Help Me Out Here AfAM Group - Regarding the Oscars [View all]

[JustAnotherGen]

Posted in the African American Group


A few threads on this -
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141314734
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10027542960
kwassas back here (this isn’t showing up in my list on the page – don’t know why)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10027537110
randy’s back here– this one is showing up
http://www.democraticunderground.com/118736390


Now - remember the ORIGINAL Aunt Viv? Ohhh - she has something to say. Set yourself down and watch at the link.
Remember the original Aunt Viv?

Read more: http://theculture.forharriet.com/2016/01/janet-hubert-original-aunt-viv-is-not.html#ixzz3xhh0Rt88
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Janet Hubert, best known as the original Aunt Viv on Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, took to her Facebook page today to air her distaste for Jada Pinkett Smith's Oscar boycott.

Plainly, Janet is not impressed. "People are dying. Our boys are being shot left and right. People are hungry. People are hungry. People are trying to pay bill and you talking about some motherfucking actors and Oscars."


According to Janet, The Smith's boycott is completely self-interested. She says, "I find it ironic that someone who has made their living and made millions and millions of dollars from the very people that you're talking about boycotting because you didn't get a nomination and you didn't win." She continues, "That is not the way life works, baby. It's very suspect to me."


Janet went on to say that Will Smith's performance in Concussion did not deserve an Oscar nomination, and that Idris Elba should have been recognized for Beasts of No Nation.

Truthfully - I've made clear - Chris Rock is hosting... so I'm watching. He's a wild card and if they cancel their contract it's going to look bad. They just have to keep cutting to commercials.

Outside of this group - it's worthless to even have this discussion because I have to ally with a bunch of people that will never admit on DU - but they really aren't 'here' for the African Americans in America. That has nothing to do with a candidate - that OBSERVATION/OPINION goes back to 2013 - long before anyone announced. It has to do with a series of posts that leads one to believe that SOME here are not my 'friend'.

So back here can I bring up Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith refusal to get in line with other movements/social paradigm challenges? I.E. - Black Girls Rock: Jada wasn't here for that. Will: believes in prejudice but not racism. Jada: believes dominant culture fashion mags will do the right thing if Essence, the former print edition of Jet, etc. etc. will put white women on the cover.

She didn't go so far as to suggest they put white women with 8 white great grand parents on the cover of black hair style magazines - but c'mon . . . If will had been nominated she just might have thought to put that out there.

I dunno - I know Aunt Viv and Will had a falling out years ago - but even weighing that - I tend to think along the same lines as her.

Hence why I'm not going to get faux outrage du jour nonsense arguments outside of this group.


As randys1 succinctly put it last week:
This groups concerns are not even on the radar with certain folks
http://www.democraticunderground.com/118736325


And its true. . . Oscars they have opinions on - but breast cancer death in black women vs non black women is off the charts and that's not an issue. No - not discussing Jada vs Aunt Viv with those folks.