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Re-upping this thread. Dorothy- Vixen* Diana - Musician/Addict* Ciely - Poor Farmer Diahann - Maid Whoopi - Abused Wife Angela B- Musician/Abused Wife* Halle - Poor Mother/Waitress Gabby - Abused Child Viola - Maid Quvenzhané - Poor Child Ruth - Wife/Activist Cynthia - Slavehttps://twitter.com/THATJacqueline/status/1208069011826626562 …
Haddie - Slave Ethel - Maid Juanita - Maid Beach - Maid Alfre- Unpaid Maid Margaret - Musician/Drug Addict Sofia - Maid/Abused Wife Whoopi - Conman/Psychic Marrianne - Optometrist/orphan* Queen Latifah - Prison Guard Sophie - Wife Jennifer - Musician Ruby Dee - Mom of Gangsta
Viola - Mom to abused son Queenie - Nursing Home Owner Monique - Abusive Welfare Mother Octavia - Maid Lupita - Slave Viola - Neglected Wife Naomie - Drug Addict Octavia - Nasa Engineer Octavia - Maid Mary j. - Poor Sharecropper Sharon - Retail/mother to boy accused of rape
So I ask you, what are we telling Black Actresses about their worth in the Academy?
Comodify your pain that is the only way...oh and if you play a slave, someone poor, or a maid - Bonus!
This more than anything is the real problem with #OscarsSoWhite.
*- There is clearly more to the legacy of Musicians Tina Turner, & Billie than abused wife, & drug addict but was still very much apart of what what was seen as award worthy. * - Marriane was a optimerrist in Secrets & Lies but the story was about he being abandon.
Thank you for this list... I was going to research it later but appreciate your tweet very much.
This is how they want us to be seen
Fully where my head was at yesterday, the broader context makes it so much worsehttps://twitter.com/dnwilliams/status/1216856678957768709?s=21 …
This is the only way to even have an opportunity to be nominated & highlights the internalized racial biases & stereotypes they want to see. Increasing diversity doesn't help bc we are all taught this. To love blackness is not the same as loving Black pain or trauma.
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