Damn this is a READ!!!! YESSSSSSS!!! Its a white industry. Just as the NBA is a black industry. Im not even saying its a bad thing. It just is. And the black people they do hire tend to be the same person. That person tends to be female and that person tends to be Ivy League. And theres nothing wrong with that. As a matter of fact, thats what I want for my daughters. But something tells me that the life my privileged daughters are leading right now might not make them the best candidates to run the black division of anything. And the person who runs the black division of a studio should probably have worked with black people at some point in their life. Clint Culpepper [a white studio chief who specializes in black movies] does a good job at Screen Gems because hes the kind of guy who would actually go see Best Man Holiday. But how many black men have you met working in Hollywood? They dont really hire black men. A black man with bass in his voice and maybe a little hint of facial hair? Not going to happen. It is what it is. Im a guy whos accepted it all... Its the most liberal town in the world, and theres a part of it thats kind of racist — not racist like F— you, n----- racist, but just an acceptance that theres a slave state in L.A. Theres this acceptance that Mexicans are going to take care of white people in L.A. that doesnt exist anywhere else ... Youre telling me no Mexicans are qualified to do anything at a studio? Really? Nothing but mop up?
Posted on: Thu, 04 Dec 2014 15:14:07 +0000