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[monkeysoulpoet]

Here's something that the movie left out and which really, really pissed me off: Oher WAS helped by other black people. "Big Tony," the guy who helped him get into the school, had a MUCH bigger role as part of Oher's support team in real life. But in the movie, it was all about the Tuohys, and that WAS a choice by the screenwriters.

[dzynone]

Thanks Vanessa! Not sure why this story keeps re-appearing in Hollywood either.

[alwdley]

Barbara Walters is entitled to her caucasian opinion when it comes to Black Americans because she doesn't have a Black perspective. She's as naive as they come but I understand maintaining television ratings. Making the most unimportant asinine soundbites you can find to keep your job. That's the dumb down effect in motion. Barbara Walters is no more qualified to talk about a movie that black people refuse to go see than I am about how to run the view.

[dearyogini]

I don't know why this got removed but I mention two types of Hollyweird cliches: Magic Negro and Might White of Them Whites. Both are credits to their race and exhibit angelic qualities (in other words, perfection).

[dearyogini]

Curious: what race is Mizz Wiliams? I was under the impression that she's mulatto...If so, I am really so over this 'tude with biracial people where they have negative energy towards Whites, as if they are not a part of that community. Halle Berry seems to be more focused on the Black community, even though her WHITE mother raised her, her man is WHITE, and she grew up in a WHITE area. So it's a bit odd to me.

[TresJolie7]

@dearyogini

Vanessa's parents are BLACK! Whatever white blood she may have in her is probably because one of her ancestors were raped during slavery or jim crow.

[dearyogini]

@TresJolie: Wow, she's pretty young (40s) and slavery ended in 1865. I seriously doubt that slave rape can be totally attributed to her complexion. Damn she's light! Something tells me that she may even be a quadroon. Her grandmama may have had a little somthin somthin going on with the milkman back in the day if she supposedly has Black relatives...LOL

[TresJolie7]

lol, are you really this dumb? Jim Crow laws didn't officially end until the mid-1960's.

[dearyogini]

TresJolie: Um...I'm stoopid?! I am talking about the cream in her coffee, Sweetiebabycookiehoney. WTF do laws have to do with the amount of melanin (or lack thereof) in her skin? Someone needs to get Hooked on Comprehension..

[dearyogini]

@Tres: And to clarify even further, I meant to say that slave rape ended in 1865. Tell me how Jim Crow laws have a THING to do with how much White blood Vanessa Williams has. Dayum!

[TresJolie7]

::sigh:: Don't they teach history in the schools anymore? Black women were STILL being raped after slavery and throughout the Jim Crow era (look up Strom Thurmond for a reference). It wasn't against the law back then, so the rapists could get away with it.

[dearyogini]

TresJolie: Instead of being snarky about it, if you really have some knowledge then share it in a respectful way. Seems that you have a chip on your shoulder and so you have a bit of a 'tude. FYI, I am 44 years old, so no, I am not "learning Black history lessons" right about now. And no, even in my uber liberal school system, we did not learn about Jim Crow in detail. So just chill, Baby Gurl...

[TresJolie7]

@dearyogini

I'm being snarky because you act like her light skin is suppose to invalidate her opinions on race. She's a black woman in America, no matter how light her skin color is. The people who sent her DEATH threats after she won Miss America were not all that concerned about her light skin, so why is it a concern now?

[dearyogini]

@TresJolie: I asked because I always find it interesting when biracial or light-skinned people of color start dissing Whites all of a sudden. Makes you wonder where her Malcolm X-esque beehind was before. It looks to me like she is bitter over her career at the moment and is trying to gain racial cred by putting down Whites. It pisses me off because so many BP don't like WP to adopt Black kids. They'd rather them languish in orphanages?! Why don't THEY adopt all these kids, then?

[TresJolie7]

Vanessa's a smart lady and an amazing actress.

[buri103]

LOL, Vanessa just gave up in the face of super-defensive white people....poor girl

[dearyogini]

@Buri103: I thought that Vanessa was the one who was defensive. It isn't always about race and Vanessa looks like she's more of an octaroon than a mulatto...

[dearyogini]

Buri103: Honey Bunches of Oats, they weren't defensive. They are just tired of hearing this shite 24/7. Racial victimhood is SO 1962...

[MadameP]

And yet RACISM is alive and kicking in 2010!

[dearyogini]

@Westmeat: Lovely attitude towards women. You must have to beat them off with a stick, studmuffin...

[westmeat]

@dearyogini hey fugly cunt, how many flies have died buzzing around your diseased vagina? now put your dad's cock back in your mouth you 2 dollar skank and keep moving LOL OWNED DUMB CUNT :) LOL

[dearyogini]

@westmeat Yup, you pwned me on Youtube. Now go out there in real life, big man. Let's see the women who flock to you. LOL

[westmeat]

hhaha hey fugly fat cunt go fetch your stick LOLOL rejected again HUH DUMB CUNT OWNED DUMB CUNT :) LOLOL!

[dearyogini]

@westmeat : Oh and I checked out that you are in Turkey? So you must be stationed there, I take it. A soldier, perhaps? There seems to be quite a bit of misogyny amongst the troops.

[westmeat]

hahaha keep trying dumb cunt.. now go fetch your stick lol :)

[dearyogini]

@Your mother should not be spoken about in such vulgar terms:(

[westmeat]

@dearyogini so your mom is taking another black cock up her ass? hahahah OWNED AGAIN DUMB CUNT :) LOL!

[Tirannie]

Oh, Barbara... does the white family saving a black kid assuaging your guilt enough yet?

[goldschle]

black snake moan, 28 days later, hancock, i am legend, spawn, blade, seven pounds, really every will smith movie, half the denzel movies, and american history x.

all movies where blacks saved whites.

[mfsowhat]

joy is just as stupid as usual

[MizzDiamonds]

they just jumped all over Vanessa and didn't let her finish what she wanted to say.

[dearyogini]

@MizzDiamonds : Because they know the drill. But it's hilarious to me because Vanessa looks to be very light. Curious as to her racial background.

[MadameP]

And what would that be? Actually discussing something that concerns people that AREN'T white?

Barbara had no vaild points - she lives in a bubble. Sweeping issues like this under the carpet (or talking over people who actually DO have a valid point) is not going to make the issue go away.

[dearyogini]

@MadameP: What is the huge, serious "issue," of which you speak? All those evil, satanic White people who adopt Black kids languishing in orphanages? Let the Black community adopt those kids then, if they are so freaked out that WP are doing it. Thank God someone is helping them...What about Vanessa? Or is she just interested in dumping on poor Sandra Bollock, who was basking in her win...?