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13227976, You said it cuts both ways so I'm asking if
Posted by Lurkmode, Mon Jan-22-18 12:39 PM
you believe Monique speaking out against racism is playing the race card ?

>As I have said a few times here, gender and race likely
>played a part in that initial lowball offer. But that wasn't
>by any stretch of the imagination the only reason the offer
>was lower than she expected. You have to look at both factors.
>If this was JUST about race and gender, fine. Call for your
>boycott. But it's not and never was
>

When you say race likely played a part in the lowball offer that's the same as saying a woman is kinda pregnant. Racism doesn't have to be only the reason, once you admit it is there, Netflix has no credibility on any of the other excuses they used to justify the lowball offer. How do you trust anything they say or did, if they are discriminating against Monique because she is a Black woman ?

>This is before you you factor in whether Mo'Nique was doing a
>bit much with her comparisons to other artists (contract
>and/or talentwise) or her assertion she's the most decorated
>comedian alive (unless she has an EGOT we don't know about).
>

How does any of that become bigger than Netflix using Monique's race and gender against her ? If she is doing too much or self sabotaging, then why don't you say racism played no part in it at all ?


>So yes, she's fighting with one arm behind her back because of
>how the system is. Not her fault and she's right to be mad at
>that. But she seems to shoot herself in the foot by not having
>a good business case herself for what she can bring in and
>making comparisons she doesn't quite match up with. That part
>she can control.

How can a good business case make a difference when system is the problem ? She is being judged before she presents her case. Are you saying she has to be the perfect comedian to get a fair offer ?