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The New DU. Reply #370: This is CLASSIC "liberal" Catch-22 thinking on race
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Wed Feb-02-05 10:31 PM
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| 370. This is CLASSIC "liberal" Catch-22 thinking on race |
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The "liberal do-nothing / no problem" approach to institutionalized racism says, "It's OK to discriminate against African-Americans who've 'made it'. We're saving our "tolerance" for the downtrodden who really NEED it."
But if the first and only African American woman to win the Best Actress-Leading role Oscar STILL only gets to read for stereotypical and degrading roles in big-money studio pictures, what incentive do less successful actors of color have to keep trying?
Chances are, Halle Berry's standard of living would fall pretty far if she didn't keep on putting on that platinum blonde wig for "X-Men" sequels. What message does that send to exciting young ingenues such as Joy Bryant (of 'Antwone Fisher' fame)?
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