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13227891, I can understand that.
Posted by Lurkmode, Mon Jan-22-18 11:12 AM
>what kinds of offers other Black female comics have to look
>forward to if she accepts 500k. I can definitely respect that
>she doesn't want to be responsible for setting THAT kind of
>tone for what Black women have to settle for.

Yeah that's a good point she made. If she goes for the lowball offer it means more of the same for those coming behind her. Hollywood has a long history of treating Black women bad, so it's insane for people to sit in this thread going hard for Netflix execs.

>We can say she ain't poppin or whatever, but we also know
>Hollywood often makes such excuses when they don't want to
>hire Black actors, put Black films in theaters, or just wanna
>underpay them. This isn't fiction, it actually happens.
>They'll say "Black movies don't do well overseas" but neither
>do white movies unless they're action films, and ALL actions
>films do well overseas. That's how Wesley Snipes made more
>money than Denzel for so many years (shout out to Michael Jai
>White for pointing these things out in his interview on IZM
>Radio).
>

Yep even if she was "poppin" it would just be another excuse.

>Some might think this one is "fair" but the it's much more
>often unfair, and that makes people understandably skeptical
>and cautious. Monique has dealt with all the unfair treatment
>that comes with being a Black woman in Hollywood. It's just
>beyond me to tell her "gtfoh u ain't poppin", and much more my
>speed to say I understand her frustration even if I don't
>think she's handling it in the most effective way. Maybe
>she's just tired of it all and feels she has to start speaking
>out, and maybe some of the "wrong" folks are getting caught in
>the crossfire, but that's what happens when you build systems
>on the abuse of certain folks... industries within that system
>reflect that system, and people get fed up. *shrugs
>

^^^^^ All true. Those who agree with Netflix and say the money they offered to pay Monique was good, never say anything about why Netflix lied to her when they challenged them about using a résumé to determine how much they pay, after they said they don't use résumés.

>Ftr, this issue seems a bit inconsequential to most of our
>lives, but all things are pretty relative in a system that
>mistreats people in every area of activity.
>
>

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