representation is to include, not exclude. Don't twist things.
There is plenty of inclusion in this industry. Just because they aren't winning awards it does not mean they are not making loads of money from it, nor are they bad actors/actresses. This strange notion that only white people get to win awards is outright silly and is racist in and of itself.