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Jamie Foxx has revealed that he finds himself facing racial challenges in everyday situations of his life.
The African American actor explained during an interview with Vibe magazine that he is always sensitive about his skin colour.
Jamie, 45, admitted that 'Every single thing in my life is built around race'.
He told Vibemagazine: 'Cause as black folks we're always sensitive. As a black person it's always racial.
Super stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kerry Washington and Jamie spoke to Vibe magazine
'I come into this place to do a photo shoot and they got Ritz crackers and cheese.
'I'll be like, ain't this a b***h. Y'all didn't know black people was coming.'
In the same vein he explained that if he turned up to the photo shoot and there was fried chicken and watermelon, he would also be annoyed at the stereotype.
Jamie also admitted that he feels that he must act and talk in a certain way around white people and in his day-to-day job as an actor.
Yeah, sounds like it..... but it STILL looks like a totally bad-ass movie and I'm STILL going to see it. :mrgreen:
Yeah, sounds like it..... but it STILL looks like a totally bad-ass movie and I'm STILL going to see it. :mrgreen:
Django Unchained star Jamie Foxx explains why he is sensitive about being African American | Mail Online
'As a black person it's always racial': Django Unchained star Jamie Foxx explains why he is sensitive about being African American
And there you have it. The leftwing hero is a bonafide modern day racist.
I don't think that he's racist. Rather, I think that he is hypersensitive to how others see him in regards to race.
Remember, he's an actor, and while individual actors, directors, and producers may be racially enlightened, Hollywood as a whole still has problems in regards to race.
Especially when minority actors can get only certain kinds of roles, not necessarily because of the prejudices of Hollywood but rather the prejudices Hollywood thinks the rest of the country still has.
So no, I don't think he's racist at all.
Django Unchained star Jamie Foxx explains why he is sensitive about being African American | Mail Online
'As a black person it's always racial': Django Unchained star Jamie Foxx explains why he is sensitive about being African American
And there you have it. The leftwing hero is a bonafide modern day racist.
It's doubtful you'd let a white person be that sensitive. If you wouldn't, then he's racist.
Django Unchained star Jamie Foxx explains why he is sensitive about being African American | Mail Online
'As a black person it's always racial': Django Unchained star Jamie Foxx explains why he is sensitive about being African American
And there you have it. The leftwing hero is a bonafide modern day racist.
How is what he said racist? He is not putting any races down or saying that African-Americans are a superior race. We need to remember that racism is a system, it's a system where people are oppressed due to their racial/ethnic identity. None of what Foxx said was racist.
I am totally sick of Black people and ''you took us from Africa to make us your slaves'' It was 200 years ago..we have paid ten-fold..
Two hundred years ago...white people were slaves in Britain..children sent up chimneys...agricultural workers living in hedges..and when society had finished with you..there were always the workhouses..
We send Billions of pounds to Africa..and yet our students take gap years to dig latrines and fresh water wells..
It goes to the warlords of Africa,,the poor don't see a dime..
Our government has promised Africa £34 million next year..is it for the poor..or is it to grease palms??
I don't think that he's racist. Rather, I think that he is hypersensitive to how others see him in regards to race.
Remember, he's an actor, and while individual actors, directors, and producers may be racially enlightened, Hollywood as a whole still has problems in regards to race.
Especially when minority actors can get only certain kinds of roles, not necessarily because of the prejudices of Hollywood but rather the prejudices Hollywood thinks the rest of the country still has.
So no, I don't think he's racist at all.
Explain to me how that addresses anything that I wrote?
Meh, when was the last time you saw a movie with a black leading man? Not a comedy or a popcorn action flick starring will smith. A serious movie with a chance to win awards, that also doesn't revolve it's plot around the blackness of the character?
Nothing racist in what he said.
Meh, when was the last time you saw a movie with a black leading man? Not a comedy or a popcorn action flick starring will smith. A serious movie with a chance to win awards, that also doesn't revolve it's plot around the blackness of the character?
Nothing racist in what he said.
There you have it folks, acknowledging that race plays a role in your life is now racist. :lol:
American has taken the whole 'racist' thing to new heights and I get why he's doing it. If he calls anything or anyone which even mentions 'race' 'racist', he doesn't have to feel so bad about his own feelings toward race.
Meh, when was the last time you saw a movie with a black leading man? Not a comedy or a popcorn action flick starring will smith. A serious movie with a chance to win awards, that also doesn't revolve it's plot around the blackness of the character?
Nothing racist in what he said.
And there you have it. The leftwing hero is a bonafide modern day racist.
If that is a bona fide to you, PLEASE have others read the Certificate of Authenticy on your NAZCAR plates!
You just add a bit more weight to Foxx's point. Many folks in this country, usually the ones who can't stand out in the sun for very long without a slathering of SPF30, seem incrediably insensitive to any other culture but their own. Now if Foxx did some bonehead thing for all to see there would be a line of the SPF crowd lined up to cluck about it- such gems like part of the Sharpton crowd, or typical urban epic fail, or perhaps reference being raised by an 'inner city' single mother... :roll:
Mr. Foxx just pointed out how often and in so many ways he is reminded it is a white man's world and he has the pull to at least attempt to remind the SPF crowd there are a few other types around.
Perhaps a few of the SPFs have a bias of their own reading interweb stories...eace
I don't think that he's racist. Rather, I think that he is hypersensitive to how others see him in regards to race.
Remember, he's an actor, and while individual actors, directors, and producers may be racially enlightened, Hollywood as a whole still has problems in regards to race.
Especially when minority actors can get only certain kinds of roles, not necessarily because of the prejudices of Hollywood but rather the prejudices Hollywood thinks the rest of the country still has.
So no, I don't think he's racist at all.
Meh, when was the last time you saw a movie with a black leading man? Not a comedy or a popcorn action flick starring will smith. A serious movie with a chance to win awards, that also doesn't revolve it's plot around the blackness of the character?
Nothing racist in what he said.
Denzel Washington seems to do well in the drama department. The last movie I saw of his was the one with the runaway train that had nothing to do with the blackness of his character (whatever that means)
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