Jeffrey Wright says "Me no Black actor". Peoples Hernandez LIVES !!!

[get these nets]

*good article.....just jokes, for the title

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[BaggerofTea]

Like I get it. He wants to transcend the label because people use that to diminish his product.


But at the same time, why give a fukk

 

[Hoodoo Child]

He's a "tomorrow person"

 

[Ol’Otis]

A lot of black actors feel this way
Idris and Nia Long said something similar last year

 

[BaggerofTea]

A lot of black actors feel this way
Idris and Nia Long said something similar last year

Brainwashed to think black is lesser than

 

[Jayou Ayen]

Peoples Hernandez is his greatest role, imho.
You can’t tell that breh wasn’t a real Dominican in that movie.



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[O.T.I.S.]

I didn’t see anything wrong with it really

He’s basically questioning what exactly is a black actor and if the art or process changes because he’s black..

Then he says black actors do have a history of limitations and judgement, so maybe it does.

Sounds like he’s challenging the non-black masses for their stereotyping. Either way, love dude as an actor and this was a good article/interview.

 

[BobbyWojak]

Brainwashed to think black is lesser than

They've also been pigeonholed into specific roles because of this, Idris does a lot for the Black community in the UK. It's not like he's a tom.

 

[get these nets]

Peoples Hernandez is his greatest role, imho.
You can’t tell that breh wasn’t a real Dominican in that movie.



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Took me twice watching the film to note that they had Vanessa Williams playing a Latina cop. So all the Latin characters in the film wouldn't be bad guys, I guess.

 

[Fill Collins]

When I was a jit, that Basquiat movie made me cry

He can act and his sus diamond mine aside, you gotta give the man credit

 

[ThrobbingHood]

He’s Wright.

We don’t use the term white or brown actors. Why should it be any different? Are you a black QB or just a QB who happens to be black?

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

Man, don’t do that to Jeffrey, you know people ain’t gonna read past your title and run with it

 

[Rollie Forbes]

I think Laurence Fishburne said the same thing.

 

[richbosszar]

he considered himself an afro latino and doesnt like being called black

"Now we sure hope black folk won't take this the wrong way, but actor Jeffrey Wright does not consider himself a “black man in Hollywood.” "
Oh Really? Actor Jeffrey Wright: ‘I Don’t Really Consider Myself a Black Man in Hollywood
Me no black...

 

[REdefinition]

Like I get it. He wants to transcend the label because people use that to diminish his product.


But at the same time, why give a fukk

Let your boss tell you "you're a good BLACK employee" are you ok with that?