Comments on: Are Things Really This Bad?

By: emma stone

emma stone — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 13:22:31 +0000

wow now that is pretty cool

By: Peg Hume

Peg Hume — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 21:48:55 +0000

Is Cameron Diaz going out with A-Rod???? I think so, but wouldn’t it be great if they actually confirmed it! Cameron has just turned 38, maybe it’s time to think about settling down???

By: jane

jane — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 18:31:34 +0000

the big problem is a black male/white female relationship is never show on tv/film withouth lots of nudging and winking about black penises and such.

By: sb

sb — Sun, 04 Feb 2007 18:50:18 +0000

I feel the same as a lot of others who have posted on this topic. It’s bad enough we can’t have our history taught on a regular basis is schools and also the fact that racism is still a heavy issue in our society, but do we also have to give up our identity on film as well? We see plenty of interracial couples on the street everyday. Let us have something.

By: sblackwell

sblackwell — Sun, 04 Feb 2007 18:49:20 +0000

By: dragoness

dragoness — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 18:35:31 +0000

This may have been said already but one of the main reasons he is so bankable is along with his talent he is one of the most none threatening black man on the planet. If he starts appearing in movies with a white leading lady it’s not his black fans he has to worry about (ok yeah but not just us) but also his white fans (males) who now see him as a threat. To this day there are very few white men who feel comfortable seeing a white woman on the arm of a black man period.

By: Neosoulbeauty

Neosoulbeauty — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 17:11:42 +0000

To be quite honest, it’s just a movie. I respect Will Smith’s decision and that’s all that needs to be respected. Answering your question bella, I wouldn’t mind seeing the movie. However, I believe that black love should be preserved. BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL!

By: kindanice

kindanice — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 15:59:05 +0000

I don’t have a problem with it per say. I just feel that their are 2 many black Hollywood actresses that are out of work or have limited opportunites.

When Hollywood features Nia long co-staring with Bradd Pitt more often, then I would have NO problem.
But Why is it that WE always have to break the color barrier.

It always come off as a black man chasing a white woman. Say what u will, but most of America just won’t support that. Ask Tay Diggs.

kind.

By: Coffy

Coffy — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 00:57:15 +0000

*off topic* your intention creates your reality,peace.

By: bella

bella — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 00:13:04 +0000

Whoa, whoa, whoa. I didn’t realize that this discussion was still going on to this level. Apparently, like Nate Dogg and Warren G, I’m gonna have to regulate.

Victoria, I appreciate your views and I did not read your opinions as intentionally insulting at all.

And Whatever, that statement “why don’t you go back…” there is no place for that kind of statement on my site. First of all, I’m not from this country so those statements strike a very particular chord with me. Another thing, we’re a crowd of mostly black people having a cordial discussion, so telling someone they should “go back to their country” shouldn’t even enter into the discussion given the history of our own people.

NOW. Victoria, I also see Whatever’s point in that your previous comment can be seen as a very sweeping generalization. I wouldn’t put a sticker like that on my car, and I agree that many rappers do seem to frivolously spend their money. And the black-people-not-helping-other-black-people aspect… I just had this conversation with a black co-worker, who was lamenting a similar incident where she felt that she had been discriminated against by our own people. It does happen, but I am happy to say, it hasn’t been my general experience. I believe that there are good people out there, of all colors.

Like Whatever said, I too am tired of people presenting black women as an ignorant mob. It is up to us to take control of our image and make the change.