I have always heard actors talk about their inspiration or their preparation for playing roles. The preparation for playing Nina Simone in a biopic would be to not only appreciate the Civil Rights struggle in the US, but also appreciate how she embraced her Blackness as a culture, a race, and being empowered by this.…

In "Lady Sings the Blues", Diana Ross did not lighten her skin or change her voice at all. She simply played the role, and rocked, I might add (I believe she was nominated for an Oscar for that role).

Viola Davis or Angela Bassett, anyone?? Anyone??

or neo-soul...

I agree. There's no excuse for not being aware of global issues (and it's not even that, she in LA — LA is pretty global in terms of what passes through), especially when you have access to practically infinite resources that allows you to be educated on this.

But if she doesn't know what modern day racism looks like, how do we know that she hasn't behaved in a racist matter?

I felt more awkward for her than anything. Connecting being single and not desirable now to slavery is quite a leap.

This is one of exactly next to ZERO gyms that would even think about coming to a neighborhood like mine. This is not even registering for people in my neighborhood.

While we're fantasizing, it'd be great if the minorities could be as diverse in personalities as the white characters, e.g., a black person with glasses, a black person with freckles, a shy black person, an outgoing black person, a geeky black person, etc. And then, we have an Asian person with glasses, an Asian…

That has to be coming, though, right? I mean, how could he not!

Wheaton speaks for itself, really.

I understand that Hugh Jackman is all things lovely, and sings, but Wolverine is NOT lovely, or inspiring! Cyclops is more like the Wolverine character in these stupid movies. Rookies.

This....is how I felt.

These charming fellows will go on to run the fucking country.

I like Colbert, but I think this is about something as big as the insensitive NFL logo. I think you can get satire and still think that ironic racism is not OK.

The comments are priceless on that piece though.

It's possible to assume people are racist, and have positive interactions. I admit it took a lot of time to get to that place; I'm a huge cynic, but very chill, if that makes sense. I mean, it is what it is. I have no expectations that this world will change it's beliefs about race in my or my child's lifetime. But…

Fortunately, many more agree with me, than with you. This is also less of an outrage than blackface because, well, history. Also, minstrel show themes are still quite prevalent. Just because they aren't called minstrel shows does not mean they aren't. Messages and all that.

No.

Still, no.