[Johnnyuk123]

Diversity...








All of the above movies were very good movies regardless of colour. Why is it only deemed an issue if it's a white actor playing a black character?
Diversity after all is a two way street so movie roles should be open to everyone regardless of race, colour, gender etc.

[Tom4784]

Originally Posted by Johnnyuk123

Diversity...








All of the above movies were very good movies regardless of colour. Why is it only deemed an issue if it's a white actor playing a black character?
Diversity after all is a two way street so movie roles should be open to everyone regardless of race, colour, gender etc.

Because the majority will always have more opportunities than the minority so Micheal B. Jordan playing Human Torch isn't taking an opportunity away from a white person because 90% of Superhero roles will go to white people. White people don't need more representation, we are the majority and we reap a lot of benefits because of that.

Denying the issue doesn't make it go away, all you are doing by trying to say that it's not an issue is burying your head in the sand because it makes you uncomfortable.

[Johnnyuk123]

Originally Posted by Dezzy

Because the majority will always have more opportunities than the minority so Micheal B. Jordan playing Human Torch isn't taking an opportunity away from a white person because 90% of Superhero roles will go to white people. White people don't need more representation, we are the majority and we reap a lot of benefits because of that.

Denying the issue doesn't make it go away, all you are doing by trying to say that it's not an issue is burying your head in the sand because it makes you uncomfortable.

So you do not agree that diversity is a two way street?

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Johnnyuk123

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So you do not agree that diversity is a two way street?

You don't need a solution to something that isn't a problem and roles for white people aren't a problem

[lostalex]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

You don't need a solution to something that isn't a problem and roles for white people aren't a problem

it is a problem though. there are roles that white people aren't given the chance to play. It's not a problem on the grand scale, but on a smaller scale there are theaters that only cast black actors, so on the smaller scale it is a problem.

[GiRTh]

Originally Posted by Johnnyuk123

Diversity...








All of the above movies were very good movies regardless of colour. Why is it only deemed an issue if it's a white actor playing a black character?
Diversity after all is a two way street so movie roles should be open to everyone regardless of race, colour, gender etc.

I have no idea what point you are trying to make here? are you saying it isn't two way? Posters in this thread have instructed you of many many films where ethnically neutral characters have been played by Caucasian actors so by giving a few random examples of the opposite, what point do you think you have made?

[Ithinkiloveyoutoo]

Originally Posted by Johnnyuk123

Diversity...
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All of the above movies were very good movies regardless of colour. Why is it only deemed an issue if it's a white actor playing a black character?
Diversity after all is a two way street so movie roles should be open to everyone regardless of race, colour, gender etc.

You must have missed all the people calling Quvenzhane a little n8gger. And all the people threatening to boycott Star Wars because there would be a black character forgetting the creator of this is married to a black person.

Diversity is not a two way street in this instance. White people have got to stop acting like the balance is 50/50. This is just white people regressing to excuse pushing out the few blacks that make it more and more.

[Johnnyuk123]

Originally Posted by Ithinkiloveyoutoo

You must have missed all the people calling Quvenzhane a little n8gger. And all the people threatening to boycott Star Wars because there would be a black character forgetting the creator of this is married to a black person.

No, i saw all of that too. I also saw people kick off at Ben Afflick when he was given the role as the next Batman and they too threatened to boycot the movie because he was chosen. I also recently watched the movie the hatefull 8 and as the opening credits rolled the first name on screen was a black actors name,he was also the leading actor in this movie. Samuel L Jackson played the lead role in the hatefull 8 and he was brilliant in this movie which goes directly against those suggesting only white actors get the lead roles. I'm sure i will get the but thats just one movie quote thrown back at me for pointing out something positive as people only want to talk about the negative stuff in here.

Diversity is not a two way street in this instance. White people have got to stop acting like the balance is 50/50. This is just white people regressing to excuse pushing out the few blacks that make it more and more.

This is where we disagree. I believe that diversity is a two way street. EVERYONE should be given equal opportunity and that includes ALL the different people of race for ALL movie roles.
I agree with you on the balance of things right now not being 50/50 but to generalize and say white folk need to stop pushing out blacks is a cheap shot. I do not believe that ALL white people are like that. I also disagree with you that only black actors are being treated this way. Many races are treated this way and NOT just one race in the movie industry.

[lostalex]

Originally Posted by Johnnyuk123

Diversity...








All of the above movies were very good movies regardless of colour. Why is it only deemed an issue if it's a white actor playing a black character?
Diversity after all is a two way street so movie roles should be open to everyone regardless of race, colour, gender etc.

actually all of those movies were terrible....

[Johnnyuk123]

Originally Posted by lostalex

actually all of those movies were terrible....

Get lost.

[Shaun]

Originally Posted by lostalex

actually all of those movies were terrible....

I was gonna say (but I haven't seen the Wiz, whatever that is). White Chicks was OK though.

[Ithinkiloveyoutoo]

Sly Stallone be like ''if you don't want me to go [to the oscars] I won't go'' nah dude, that sounds like you want to go.If you really didn't and wanted to take a stand you wouldn't have said that. Go get your oscar dude, you owe it to Rocky 4 and Creed.