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The point is that Netflix is already WhiteStream. Being 'race-blind' isn't inherently a bad thing, but within a white-biased culture, some things need to change
by huac 11y ago
The point is that Netflix is already WhiteStream. Being 'race-blind' isn't inherently a bad thing, but within a white-biased culture, some things need to change before we can leave race behind.
The point remains valid - why isn't there a black James Bond? Because Hollywood doesn't think Americans will go to a movie starring a black hero. It's really a self-fulfilling prophecy - if you don't film the movie, they won't watch it.
(Driving Miss Daisy is not a great example of Afro-positive movies, but whatever)
- gcb0 11y agoare you guys for real? half the movies from hollywood have a black or gay lead. this isn't the 50s anymore. i don't know about france. but hollywood is way past that
- huac 11y agoThat's an absolutely ludicrous statement to make, for lots of reasons. Half!? I'm going to just leave some actual, scientific studies instead regarding race and gender in movies. (17% of movies didn't even have a single speaking black character, as of 2013) http://annenberg.usc.edu/pages/~/media/MDSCI/Racial%20Inequality%20in%20Film%202007-2013%20Final.ashx http://annenberg.usc.edu/pages/~/media/MDSCI/Racial%20Inequa... http://annenberg.usc.edu/pages/~/media/MDSCI/Gender_Inequality_in_500_Popular_Films_-_Smith_2013.ashx http://annenberg.usc.edu/pages/~/media/MDSCI/Gender_Inequali...
- kaitai 11y agoJust for fun, check out http://everysinglewordspoken.tumblr.com/ http://everysinglewordspoken.tumblr.com/ It takes a movie and cuts together every single word & sentence spoken by an actor of color. Often the intro music is longer than the compiled lines. Moonrise Kingdom: 10 seconds.
- ectoplasm 11y agoPer capita in the US, it's far worse for women.