Tag Archives: Halle Berry

Burden of Representation or a Structural Problem in Hollywood?

Posted on December 6, 2012 by tlewisisdope

Adam Thompson of the great Shadow and Act asks: So here’s the $64,000 question: Isn’t performance, rather than race, the true representation? When a talented actor delivers a masterful performance and creates an indelible character, does it matter if the … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Television | Tagged Academy Awards, Aibeline, Alonzo Harris, black actor, Black actress, black characters, black film, black humanity, Bleek Gilliam, Boys on the Side, burden of representation, Collateral, Denzel Washington, Flight, Ghost, Halle Berry, Jamie Foxx, Malcolm X, mammy, Monster's Ball, Oscar winner, Oscars, Shadow and Act, Taraji P. Henson, The Help, The Wire, Training Day, Viola Davis, Whoopi Goldberg | 10 Comments

On the Color Caste, or; Are You Light Enough in Here?

Posted on January 7, 2006 by tlewisisdope

I’ve often said to folks that the biggest thing holding black folks back was not racism or white supremacist thought, but the degree to which we have collectively internalized racism and white supremacist thought. There is a difference. In most … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Music | Tagged Alicia Keys, America's Next Top Model, Berry Gordy, BET, Beverly Johnson, Beyonce, Beyonce Knowles, black model, colorstruck, Cover Girl, dark skin, Destiny's Child, Eurocentric, Halle Berry, Iman, internalized racism, light-skinned, Matthew Knowles, model, white beauty standards | 7 Comments

Oscars 2005 or Yes Massa, I Wanna Work in the Big House

Posted on September 27, 2005 by tlewisisdope

Three years ago, I found myself watching the Oscars and tearing up at Halle Berry’s profoundly radical acceptance speech. For her to link her personal triumph to the struggle for black women in the arts was a daring and historical … Continue reading →

Posted in Film | Tagged Academy Awards, All About The Benjamins, Angela Bassett, bell hooks, Bill Robinson, black actors, black actresses, black films, Bojangles, Brother to Brother, Clint Eastwood, Courage Under Fire, Denzel Washington, Ebony, Ethan Hawke, Eve's Bayou, Halle Berry, He Got Game, Jada Pinkett, Jamie Foxx, Jet, Kanye West, Laurence Fishborne, Malcolm X, Million Dollar Baby, Mississippi Masala, Mo Better Blues, Monster's Ball, Morgan Freeman, Morris Chestnut, Nia Long, Oscars, Philadelphia, Ray Charles, Sanaa Lathan, Shirley Temple, Soul Plane, stereotype, Taye Diggs, The Best Man, The Caveman's Valentine, The Crying Game, The Hurricane, The Pelican Brief, Training Day, Wesley Snipes, Will Smith | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: Halle Berry

Burden of Representation or a Structural Problem in Hollywood?

On the Color Caste, or; Are You Light Enough in Here?

Oscars 2005 or Yes Massa, I Wanna Work in the Big House

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