Anne Bancroft! If and when I get to heaven, be mine! And Sidney Poitier, great to see you bursting with joy. You were not the first "negro" to win the academy award. You were the first male actor with black skin to win the academy award.
Poitier...ICON: You have to love a man whose last name sounds so cool when you say it.
Bancroft...BRILLIANT actress who didn't give a shite what people thought when she greeted her friend & costar with a kiss and then walked off the stage HAND IN HAND with Joe Cool Poitier in celebration.
@British0Pixie Yes. I think it's hard for people today to realize how shocking people thought it was to see a white woman and a black man being affectionate. Just by kissing him and insisting on holding his hand, she was making a strong statement for equality for "Negroes," as African-Americans were then called. Class acts, both of them.
@British0Pixie I was helping my students understand the social and political climate for African-Americans at that time and I showed them this clip. I heard that the newspapers slammed her for touching him onstage like that.
@BlueLeopard200 Good for her! She was clearly conscious of the statement she was making by doing so. You could tell by the way she reached out to him.
I saw the movie in the theater when I was 7. Even though I was immature, I realized that this was no ordinary actor or man, for that matter. He exuded dignity, intelligence,respect and charm. I felt inspiration and joy after seeing the movie. But then, a few months later,JFK was assassinated and their was an overwhelming feeling of grief and sorrow that the entire world experienced that remains unequalled to ths very day.
STOP GRIPING AND BE GREATFUL FOR BEING CITIZENS OF A COUNTRY WHERE YOU CAN MAKE OF YOURSELF. GET THE CHIP OFF YOUR SHOULDERS .IT WONT END TILL YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THATYOU ARE AMERICANS. IF YOU CANT BREAK THE BIGOTRY THAT YOU HAVE THEN GO BACK TO AFRICA AND SEE HOW BAD IT IS.
Que maravilla de actor sublime, magnifica interpretación en Lirios de valle y para mi mejor en el calor de la media noche injustamente no le dieron el Oscar.
@sheltv100 I don't think you could compare the two, their acting styles are completely different, Sidney reminds me more of Ivan Dixon, who co-starred with him in many films such as "A Patch Of Blue".
sara18lelite... if you read any of Sydney Poitier's views..he would think very little of your statement..for it is out of ignorance you write it. You only bring out your hatred and prejudices.
@ItsMeItsOlive The announcer says he's the first to win such a high award, so I'm assuming he's talking about winning an Oscar for a leading performance. Hattie McDaniel won Best Supporting Actress.
The announcer didn't say "1st black actor"..he said "Mr. Poitier was the first negro to win such a high award"...try listening to the video next time. Hattie McDaniel was the first, not Sidney.
wow i think we all had the same reaction after watchin this "did he just say negro?" its crazy how far we have come and how far we still have to go....@ the end of the day this was in 1964 times have changed...still smh though
I AGREE, that calling such a fine actor "Negro" is a derogatory term - but you have to understand, it was the way of the times - before "Negro" came along, WE were "colored" from the 1920s to the 1950s - from the 1950s to the 1960s, WE were "Negro", from the 1960s to the 1970s, WE were "black", and from the 1980s to present, WE were (and still are) African-American- I AGREE, its an offensive term, but it was the way of the times-
you know color doesn't matter it is the talent that counts. It is a shame how some people are so racist that they look beyond talent this doesnt make sense.
to all the racist people you need to accept because some things are changing. Racism will remain forever and it is here to stay but some things are changing!!!!!!!!!!!!
Too bad Halle Berry didn't take a page outta Sidney Poitier. He was the first actor of color to win Best Actor and you didn't see him make a giant fuss over it.
@KRISTIAN2006 remember that Halle is mixed w/ caucasian................ Butterfly Mc Queen / Hattie Mc Daniel the first black woman to take home the Oscar,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
@Kristian2006 She was happy and shocked, she could barely speak. it was a big deal to her, what's so wrong with that? We are all different, your comment implies all "Black" people think alike, or should at very least behave alike. Halle is an individual, so is Sidney, They both reacted differently to receiving an Oscar much like white Actors and actresses. It was an emotional night for her, if you feel embarrassed that she cried and made a "fuss" over winning, then that says more about you.
Seriously, its more correct. Negro is based on the word Negroid.
White people should be called Caucasian, and Black should be Negro.
But the stereotyping and pre-civil rights era have robbed the word 'Negro" of its beautiful qualities. Its latin, after all. Latin for "black". Thats all.
what you said is correct,but when a word is miss used and has become and is used in a negitive way.you can no longer use it in the same way.there are many words i hate ,ethnic is one of them.
you dont know nothing about to say im disrespectful. i went to shool in germany .one of the only countrys that teach latin in HIGH SCHOOL .i know what im talking about. latin is a dead languauge .thats not an opinion..its a fact. i earn latin all this year, i couldnt use it once in my life.
Since when is Latin the language of learning? Sophistication? It lives on in the "Scientific Classification System" because those that control that system decided to make it so. A lot of that "learning" and "sophistication" was also already in use in other parts of the world in different languages, including the African continent and Asia. To think a Latin derived word is the authority on what defines any black person is historically backward and biased.
I know right! I was thinkin like oh shit dont kiss her cuz the klan gon b waitin on yo ass outside. I dnt kno y u got so many thumbs down 4 speaking the truth. I mean think about it...It was only 9 yrs earlier n 1955 that 14 yr old Emmit Till was brutally murdered 4 only allegedly whistling at a white women and here it is a grown black man kissing one. Let's b real ppl. I'm amazed no controversy surrounded that after wards.
Thanks for backing me up. I guess people thought I was making a racist statement, when I was only making a realistic statement. 1964 is a much different year from 2010.
@deadman1967 You are correct it is 1963 for "Lilies of the Field", the year I was born. And at that time saying "Negro" was considered acceptable. "Thank God Almighty" things have changed!!!!!!
It does sound very politically incorrect to use the word "negro" today, but that was then and this is now. I personally do not like the phrase "African American" much either though. Why does one have to refer to race anyway? We are all a bit of this and a bit of that, are we not?
@Pinnertop That's the way it was, back then.. In 1964, I was refered to as that nice 'colored kid', just out of the Navy.. As long as it wasn't the 'N' word, it was ok by me..
He was not the first "so-called" negro but the second (Hattie McDaniel was first), but also in a long line of previous actors and actresses who deserved it!
this man sad that he is first NEGRO that won an oscar, Im sorry, im not from US, but isnt negro, the worst word for african american, HOW CAN HE SAY THAT.....on A TELEVISION ???
@Nikky265 No, Negro was an accepted term. It has long been archaic but was not a slur. A slang variation of the word is what you are thinking of. But there is a big difference between the two words.
that's true but the awards themselves were given in April 1964 by the way thank you for the post and does anybody have annabelle accepting Patricia Neal's best actress award from that same evening thanks in advance
I don't care about race, I only cared that hattie mcdaniel, and sidney poitner opened the doors to all african americans. look at denzel washington, halle berry. even rita moreno opened the doors for puerto ricans. benicio del toro won an oscar for best actor in a supporting role in traffic. it doesn't matter what race you are, these actors and actresses work hard for their jobs and earn their living. if the academy didn't think they were that good, they would'nt have been chosen.
Sue Snell you seem or act like an expert on black culture but it does seem to me african american whether a politically correct term or no is a form of identity which was pretty hard to come by for blacks as i preferred to be called some whites seem to dissect whatever blacks use as a form of identity or expression dear let me say lastly that talk about things you actually really have experienced and from what you've written you not Black or African American peace.
Sidney Poitier should've won in 1958 for "The Defiant Ones", he was amazing, seriously the movie he won for : "Lilies on the Field" wasn't that great ... Or maybe i'm biased 'cause I think Newman should've won the oscar for "Hud" that year.
Actually racism was so bad at that time that when Anne Bancroft gives Sidney a kiss and a hug the media went mad. Many people were very upset for a white women to hug and African American.
the first "negro" huh? still fuckin racist if u ask me they just wanted to hurry up and get it over with and give a BLACK man his award...im not militant or racist I like whites mexicans u name it..im just voicin' my opinion lol
True - how about the United Negro College Fund? Have they renamed that yet? And the NAACP - National Assoc for the Advancement of Colored People. Needs a new name, too, I'd say.
"Coloured people" isn't an offensive term and it represents a lot more than just blacks. "Negro" is not offensive either. It might not be politically correct anymore, but it's just a Spanish name for a colour. It means the same as black so it one goes away (negro), the other should too (black).
I'm fine with calling anyone whatever they want to be called. I knew a Native American man who insisted upon being called an Indian, even though that's not PC, and my black friends do not want to be called African Americans - anymore than I would want to be called an Irish American (I've never been to Ireland). Besides, Africa is a continent, and that means even white people from Morocco should be African Americans. Negro and Colored are unpc, but if you think they're fine, go for it.
Agreed, Sue. The term doesn't fit all people. For instance...Charlize Theron was born in South Africa, but she's now a naturalized American citizen. Therefore, she's African American. Labels need to go for all people...it just makes things more confusing.
I don't buy that argument. If THAT was the case, then blacks would be referred to as European Africans then, since the bloodline envelops throughout all that area. The term "European African American" sounds ludicrous, and in Miss Theron's case, she would HAVE to be known as an "European African," but then she's now an official U.S. citizen, so what now? All in all, she was BORN in South AFRICA, and now an American citizen. So, you do the math. She's officially an African-American.
firstly, if you say blacks would be european africans because they have european ancestry then the same logic that would apply to white americans because most white americans are not pure european
secondly, the classification african american is usually under the category "race/ethnicity" on forms, not "national identity"
so it's a racial/ethnic designation on official forms and in most peoples minds
so she isn't african-american as defined by official census forms
You just verified my argument concerning the backward logic in utilizing labels to fit individuals in the United States. It's all nonsense...literally. Like I stated earlier, Theron is what she is as defined in what I said earlier, and for the average citizen to fully understand these concepts and rules is nearly impossible.
@xgs724 Um, no, Charlize Theron is now a South African American. Just like a kenyan, or ethiopian who becomes an American citizen are Ethiopian-American, Kenyan- American etc.
African American means those who have ancestors who were slaves and who were brought to America.
When I born, I black. When I grow up, I black. When I go in sun, I black. When I scared, I black. When I sick, I black. And when I die, I still black. And you white fella , When you born, you pink. When you grow up, you white. When you go in sun, you red. When you cold, you blue. When you scared, you yellow. When you sick, you green. And when you die, you gray And you calling me colored?
@sara18leite Jesus cannot beleive you just said that. I was 14 years old coming home and someone called me a black shit. I got home and was so upset, i told my mother and she said that exact same thing to me. Powerful stuff
its so nice that the audience is giving him a warmly aplause, but bad that he said, the first negro to win, more like the first african american man, thats not racist
In 1964, the term "African-American" had not yet been invented. At that time, the politically correct term was "negro" which I know sounds very strange to us today. (The term "politically correct" was also not invented in 1964.) Language changes over time.
I FUCKING HATE when these mediocres and talentless singers and rappers call themselfs ACTORS..shit. they aint no fucking actors..they just read a script n thats it. THIS MAN? now this is a fucking ACTOR...ACTOR OF ACTORS....
Anne Bancroft had won the previous year (Best Actress for THE MIRACLE WORKER) but was unable to attend, so this year (1963) she presented the Best Actor category.
That term was surprising to hear, but that was a different time period. What's REALLY surprising though was that the whole clip-from the announcement to Sidney Poiter's walking off the stage after his speech-was only 48 seconds long! LOL. These days it takes them 48 seconds just to GET to the stage! Thanks for posting this clip!
used to own this monkey funny how he works for WHITE MEN hahahaha white men own the media own your mind own you stupid niggers so piss off with your "history"
the lady was flirting.
TCt83067695 6 hours ago
0:06 You'll see Jack Lemmon come from out of the wings to congratulate Sidney.
jbelafonte 3 months ago
So classy both of them. Anne Bancroft was such a classy lady, I have such respect for her.
michaeljacksongrrl 4 months ago
mr poiter is the FIRST NEGRO.... LMAOOOOOO. i was dying. its amazing how far we've come as African Americans. damn doe
jack6960 5 months ago 2
Anne Bancroft! If and when I get to heaven, be mine! And Sidney Poitier, great to see you bursting with joy. You were not the first "negro" to win the academy award. You were the first male actor with black skin to win the academy award.
arashtony 6 months ago
the first negro to win rofl
MJFanatic96 7 months ago
@MJFanatic96 nah hattie mcdanial was the first 1939
southernbrooklyngal 7 months ago
those were the days!!
partygirl209 7 months ago
i saw the vid of Sidney's full speech and wow plus Anne Bancroft was still pumpeed up after his win RIP Anne
coolsweetgroovy 9 months ago
Poitier...ICON: You have to love a man whose last name sounds so cool when you say it.
Bancroft...BRILLIANT actress who didn't give a shite what people thought when she greeted her friend & costar with a kiss and then walked off the stage HAND IN HAND with Joe Cool Poitier in celebration.
BOTH = ALL TIME LEGENDS
(R.I.P. Madame Bancroft)
British0Pixie 10 months ago 2
@British0Pixie Yes. I think it's hard for people today to realize how shocking people thought it was to see a white woman and a black man being affectionate. Just by kissing him and insisting on holding his hand, she was making a strong statement for equality for "Negroes," as African-Americans were then called. Class acts, both of them.
issyvoo2 6 months ago
@issyvoo2 Agreed love, well said and directly to the point. Cheers! = ]
British0Pixie 5 months ago
@British0Pixie I was helping my students understand the social and political climate for African-Americans at that time and I showed them this clip. I heard that the newspapers slammed her for touching him onstage like that.
issyvoo2 5 months ago
@issyvoo2 She did, but the absolutely brill thing about it all is that she didn't falter and kept her
head up and carried on like the Legend she is. Cheers for being a teacher. Educators are so bloody
unappreciated. = [
British0Pixie 5 months ago
apparently she got hammered by the press for holding his hand
that was like a national scandal back then
true story
BlueLeopard200 10 months ago 3
@BlueLeopard200 Good for her! She was clearly conscious of the statement she was making by doing so. You could tell by the way she reached out to him.
issyvoo2 6 months ago
can you imagine the expression on the faces of the white actors who lost!!
BlueLeopard200 10 months ago
Wow P.S. Ann Bancroft? that looks more like Rita Moreno
coolsweetgroovy 10 months ago
I saw the movie in the theater when I was 7. Even though I was immature, I realized that this was no ordinary actor or man, for that matter. He exuded dignity, intelligence,respect and charm. I felt inspiration and joy after seeing the movie. But then, a few months later,JFK was assassinated and their was an overwhelming feeling of grief and sorrow that the entire world experienced that remains unequalled to ths very day.
mistressofaminer 10 months ago
STOP GRIPING AND BE GREATFUL FOR BEING CITIZENS OF A COUNTRY WHERE YOU CAN MAKE OF YOURSELF. GET THE CHIP OFF YOUR SHOULDERS .IT WONT END TILL YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THATYOU ARE AMERICANS. IF YOU CANT BREAK THE BIGOTRY THAT YOU HAVE THEN GO BACK TO AFRICA AND SEE HOW BAD IT IS.
Woozie52 11 months ago
Thirty-eight years later, he was in the audience when Denzel Washington won for the Best Actor. (Hallie Berry also won for the Best Actress as well.)
nanlisa 11 months ago
"the fist negro to win such a high award."
jennb752 11 months ago
Congrats to him! He definitely deserved it.
I hated that era though.. the way things were... ughhh -__-
wonderdaylove 11 months ago
This is american film history.....right here
Marcusx1980 11 months ago
Que maravilla de actor sublime, magnifica interpretación en Lirios de valle y para mi mejor en el calor de la media noche injustamente no le dieron el Oscar.
vsica2 1 year ago
i love this negro
GeGeMus12 1 year ago
negro?!? WTF.....
mtlilr 1 year ago 20
@mtlilr It was a different time. It does sound odd now but that was the norm back then. They didn't exactly mean offense by it.
evergrim 1 year ago 2
@mtlilr That was the politically correct term at the time. Times change, thank God.
issyvoo2 6 months ago
@mtlilr 1963 dude, using the term "Negro" was still somewhat of the norm back then.....
PvtGermanWagz 2 months ago
@mtlilr rascit
moounaa1 1 week ago
That was an emotional speech by Sidney Poitier. He is the pre-historic version on Denzel Washington.
sheltv100 1 year ago
@sheltv100 I don't think you could compare the two, their acting styles are completely different, Sidney reminds me more of Ivan Dixon, who co-starred with him in many films such as "A Patch Of Blue".
LiquidSolidRaiden 1 year ago
'Negro'? Man, I'd love to think we've come a long way, but let's get real. Who are we kidding...
randomeddie 1 year ago
Anne must have been thinking how much she suffered too and how it was never beat up like his 'hard life'
goolagong68 1 year ago
sara18lelite... if you read any of Sydney Poitier's views..he would think very little of your statement..for it is out of ignorance you write it. You only bring out your hatred and prejudices.
12tonto13 1 year ago
@12tonto13 Again...that's not my statement. SOMEONE ELSE WROTE THAT!
sara18leite 1 year ago
My movie Role Model!!!
mrdefinite 1 year ago
Anne Bancroft was looking WONDERFUL that night, as usual.
Moamg 1 year ago 4
@Moamg I agree. She was just radiant. And classy.
blkchk 1 year ago
great movie and well deserved oscar.
dflartist 1 year ago
BIG Sidney Poitier fan and LOVE this video...thank you:D
IngridBergmanRocked 1 year ago
respect
riccardortom 1 year ago
What a noteworthy poem, sara18leite; thank you!
vwsmusic 1 year ago
Well I must that nobody should ever park their car on a "Physically Challenged" parking spot even its reserved for "Cripples".
beerborn 1 year ago
I watched Raisin in the Sun in my Englsih class. He was brilliant!
fox9ninja 1 year ago
The first? Did they forget all about Hattie McDaniel?
ItsMeItsOlive 1 year ago
@ItsMeItsOlive The announcer says he's the first to win such a high award, so I'm assuming he's talking about winning an Oscar for a leading performance. Hattie McDaniel won Best Supporting Actress.
MisterFezMartin 1 year ago 2
@ItsMeItsOlive uumm first black actor / man not actress/woman and not 1st black person...........1st black "actor"
TheMrCrabz 1 year ago
@TheMrCrabz
Ummm, oh yes, "actress"....I forgot all about that outdated, antiquated, sexist word that they used in the Stone Age.
ItsMeItsOlive 1 year ago
@TheMrCrabz
The announcer didn't say "1st black actor"..he said "Mr. Poitier was the first negro to win such a high award"...try listening to the video next time. Hattie McDaniel was the first, not Sidney.
ItsMeItsOlive 4 months ago
lmao the first negro.
leecenya 1 year ago
wow i think we all had the same reaction after watchin this "did he just say negro?" its crazy how far we have come and how far we still have to go....@ the end of the day this was in 1964 times have changed...still smh though
HarlemzPrincez527 1 year ago
the runner ups were paul newman for hud, rex harrison for cleopatra, albert finney for tom jones, and richard harris for the sporting life.
Nehemiah410 1 year ago
LMAO Negro, thats so classic! man...... 21 years before i was born...
Ubendorf 1 year ago
First Negro to win was uncalled for..
Bastard he should just say first African American..
ssilva872 1 year ago
I AGREE, that calling such a fine actor "Negro" is a derogatory term - but you have to understand, it was the way of the times - before "Negro" came along, WE were "colored" from the 1920s to the 1950s - from the 1950s to the 1960s, WE were "Negro", from the 1960s to the 1970s, WE were "black", and from the 1980s to present, WE were (and still are) African-American- I AGREE, its an offensive term, but it was the way of the times-
christheone8773 1 year ago
That time there was nothing like African American word, it was just negro!
bijamesF 1 year ago 2
@ssilva872 Negro is not a derogatory term and it's the term that was used then.
blkchk 1 year ago
@blkchk that's exactly right
boogiefever1985 1 year ago
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torresarroba 1 year ago
he's a great actor... anyone know who the runner ups where?
tnoonan3 1 year ago
@tnoonan3 you can google it
joking84 1 year ago
ha ha he called him a negro
Panditha666 1 year ago
Negro was akin to Black or African American during that era.
jb26508 1 year ago 4
you know color doesn't matter it is the talent that counts. It is a shame how some people are so racist that they look beyond talent this doesnt make sense.
to all the racist people you need to accept because some things are changing. Racism will remain forever and it is here to stay but some things are changing!!!!!!!!!!!!
karameldreem 1 year ago
Too bad Halle Berry didn't take a page outta Sidney Poitier. He was the first actor of color to win Best Actor and you didn't see him make a giant fuss over it.
Kristian2006 1 year ago
@KRISTIAN2006 remember that Halle is mixed w/ caucasian................ Butterfly Mc Queen / Hattie Mc Daniel the first black woman to take home the Oscar,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
karameldreem 1 year ago
@Kristian2006 She was happy and shocked, she could barely speak. it was a big deal to her, what's so wrong with that? We are all different, your comment implies all "Black" people think alike, or should at very least behave alike. Halle is an individual, so is Sidney, They both reacted differently to receiving an Oscar much like white Actors and actresses. It was an emotional night for her, if you feel embarrassed that she cried and made a "fuss" over winning, then that says more about you.
jhkl123456 1 year ago
this man soooo deserves his oscar.
selfidentity1 1 year ago
hate the term negro
tideswell8 1 year ago
I think its better than "black".
Seriously, its more correct. Negro is based on the word Negroid.
White people should be called Caucasian, and Black should be Negro.
But the stereotyping and pre-civil rights era have robbed the word 'Negro" of its beautiful qualities. Its latin, after all. Latin for "black". Thats all.
Treemeadow 1 year ago 3
what you said is correct,but when a word is miss used and has become and is used in a negitive way.you can no longer use it in the same way.there are many words i hate ,ethnic is one of them.
tideswell8 1 year ago
@Treemeadow so if its latin for black ..what is your problem with the term "black" then...you are contrary to yourself..
Cypha1 1 year ago
Easy, because latin is the language of sophistication and technicality.
English is common.
Treemeadow 1 year ago
so what..still doesnt make sense. latin is a dead language..notthing more nothing less
Cypha1 1 year ago
That is a very disrespectful attitude.
Latin is a language that many of history's greatest works were composed in.
Its the language of learning. Sophistication. Its legacy still lives on in the Scientific Classification System.
You're just too stuck on old societal influences.
Shame for you. You're only holding yourself back.
Treemeadow 1 year ago
you dont know nothing about to say im disrespectful. i went to shool in germany .one of the only countrys that teach latin in HIGH SCHOOL .i know what im talking about. latin is a dead languauge .thats not an opinion..its a fact. i earn latin all this year, i couldnt use it once in my life.
Cypha1 1 year ago
Lol, I know its a "dead language" in that it is no longer used in an everyday communicative fashion.
History is over and done with too, do we forget all about it?
Furthermore, its very close-minded to think that just because YOU don't use latin doesn't mean there is no use for it.
That's disrespectful to the needs and interests of other people. Kind of "self-absorbed" if you will...
Treemeadow 1 year ago
@Treemeadow
Since when is Latin the language of learning? Sophistication? It lives on in the "Scientific Classification System" because those that control that system decided to make it so. A lot of that "learning" and "sophistication" was also already in use in other parts of the world in different languages, including the African continent and Asia. To think a Latin derived word is the authority on what defines any black person is historically backward and biased.
lionzion22 11 months ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
I'm surprised that they let him get that close to a white woman!
MisterCool 2 years ago
I know right! I was thinkin like oh shit dont kiss her cuz the klan gon b waitin on yo ass outside. I dnt kno y u got so many thumbs down 4 speaking the truth. I mean think about it...It was only 9 yrs earlier n 1955 that 14 yr old Emmit Till was brutally murdered 4 only allegedly whistling at a white women and here it is a grown black man kissing one. Let's b real ppl. I'm amazed no controversy surrounded that after wards.
fashionguru07 1 year ago
@fashionguru07
Thanks for backing me up. I guess people thought I was making a racist statement, when I was only making a realistic statement. 1964 is a much different year from 2010.
MisterCool 1 year ago
This is 1963 not 1964
deadman1967 2 years ago
@deadman1967 You are correct it is 1963 for "Lilies of the Field", the year I was born. And at that time saying "Negro" was considered acceptable. "Thank God Almighty" things have changed!!!!!!
LeeVita19 1 year ago
@LeeVita19 a beautiful year to be born in
cannoir 1 year ago
It does sound very politically incorrect to use the word "negro" today, but that was then and this is now. I personally do not like the phrase "African American" much either though. Why does one have to refer to race anyway? We are all a bit of this and a bit of that, are we not?
Pinnertop 2 years ago 48
@Pinnertop
I'm still not sure why "negro" isn't politically correct anymore, its what they say in Spanish =S
80smusicfanNO1 1 year ago
@Pinnertop negro was not used in a derogatory way. One day it may seem politically incorrect to say African American.
boogiefever1985 1 year ago
@Pinnertop That's the way it was, back then.. In 1964, I was refered to as that nice 'colored kid', just out of the Navy.. As long as it wasn't the 'N' word, it was ok by me..
zipper179 1 year ago
@Pinnertop In fact the political correct people used this word when I was a child, it was a sign of appreciation.
winterweib 1 year ago
@Pinnertop Exactly.
LiquidSolidRaiden 1 year ago
He was not the first "so-called" negro but the second (Hattie McDaniel was first), but also in a long line of previous actors and actresses who deserved it!
BrownEagle7 2 years ago
this man sad that he is first NEGRO that won an oscar, Im sorry, im not from US, but isnt negro, the worst word for african american, HOW CAN HE SAY THAT.....on A TELEVISION ???
Nikky265 2 years ago
Notice the date-1964. Unfortunately in those times, discrimination was the norm.
rainbowghostsplinter 2 years ago
@Nikky265 No, Negro was an accepted term. It has long been archaic but was not a slur. A slang variation of the word is what you are thinking of. But there is a big difference between the two words.
GoldfingerRedline 2 years ago 2
He said it in '64 dude. Different times back then.
dovestones 2 years ago
@Nikky265 not in those times. I'd rather be called that then Black or AA.
3194shi 1 year ago
yankis paletos
bboytravolta 2 years ago
XD he was trying to shorten that "long journey to this moment" by flying up the stairs with excitement. lol i love this man.
violetcloud 2 years ago
sidney poiter is a bahamian
NEOVIS1174 2 years ago
sidney poiter a bahamian
NEOVIS1174 2 years ago
that's true but the awards themselves were given in April 1964 by the way thank you for the post and does anybody have annabelle accepting Patricia Neal's best actress award from that same evening thanks in advance
lissysgoldenheart 2 years ago
I don't care about race, I only cared that hattie mcdaniel, and sidney poitner opened the doors to all african americans. look at denzel washington, halle berry. even rita moreno opened the doors for puerto ricans. benicio del toro won an oscar for best actor in a supporting role in traffic. it doesn't matter what race you are, these actors and actresses work hard for their jobs and earn their living. if the academy didn't think they were that good, they would'nt have been chosen.
marirod45 2 years ago
this is the 1963 academy awards, not 1964.
wiki sidney poitier
Penfish2k 2 years ago
at the time, that peck on the cheek Poitier and Bancroft exchanged was considered very shocking
agent9752 2 years ago
@agent9752 Yes it was, but the great Anne Bancroft was never the type to give a damn!!!! Poitier & Bancroft 2 great legends!!!!
LeeVita19 1 year ago
Sue Snell you seem or act like an expert on black culture but it does seem to me african american whether a politically correct term or no is a form of identity which was pretty hard to come by for blacks as i preferred to be called some whites seem to dissect whatever blacks use as a form of identity or expression dear let me say lastly that talk about things you actually really have experienced and from what you've written you not Black or African American peace.
TheJazzlady40 2 years ago
Sidney Poitier should've won in 1958 for "The Defiant Ones", he was amazing, seriously the movie he won for : "Lilies on the Field" wasn't that great ... Or maybe i'm biased 'cause I think Newman should've won the oscar for "Hud" that year.
ElMaruecan82 2 years ago 2
Who is the girl to his side?
montersan 2 years ago
Ann Bancroft looks stunning. And Poitier is a genius.
SueSnell 2 years ago 5
the first negro omg!! what a racist term!!!!
maryyre 2 years ago
it was not considered an offensive term back then
henrysinaga 2 years ago
I loooveee Sidney Poitier!!!!
BrionyMae 2 years ago 2
Actually racism was so bad at that time that when Anne Bancroft gives Sidney a kiss and a hug the media went mad. Many people were very upset for a white women to hug and African American.
marianamejia 2 years ago 2
There is a lot of CLASS on that stage!!!
tcampbellla 2 years ago 2
the first "negro" huh? still fuckin racist if u ask me they just wanted to hurry up and get it over with and give a BLACK man his award...im not militant or racist I like whites mexicans u name it..im just voicin' my opinion lol
LICRN12 2 years ago
"Negro" was the acceptable term used back then. It wasn't meant to insult at all.
tcampbellla 2 years ago
True - how about the United Negro College Fund? Have they renamed that yet? And the NAACP - National Assoc for the Advancement of Colored People. Needs a new name, too, I'd say.
SueSnell 2 years ago
"Coloured people" isn't an offensive term and it represents a lot more than just blacks. "Negro" is not offensive either. It might not be politically correct anymore, but it's just a Spanish name for a colour. It means the same as black so it one goes away (negro), the other should too (black).
shannongurl992 2 years ago
I'm fine with calling anyone whatever they want to be called. I knew a Native American man who insisted upon being called an Indian, even though that's not PC, and my black friends do not want to be called African Americans - anymore than I would want to be called an Irish American (I've never been to Ireland). Besides, Africa is a continent, and that means even white people from Morocco should be African Americans. Negro and Colored are unpc, but if you think they're fine, go for it.
SueSnell 2 years ago
When someone says African American, they are (most often) speaking of those from Sub-Sahara Africa, which most commonly are blacks.
shannongurl992 2 years ago
Um... yeah, I know. But it falls apart linguistically and is not always an accurate term.
Sidney Poitier, for example, is a Bahamian-American, not an African-American. But really, it's not my battle or cause, so I'll leave you to it.
SueSnell 2 years ago
Agreed, Sue. The term doesn't fit all people. For instance...Charlize Theron was born in South Africa, but she's now a naturalized American citizen. Therefore, she's African American. Labels need to go for all people...it just makes things more confusing.
2nd2nun1 2 years ago
no she's not
she's a european-american
the FIRST hyphen part always refers to where your ancestors lived for the last 20 thousand years, not where you were born
her ancestors lived in europe since there were humans in europe and only moved to africa a few generations before she was born
she's either a european-african, or a european-american depending on what citizenship she has, american or south african
xgs724 2 years ago
I don't buy that argument. If THAT was the case, then blacks would be referred to as European Africans then, since the bloodline envelops throughout all that area. The term "European African American" sounds ludicrous, and in Miss Theron's case, she would HAVE to be known as an "European African," but then she's now an official U.S. citizen, so what now? All in all, she was BORN in South AFRICA, and now an American citizen. So, you do the math. She's officially an African-American.
2nd2nun1 2 years ago
firstly, if you say blacks would be european africans because they have european ancestry then the same logic that would apply to white americans because most white americans are not pure european
secondly, the classification african american is usually under the category "race/ethnicity" on forms, not "national identity"
so it's a racial/ethnic designation on official forms and in most peoples minds
so she isn't african-american as defined by official census forms
its an ethnic term
bye
xgs724 2 years ago
You just verified my argument concerning the backward logic in utilizing labels to fit individuals in the United States. It's all nonsense...literally. Like I stated earlier, Theron is what she is as defined in what I said earlier, and for the average citizen to fully understand these concepts and rules is nearly impossible.
2nd2nun1 2 years ago
lets just agree to disagree
you say she is african-american
I say she is not
xgs724 2 years ago
Agreed.
2nd2nun1 2 years ago
@xgs724 Um, no, Charlize Theron is now a South African American. Just like a kenyan, or ethiopian who becomes an American citizen are Ethiopian-American, Kenyan- American etc.
African American means those who have ancestors who were slaves and who were brought to America.
jhkl123456 1 year ago
sara18leite 2 years ago 91
Who wrote that?
Cyyael 1 year ago
I think the author is unknown. As I read, it was some black kid...But I couldn't find anything specific
sara18leite 1 year ago
@sara18leite
It's poignant. Very nice. And true!
Cyyael 1 year ago
@sara18leite
Ok.
ana2703 1 year ago
@sara18leite bad grammar there
garfrain 1 year ago
@garfrain
i didn't wright that, it's the way it's written
sara18leite 1 year ago
@sara18leite A very Intelligent statement that I appreciate!!! No more fooling us anymore.
Hawada 1 year ago
@sara18leite wow amazing! i just copied that to a text file, very interesting lol
smukase 1 year ago
@sara18leite i heard that sooooooo many times
rrrgovernment01 1 year ago
@sara18leite Jesus cannot beleive you just said that. I was 14 years old coming home and someone called me a black shit. I got home and was so upset, i told my mother and she said that exact same thing to me. Powerful stuff
murkleman168 1 year ago
@sara18leite ummm awkward?
Flames56 10 months ago
@Flames56 What is?
sara18leite 10 months ago
@sara18leite
I read that poem for Sociology class once.
I come from an integrated family, and I am damn proud of it.
And I am very happy that people like Sidney Poitier exist.
Thank you for that.
gamesport88 10 months ago
I don't know who wrote that, but I love it.
And if I were black, colored would be an offensive term...
sara18leite 2 years ago
Not in 1964.
liverpoolishgirl 2 years ago
It's a shame most African Americans throw to waste all these type of milestones.
djknucklez1 2 years ago
this guy is valuable
WiltatKansas 2 years ago
He wasnt the first black person to win an Academy Award. Hattie McDaniel was in 1939 for Gone With the Wind.
str8rollin619 2 years ago 2
So true!!!!
Trakky0363 2 years ago
They said "such a high award," meaning Best Actor. First AA to win Best Actor, not any Oscar.
SueSnell 2 years ago
its so nice that the audience is giving him a warmly aplause, but bad that he said, the first negro to win, more like the first african american man, thats not racist
xaxie1 2 years ago
In 1964, the term "African-American" had not yet been invented. At that time, the politically correct term was "negro" which I know sounds very strange to us today. (The term "politically correct" was also not invented in 1964.) Language changes over time.
issyvoo2 2 years ago 2
This comment has received too many negative votes show
first negro to win academy!lol!
pnawia 2 years ago
I could watch the ridiculously talented Mr. Poiter Read the dictionary.
mightykaytor 2 years ago 6
Just amazing...
PirralhaSumida 2 years ago
I FUCKING HATE when these mediocres and talentless singers and rappers call themselfs ACTORS..shit. they aint no fucking actors..they just read a script n thats it. THIS MAN? now this is a fucking ACTOR...ACTOR OF ACTORS....
elsoda 2 years ago 6
lol true taht...
madmaster17 2 years ago
I don't like profanity, but I think you are right. This man was a fucking actor - Raisin in the sun is burning man, burning!!
matthewakisan 2 years ago 2
There was never an actor or actress with more intensity. The man simply smolders onscreen whatever his role.
mightykaytor 2 years ago
haha are you drunk?
scyllaandcharybdis 2 years ago
I WANT AN ACADEMY AWARD... BEST QUEER.
liteson786 2 years ago
are you sure that is ANNE BANCROFT presenting???
maverickmatthew 2 years ago
yep it's her
cmhmuscle 2 years ago
she seems so happy for him lol
i dont know it just doesnt look like her lol, she looks much more warm than her performances.
maverickmatthew 2 years ago 2
Anne Bancroft had won the previous year (Best Actress for THE MIRACLE WORKER) but was unable to attend, so this year (1963) she presented the Best Actor category.
musicaltheatergeek79 2 years ago
Sorry, that should've been 1964.
musicaltheatergeek79 2 years ago
Brillant performance for Sidney Poitier. Mr Poitier should have won another Oscar for his brillant performance in
1967 for To Sir With Love, but unfortunately he wasn't nominated for the movie.
rickram1961 2 years ago 3
Seriously? That's really surprising!
mightykaytor 2 years ago
Poitier is the man...seriously...
JulesWinnfield69 2 years ago 3
I'm of the same blood line of Anne "Bancroft" (Anna Marie Italiano) and i hope to one day show half the talent she had to the world.
Ryantravisaol 2 years ago
well done, said thanks and walked off. no long winded speeches.
hildre2007 2 years ago
i love how the announcer says "and the announcement is recieved warmly by the audience," as if he expected some people to be none too pleased.
yourengland 2 years ago
I love this man.
Sidney Poiter's acceptance speech was timeless.
It's a long journey....
katsushiro2501 2 years ago
That term was surprising to hear, but that was a different time period. What's REALLY surprising though was that the whole clip-from the announcement to Sidney Poiter's walking off the stage after his speech-was only 48 seconds long! LOL. These days it takes them 48 seconds just to GET to the stage! Thanks for posting this clip!
bloofan06 2 years ago 2
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used to own this monkey funny how he works for WHITE MEN hahahaha white men own the media own your mind own you stupid niggers so piss off with your "history"
WHITE POWER
aryandisciple88 2 years ago
that time was ok to say negro but now its not ok why?
funnytv99 2 years ago