Also as Nia Long claims, studios often reject recognizable black actresses in major films with black leads, to avoid the moniker of being a black film.
So they not getting cast opposite WIll smith or Denzel in big budget films like Men in Black or something.
So their only recourse is the viola davis route, or life on the chitlin circuit.
You not gonna get those catwoman ,charlie Angles or avatar roles as a black actress most of the time unless racially you look like a white woman with a tan, like Halle, or Zoe Zaldana
She barely had screen time in that shyt.
