“I come home and someone’s occupying my house and they’re eating my food and then they’re taking the kids from my bed; they’re taking the money out of my pocket,” said Deena from South Carolina, probably speaking figuratively. “Why should we have to support someone else and then make our kids suffer, our families…

People will be satisfied when films reflect the reality of our populations:

Nobody cares if you whine on the internet.

I spy.... one dark skinned lady in that sea of white women (and one white guy who’s not a cameraman). WTF.

...is a question a WHOLE lot of Asian American actors have been asking ever since Hollywood started with this shit—

Great point. If the movies are made with an eye towards the Chinese market, where are all the Chinese-American actors?

“The dirty little secret is most movies are made now with an eye to the foreign market, and Asians really are racist,” said Maher. “I’m just honest. They don’t want to see black people generally in their movies.” OK.

Don’t forget Iris Elba for Beasts of No Nation, and his enormously impressive young co-star Abraham Attah who essentially carried the movie despite this being his very first credit. I’d also throw in O’Shea Jackson Jr. for Straight Outta Compton.

Beasts of No Nation! I haven’t seen it but Idris Elba received a lot of nomination buzz. The trailer alone gives me chills.

No problem: Creed, and Straight Outta Compton *specifically* as well as Samuel L Jackson Best Actor for the Hateful 8, Mya Taylor, Best Actress Tangerine, Michael B. Jordan, Best Actor Creed, Tessa Thompson Best Supporting Actress Creed, Teyonah Parris, Best Actress Chi-Raq.

Any of them are certainly as “worthy” as The…

The most notable thing about that Economist chart was the cherry picking. “It’s about 21st century films! Except here where we only took from 2007-2013! And we set arbitrary limits not related to major studios or budgets! And arbitrary definitions of ‘top roles’ that could easily mean the stereotypical friend with ten…

And just like that, I have “Things that Make You Go Hmmm” stuck in my head.

I’m happy for nate parker truly. And nat turner’s rebellion is not something that gets taught in schools so this is important. With that being said. Not surprising. White people love slave narratives. As a black woman I’m over it. Black Americans are more and did more than slavery. Call me back when there’s a fantasy…

This makes me miss Unreal so much.

Except in fact, you did utter the opinion that “we [The English]are less racist than the average american”

If you want to take a conversation that involves someone pointing out that racism is universal and try to pin them with claiming racism is the same everywhere in every way, at least be honest with yourself that…

Racism is about a lot more than slurs. I am a Californian and most people here (though God knows there are pockets that are as bad as the Deep South) would never dream of that word ever leaving their lips, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t racist. Casual racism here is prevalent and so fucking harmful. So maybe you…

I don’t know why you are so obsessed about where racism is worse. It’s a problem in the US; it’s a problem in Britain. The degree, which you seem to be obsessed with, does not in fact change the structural inequalities that still exist and negatively affect minorities in both places. No one’s trying to deflect…

Clearly this topic is bringing out a very emotional response from you. I would suggest you speak with minorities in your country and see how they really feel about it since it affects them. I’m guessing they don’t give a shit that you guys don’t get secretly recorded saying racist things because they are still being…