[Johnnyuk123]

Originally Posted by GiRTh

For *********ks sake.

If you want to discuss that then start a thread., It has been discussed a few times on this forum.

I'll post what i want thank you very much.

[GiRTh]

Originally Posted by Johnnyuk123

I'll post what i want thank you very much.

Even if you're posting things that have been posted before and thoroughly discredited. OK then if that what you want.

Before I discuss this you need to understand the history of the word . Go do that then meet me back here.

[Johnnyuk123]

Originally Posted by GiRTh

Even if you're posting things that have been posted before and thoroughly discredited. OK then if that what you want.

Before I discuss this you need to understand the history of the word . Go do that then meet me back here.

No.

[GiRTh]

Originally Posted by Johnnyuk123

No.

Shame cuz if you understood the history of the word you'd realise why the point you made was so stupid.

[Johnnyuk123]

Originally Posted by GiRTh

Shame cuz if you understood the history of the word you'd realise why the point you made was so stupid.

I do understand the word. Just like you understand that attacking forum members on threads is breaking the rules in here.

[Ithinkiloveyoutoo]

Originally Posted by Johnnyuk123

I agree with you. It should be about all races. Another thing that annoys the hell out of me is that this group complain about the use of the N word. They are 100% right to complain about the n word and get it stopped from being used but then you watch a rap song on youtube from major black stars and they use the term over and over again as if it's nothing. If the n word is a big no no then it should not be used by anyone, no one should use that term but to me they think it's ok for them to use the n word but everyone else can't and that goes directly against the point they are trying to make.

I didn't say it should be about ALL races. White women want to complain about lack of roles and white men also but it still remains that they get more recognition than blacks do. And white women get paid more than other ethnicities and considered more for roles so no it shouldn't be about ALL races right now. When another group brings in an issue listen to them, they're experiencing it.


About the N word I hate it too but there's a difference between ***** and Ni---r. The difference is that white people have a long history of using that word maliciously to make blacks feel like a quarter of a human being and they still use it.

[GiRTh]

Originally Posted by Johnnyuk123

I do understand the word. Just like you understand that attacking forum members on threads is breaking the rules in here.

No you dont cuz if you did then you'd never have asked such a question. You'd already know the answer.

I'm not gonna have this discussion with you until you understand the history and the many meanings of that word.

[Johnnyuk123]

Originally Posted by GiRTh

No you dont cuz if you did then you'd never have asked such a question. You'd already know the answer.

I'm not gonna have this discussion with you until you understand the history and the many meanings of that word.

Great!

[GiRTh]

Originally Posted by Johnnyuk123

Great!

Whats great?

[Johnnyuk123]

Originally Posted by GiRTh

Whats great?

That you are now going to leave me in peace.

[GiRTh]

Originally Posted by Johnnyuk123

That you are now going to leave me in peace.

Its probably for the best to leave you in peace with your own thoughts.

[Johnnyuk123]

Originally Posted by GiRTh

Its probably for the best to leave you in peace with your own thoughts.

Thank you i appreciate that.

[Z]

Originally Posted by Ithinkiloveyoutoo

Well I find your post moronic too as it's typical when there's an issue black people bring into attention, people make it about everyone. It can't just focus on the point blacks are trying to make. Another example is I don't know who, maybe Reese Witherspoon, is now talking about lack of roles for women in hollywood and etc. Fair enough, it needs to be discussed, but when gays bring up their issues people give them respect enough to let it be about the gays and how they experience things from their point of view and they give them support. I don't see millions of people jumping on it trying to diminish what they are trying to bring to the forefront. This is just another example of black lives matter...nah ALL lives matter.

Is it just black people who got shut out of the awards this year? Because I don't see any other minorities there either. It's an issue that affects more than just black people, this is not an issue that's black only and it's offensive to suggest otherwise - Hollywood is an elitist, corrupt and backward institution - that's the real problem. Why are you bringing gay people into it now as if it's any easier for openly gay actors and actresses to get cast in anything? I don't like your militant views.

[Ithinkiloveyoutoo]

Originally Posted by Z

Is it just black people who got shut out of the awards this year? Because I don't see any other minorities there either. It's an issue that affects more than just black people, this is not an issue that's black only and it's offensive to suggest otherwise - Hollywood is an elitist, corrupt and backward institution - that's the real problem. Why are you bringing gay people into it now as if it's any easier for openly gay actors and actresses to get cast in anything? I don't like your militant views.

Don't even try. Latino's and Asians are also complaining yes. In trying to steer away from the problem you're highlighting it furher. White people and their supremacy needs to stop.

I can include gays if I want because a lot of times people bring blacks into gay issues for comparison purposes.

[Z]

Originally Posted by Ithinkiloveyoutoo

Don't even try. Latino's and Asians are also complaining yes. In trying to steer away from the problem you're highlighting it furher. White people and their supremacy needs to stop.

I can include gays if I want because a lot of times people bring blacks into gay issues for comparison purposes.

I'm specifically trying to highlight the problem ................. I agree, white supremacy needs to stop - but considering the original issue was Will Smith throwing a fit because he didn't get nominated for an award when he's a mediocre actor who's beloved because of his charismatic personality, I can't really take it seriously on that level. I think you're just looking for a fight and I don't get why you picked out my post and called me condescending or said I was 'whitesplaining' when I was doing anything but. It's rude.

[Tom4784]

Originally Posted by Johnnyuk123

I agree with you. It should be about all races. Another thing that annoys the hell out of me is that this group complain about the use of the N word. They are 100% right to complain about the n word and get it stopped from being used but then you watch a rap song on youtube from major black stars and they use the term over and over again as if it's nothing. If the n word is a big no no then it should not be used by anyone, no one should use that term but to me they think it's ok for them to use the n word but everyone else can't and that goes directly against the point they are trying to make.

Good ****ing grief.

[Alf]

Originally Posted by Ithinkiloveyoutoo

White people and their supremacy needs to stop.

Stop what? living?

[Ithinkiloveyoutoo]

Originally Posted by wannashag

Stop what? living?

Su-prem-acy...

[Ithinkiloveyoutoo]

Originally Posted by Z

I'm specifically trying to highlight the problem ................. I agree, white supremacy needs to stop - but considering the original issue was Will Smith throwing a fit because he didn't get nominated for an award when he's a mediocre actor who's beloved because of his charismatic personality, I can't really take it seriously on that level. I think you're just looking for a fight and I don't get why you picked out my post and called me condescending or said I was 'whitesplaining' when I was doing anything but. It's rude.

Tsskkkkk

[Alf]

Originally Posted by Ithinkiloveyoutoo

Su-prem-acy...

The most supreme job in the World is currently occupied by a Black man.

[Ithinkiloveyoutoo]

Originally Posted by wannashag

The most supreme job in the World is currently occupied by a Black man.

Oh the you got a black president so all your issues are invalid argument...I was waiting.

[King Gizzard]

I love all of the colours

[Alf]

Originally Posted by Ithinkiloveyoutoo

Oh the you got a black president so all your issues are invalid argument...I was waiting.

Yes that old chestnut.

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by Nathan

I love all of the colours

Skittles philosophy?

[Ammi]

..this is what Don Cheadle has said...


African-American actor and director Don Cheadle has said the Academy’s planned membership changes to improve diversity are a “step in the right direction”.

The Academy announced a new aim to double the number of female and minority members by 2020.

Three new seats will be added to to its board of governors in an effort to improve diversity, and lifetime voting rights will be limited.

According to US publication Deadline, Don said: “I think it is a step in the right direction, a needed step.”

Speaking at a screening of his new movie Miles Ahead at Sundance Film Festival, he said the problem went beyond the Academy and was a broader issue in the film industry.

“People really have to have access to tell the stories they want to tell. So what we really need is people in positions to greenlight those stories, not a hunk of metal,” he said.

Don, who was nominated in 2005 in the best actor category for his performance in Hotel Rwanda, had previously joked with Oscars host Chris Rock that he was attending the evening as a valet.

After the Oscar nominations were announced, with no ethnic minority actors or actresses on the list, he tweeted:

Academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs said in a statement on Friday: “The Academy is going to lead and not wait for the industry to catch up. These new measures regarding governance and voting will have an immediate impact.”

She announced plans for an “ambitious, global campaign to identify and recruit qualified new members who represent greater diversity.”

https://uk.celebrity.yahoo.com/post/...ersity-reforms



..I think this is the whole point really and why the Oscars are being boycotted, it's because they 'represent' and where great performance/great movies etc are acknowledged by the Academy...but it's not about that piece of metal, that statue or any begrudging of not having been nominated...so in a way been confusing for people like Charlotte Rampling, Michael Caine etc...it's more 'well you can't win the lottery unless you're in it' rather than 'how come they won it, I'm more deserving then them'...and right from the ground floor/the decision making of who gets what part, ethnic minorities are not fairly or equally represented and that's where the change is needed and that's where it has to be addressed from an industry like Hollywood, which is a leader...and through this, there are changes/positive changes that are now going to be made, so it's been the perfect place to speak out, for Spike to speak out but maybe also a mixed bag of a misunderstanding of some thinking that his voice has been about there being no black actors/actresses being nominated this year or last year...these things aren't happening because there is just not the equal opportunities for that to be possible...possible 'neutral' roles should be looked at by 'neutral' people, which means a fair representation and not a white monopoly ....