>that was more for morpheme and
>jvictoria. I know Thandie is
>a stretch, but she has
>done more stuff where they
>don't bother to mention (or
>at at least don't make
>a big deal of) her
>race. Plus, take into account
>her personal life, and I
>can see how people could
>say she is an honorary
>white. At the very least,
>I wouldn't expect her to
>show up in a Spike
>Lee movie or anything.
this is what i hate more than anything--just because thandie is married to a white man, black people cant see her as doing "black roles" or whatever....i sometimes feel like she COULD be doing so much more in hollywood--IF folk werent so hung up on her being a biracial black british woman married to a white man...what does that have todowith anything? then again who knows...maybe thandie never thought that doing work with black directors was even an option for her BECAUSE of her being half white, being british, being educated at cambridge, MARRIED to a white man, etc. was in the cards for her...i dont know. iwould never think of her asbeing honorary white, but then iSEE why black folk would. dumbness...



>If her character in Captain Corelli's
>Mandolin wasn't Greek, the movie
>would be over. Who cares
>if a black person has
>ever been asked to play
>a greek person?
>
>It certainly can be argued that
>Spanish people are not "persons
>of color" (not my contention)
>or that Greeks are not
>ethnics (maybe not Greek-Americans, but
>certainly Greeks in Greece).
>
>But we're only talking about Penelope
>Cruz because someone said she
>was an honorary white because
>she plays roles where her
>ethnicity wasn't an issue. And
>I disagree.
true i think i understand whatyou are getting at though.
Ryan


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