racism in hollywood
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Leonard Roberts Calls Out Heroes and Hollywood: 'People Get Scared When Black People Demand Things'
The “Hollywood Reckoning” may have been used as a buzz phrase this year, but it is more than just abstract. It involves the very real lives of Black actors and crew members who have endured (often silently, in order to survive financially) countless microaggressions, full-out racism and other toxic incidents at work. Leonard Roberts is…
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About Aibileen: Viola Davis Says She Regrets Playing Maid in The Help
It’s not often that an actor expresses regret about taking an Oscar-nominated role, but that’s exactly what Viola Davis did in a recent interview with the New York Times. Fielding a question submitted by a reader on whether she had any regrets on roles she’s passed on, Davis flipped the question, and addressed roles she…
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Black Is Not My Job: 16 Black Actresses Take the Cannes Red Carpet by Storm
The red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival got even more colorful Wednesday as 16 black and biracial actresses staged a very glamorous protest on the steps of the Palais des Festival convention center. Dazzlingly dressed in black, silver and white by Balmain wunderkind Olivier Rousteing, actresses Nadège Beausson-Diagne, Mata Gabin, Maïmouna Gueye, Eye Haidara,…
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Fear of an Angry Black Woman: Why Mo’Nique Was Right
Whether or not you decided to pull out your spreadsheet and add Netflix to the infinitely long list of things on the black boycott list, including Pepsi, the NFL, SheaMoisture, H&M and Cracker Barrel (to be fair, I don’t think Cracker Barrel did anything racist, but every time I go there, it just feels like…