Color Blind casting??- Page 3

[Matt_G]

Posted: 8/21/04 at 6:35pm

I guess we put an end to that argument.

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 8/21/04 at 6:47pm

We're a good team of honky queers.

[newyorkuniq]

Posted: 8/21/04 at 6:48pm

ROTFL ... yeah I totally have no idea about minoritys I only have a black step mom,two gay cousins a gay aunt oh and two mixed race younger half siblings :P Updated On: 8/21/04 at 06:48 PM

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 8/21/04 at 6:52pm

I have so many other battles to fight in this world, I can't waste my energy on how people want to refer to me. I'm also short and overweight. I have all kinds of strikes against me (although the overweight is my fault).

[Matt_G]

Posted: 8/21/04 at 6:53pm

I think what you meant to say was that -

"yeah I totally have no idea about minoritys I only have a step mother of African descent ,two homosexual cousins a homosexual aunt oh and i'm a confidant to homosexual men with two younger half siblings that share different places of descent which causes a skin tone unlike mine nor my African Stepmother."

[newyorkuniq]

Posted: 8/21/04 at 6:55pm

Thank you for clearing that up. Although I prefer to call myself "snowflake,powederpuff,and vanilla ice cream" which are terms screamed at me by "african americans" everytime I leave my apt. Updated On: 8/21/04 at 06:55 PM

[Matt_G]

Posted: 8/21/04 at 6:56pm

That's a little bit racist!

[newyorkuniq]

Posted: 8/21/04 at 6:57pm

I know. Im offended.

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 8/21/04 at 6:58pm

A little!!! One of those double standards coming back at us...

[etoile]

Posted: 8/21/04 at 7:00pm

This thread reminds me so much of what I admire and respect in some member's post...nothing...oh yeah...there is that self adoration thing going on. No wait. I was right the first time. Nothing.

[Matt_G]

Posted: 8/21/04 at 7:02pm

I was hoping we'd get recognized by someone else who has never had anything positive to say! Rath, come over and we'll watch the bitter old lady channel together tonight.

[amasis]

Posted: 8/21/04 at 7:10pm

JeffG - I think you're forgetting that different people have different preferences when it comes to the term they use. Certainly in public speaking, African-American is the common term. And maybe in everyday interactions, some black people prefer that as well -- I've very rarely met such people myself. All of my friends prefer the term black, even when used by an 'outsider'. It's fair to say that most people here will go by their personal experiences: if so far, all their black friends prefer the term black, that's what they're going to use. I hate guessing, so often I ask people straight out how they want to be referred to. However, as no one in the thread was using the term 'black' in a derogatory way, I'm not sure why it's such a big deal. It's the intent that matters most, and no one was being mean or racist, as far as I could tell.

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 8/21/04 at 7:12pm

When I get there, Matt, you'll explain to me what the heck she's talking about, right?

[Matt_G]

Posted: 8/21/04 at 7:13pm

No, I have to work on Monday and it would take a lot longer to go that far back and find out what makes someone THAT unlikable.

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 8/21/04 at 7:17pm

Thanks, amasis, but apparently JeffG is long gone.

[amasis]

Posted: 8/21/04 at 7:20pm

"Thanks, amasis, but apparently JeffG is long gone."

dammit!!!! oh, well.

[JeffG]

Posted: 8/21/04 at 7:29pm

I am quite here but feel no need to defend my opinion. Nor do I feel the need to post 20 times mocking anyone's opinion. I guess some of us who post on here have better things to do with their time while others take a sadistic thrill out of beating a dead horse.

[Matt_G]

Posted: 8/21/04 at 7:30pm

Nah, today is my day off and it's raining, so I really do have nothing better to do. Ya got me there!!!

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 8/21/04 at 7:33pm

Raining here too. Plus this is way better than cleaning.

[etoile]

Posted: 8/21/04 at 9:07pm

Hey Sunshine, if your little comment was meant to be directed towards me let me remind you again that perceptions are everything. What may not seem positive to you, or those of your mindset, is not necessarily felt the same by others. And what may be thought of as unlikable to you can be veiwed as adorable by others. Life's crazy like that.

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 8/21/04 at 9:11pm

I don't think anyone would find your earlier post positive, etoile.

[BlueWizard]

Posted: 8/21/04 at 10:25pm

I'm completely for colour-blind casting, except maybe in the case where the ethnicity of the character is important (ie. it wouldn't really make sense to have a non-Asian women playing Kim in Miss Saigon, or to have a white Caroline in Caroline or Change). The problem right now is that, when a character's race isn't important, the role usually played by a white actor.

Updated On: 8/21/04 at 10:25 PM

[papalovesmambo]

Posted: 8/21/04 at 10:27pm

i disagree, rath, and found it positively brimming with supportive energy.

[Plum]

Posted: 8/21/04 at 10:32pm

No African-American I've ever been friends with has had a problem with being called black. Not to mention that not all blacks in this country are of African ancestry.

And you may refer to me as a Sephardi-Ashkenazi-Israeli-American, thank you very much. :)

[LadyGuenevere]

Posted: 8/21/04 at 11:22pm

Political correctness when it comes to races annoy me.

I've never met a black person who called themselves an African American, a white person who has called themselves a Caucasian.

I just consider it pompous P.C'ness.