Damson Idris, is set to play Miles Davis, in the upcoming jazz romance

[Premeditated]

phenomenal casting

we're finally back to merit base casting

can't wait to watch

 

[CreepyMcCreeperson]

The lead in Memoirs Of A Geisha was Chinese, not Japanese. Naveen Andrews is Indian, and played Iraqi on Lost. And Jennifer Lopez is Puerto Rican, not Mexican, but she nailed Selena.

 

[HimmyHendrix]

not watching (saw sinners 7 times)

i can’t bring myself to support this film

 

[HimmyHendrix]

Denzel Washington played Steve Biko and Malcolm X..

Unless the complaints are coming from a place of noticing Black American actors being barred or neglected from playing Black American legends, any other concerns come across as whining

malcolm x is black american and you know that you stinky tether

 

[HimmyHendrix]

The lead in Memoirs Of A Geisha was Chinese, not Japanese. Naveen Andrews is Indian, and played Iraqi on Lost. And Jennifer Lopez is Puerto Rican, not Mexican, but she nailed Selena.

that’s good for them? that ain’t got shyt to do with us. this will bomb and i will spread the word that it’s bad without even seeing it

 

[2 Up 2 Down]

malcolm x is black american and you know that you stinky tether

His mother was from Grenada

 

[HimmyHendrix]

His mother was from Grenada

Yeah? He was raised in Black American Culture. Is Grenadian side meant nothing to his upbringing or culture.

So much to the point that in his autobiography he remembers meeting west indians immigrants for the first time and them practicing housing discrimination against him.

In *The Autobiography of Malcolm X* (1965), Malcolm X briefly discusses his time in Harlem during the 1940s, where he encountered West Indian immigrants. He notes their clannishness, recalling an incident where a West Indian landlord refused to rent him a room, citing a preference for “island folks.” Malcolm interprets this as a form of intra-racial bias.

He wasn’t west indian he was an american negro

 

[Braman]

I understand the sentiment and uproar of non Black Americans playing these roles

But at the same time when Don Cheadle was in Hotel Rwanda and had the worst African accent I've ever heard, no one batted an eye

Exactly. This why I can’t respect it. It’s hypocritical and mfers are crybabies. Like this never happened…

 

[Braman]

malcolm x is black american and you know that you stinky tether

No the fukk he wasn’t. Y’all mfers are clowns.

 

[Peak]

I can't see it working but Donald had his shot

 

[2 Up 2 Down]

Yeah? He was raised in Black American Culture. Is Grenadian side meant nothing to his upbringing or culture.

So much to the point that in his autobiography he remembers meeting west indians immigrants for the first time and them practicing housing discrimination against him.

In *The Autobiography of Malcolm X* (1965), Malcolm X briefly discusses his time in Harlem during the 1940s, where he encountered West Indian immigrants. He notes their clannishness, recalling an incident where a West Indian landlord refused to rent him a room, citing a preference for “island folks.” Malcolm interprets this as a form of intra-racial bias.

He wasn’t west indian he was an american negro

Still doesn't change that he was half Grenadian

 

[HimmyHendrix]

No the fukk he wasn’t. Y’all mfers are clowns.

what? his dad was AA/BA you stupid dumbass

 

[HimmyHendrix]

Still doesn't change that he was half Grenadian

someone should have told the west indians that denied him housing that

he got taken care of by his real community

 

[Peak]

that’s good for them? that ain’t got shyt to do with us. this will bomb and i will spread the word that it’s bad without even seeing it

 

[JackRoss]

Those damn tethers, stealing #FBA jobs

Black Americans not going over there to those roles. I'll never understand this. Some of these people come here talking about race isn't real or just flat out talk shyt about Black Americans. It's ok to admit that the people that come over here are spineless cowards that refuse to do shyt at home so they come over here because Black Americans are too friendly.