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You're wrong. The people in power are upper class. People who aren't part of that elite are are considered period.
For example most entry level jobs in the industry are unpaid internships that working class graduates (black or white) can't afford to take up. The same level of disscrimination is rife whether applied to actors or technicians.
LAT: British actors of color may have it worse than Americans Mar 08, 09:29
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Many of the folks you have listed have found their most success in American productions, and a few are even mentioned Mar 08, 10:02
Did you read the article? Several said they had to come to Hollywood for better roles. {nm} Mar 08, 10:08
Reading Articles is so Over-Rated. Mar 08, 10:15
I read it and it's obvious that the author doesn't understand British culture. {nm} Mar 08, 10:20
BuzzFeed (1/5/15): The Rise Of The Black British Actor In America Mar 08, 10:23
The LAT is talking about the British Film industry and how it's dominated by an elite class educated in private schools. {nm} Mar 08, 10:25
No, the people in postions of power are white. Persons of color just aren't considered in non-race specific roles. {nm} Mar 08, 10:36
You're wrong. The people in power are upper class. People who aren't part of that elite are are considered period. Mar 08, 10:46
are *not*. {nm} Mar 08, 10:47
And actors of color face a double whammy of class and race. {nm} Mar 08, 11:15
It seems like u just make all this up. {nm} Mar 08, 13:08
Affects the white working class, yes, but like the article suggests, probably not equally. {nm} Mar 08, 11:10
theguardian (9/28/15): Roles in UK for black and minority ethnic actors worse than ever, claims David Oyelowo Mar 08, 10:25
A similar story is already linked in the LAT article Mar 08, 10:29
You don't say. Worse than the multi-multi-millionaire, ultra-famous black American actors? Say it isn't so. {nm} Mar 08, 10:30
You can believe whatever you want to believe. Persons of color just aren't considered in non-race specific roles. {nm} Mar 08, 10:35
You just don't get it. Unlike the US the issue is all about class. Racism is secondary to that. {nm} Mar 08, 10:50
even people in the upper class face racism. {nm} Mar 08, 10:56
who can still experience racism despite attending privileged schools. Thats one of the points of the article. {nm} Mar 08, 11:12
Yes, I believe people who LIVED through the racism firsthand rather than the peanut gallery. {nm} Mar 08, 11:17
Who are the 'Peanut Gallery'? {nm} Mar 08, 11:19
OK, so I googled it. I'm presuming that your response to people that disagree with you is to make derogatory remarks... Mar 08, 11:34
Not to take away from your experience, but no you haven't lived through racism experienced by actors of color. Mar 08, 12:17
You are so wrong. People of color today haven't experienced racism either. They just want to be hand fed. There Mar 08, 12:49
Person of color over here who has experienced racism first-hand. Overt racism. "Ching chong ching" racism. Mar 08, 16:07
So Viscount Weymouths wife will only have problems with her class not her race,touch naive me thinks. {nm} Mar 08, 11:47
Viscountess Weymouth, formerly Emma McQuiston, is the daughter of a Nigerian oil Tycoon. Rather makes my point. {nm} Mar 08, 12:00
If you want to experience actual discrimination, try being overweight in Hollywood. {nm} Mar 08, 11:18
People aren't born overwweight. {nm} Mar 08, 11:29
Ohhh, so they deserve to be discriminated against. And yes, people are born with genetic dispostions towards obesity. {nm} Mar 08, 12:47
Didn't say that, but weight is not a protected class of discrimination. {nm} Mar 08, 14:01
Wow, did you just say that? This makes my case. The whining is about entitlement, not equal treatment of equal talent. {nm} Mar 08, 16:35
Honestly I think this is the worst comment u have made Mar 08, 17:42
Some of you are heavily invested in disproving the existence of privilege. Mar 08, 12:43
Maybe some are just more interested in focusing on a common solution rather than proof of existence Mar 08, 18:22
Cont. {nm} Mar 08, 18:23
Just because I don't want to fight about privilage doesn't mean I don't agree it exist {nm} Mar 08, 18:24
