I agree. And I find it troublesome.

I’ve noticed that some discourse on diversity in the US seems to see it exclusively in terms of black and white, no pun intended. Not all, obviously, and excluding issues and discussions that are specifically about discrimination and persecution of African Americans. /a WOC who is neither black or American

It was particularly tone deaf given that Rock’s entire act focused on the lack of diversity. It was also terribly unoriginal.

As a dark-skinned woman, it’s so crushing to me that they so desperately needed to cast a lighter woman they opted for BLACKFACE and PROSTHETICS. While there are fine actresses who more closely resemble Simone (who also sing!!). What a long way to go to be hurtful.

To...Nina Simone?

compared to who?

It’s also hard to forget Zoe’s comments on race, and specifically saying more than once “people of color don’t exist.”

This is the homage Nina Simone would have expected.

Even within the black community, there’s discrimination against dark-skinned women; imagine what it’s like in lily-white Hollywood. It’s probably not even always conscious, especially in the case of white male casting agents and directors: They just cast those they’re personally attracted to, Women like Zoe Saldana…

David Oyelowo. Waaahhhhyyy?

David Oyelowo gave himself a starring role, too—as Clifton Henderson, Simone’s one time nurse/manager. The screenplay will misrepresent his life, too. He was a gay man, and according to Simone’s daughter, they are writing in a romance between him and Simone. The whole thing is such a disgrace: a truthful (and…

Not.One.Black.Woman. in the whole crew. SMH.

That makeup is ... something else. Wow.

Countdown to his Grindr profile being discovered in 3, 2...

You don’t develop this type of paranoid obsession with other people’s sexuality out of nowhere. I wonder what combination of brain pathology and fucked-up life experiences created this singular creep.

It may be, I just didn’t want to overstate the point because this is hard to quantify. The intellectuals and activists I pay attention to support Sanders, but I’m biased because I support Sanders, so the discourse I am reading is slanted toward that progressive, intersectional thinking. It’s also difficult to get an…

She does well with OLDER African Americans, ie the over 45 crowd. I assume many of the younger folks are voting Sanders but more older people are actually voting. If I can find a statistics based on average age of voters I’ll post it.

a) shes a household name, especially in the south where she and her husband are v popular

“Why don’t you just get big money from Goldman Sachs?”