the young turks

"can you tell how scared they are on this? why do you keep screaming?"

"this is why the republican party is a joke. its like theyre not aware of their own hypocricies."

"its important that you analyze obama speeches in the light of day... you get a little tipsy on obama speech making. you have to go over the speech again to make sure you got everything... you have to dive in to see what he's actually saying."

"they are so insecure about morality that they want to enforce morality one everyone."

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racialicious

i don’t really agree with this. first of all the movie companies are based in america. secondly its hard enough to get skin color in roles. to expect the actors to be from the country of the character is a bit much. there is such thing as acting. it means theyre putting it all on for show. if you cast an actual barber as a barber where’s the acting? bottom line is american movies are probably likely to have an all american cast. consider the audience theyre trying to sell the film too. plus the fact that the same ten actors act in every hollywood blockbuster. the bottom line is that there’s no direct tie between africa in hollywood. if there was then you might see more crossover. actors local to the region. as well as directors and film crew. as it is they’re based in america and they feature mainly americans. if africans are bothered by it they should start their own film industry local. look at the indian system. an indian actor in an american film is a hard sell. but if you go to india there’s a big industry for indian film. plus america itself is deeply prejudiced. i’d say save yourself the trouble and start something in a more african friendly environment. bottom line is the most you can expect is for an actor to look like the guy. at least when it comes to cinema. if you want real quality acting go to the stage.

http://www.racialicious.com/2009/12/03/casting-white-actors-in-asian-roles-1957-to-today/#more-4545

it seems like when it comes to race we’re really far behind in film. i’m actually surprised things are so bad so recent. my question is is there any tendency to rewrite non-asian roles as asian? it might just be that we’re jumping the gun. with there being so few asians in america perhaps there arent enough actors for the role. there’s only so many movies jon cho can do.

but i have to admit it does look bad. its hard not to look at those charicatured roles. asian characters distinctly played by whites. perhaps by erasing the asian role altogether they save face. but when seen against the backdrop of the history you can see where its coming from. and its not a good place.

http://www.racialicious.com/2009/12/03/casting-white-actors-in-asian-roles-1957-to-today/#comment-2048918

i’d just like to say this is a brilliant article. and it echoes alot of my own personal beliefs.

http://www.racialicious.com/2009/11/30/no-one-hijacked-islam/#comment-2048922