Halle reveals racism struggle

SMH.com ^ | 5/23/06 | staff

[PzLdr]

I believe Ms. Berry is half white herself.

[pissant]

Half wit as well.

[Khurkris]

Don't she kick this dog everytime she gets an award of some type?

Seems like I remember this coming from her several times in the last few years. ut its always after some award ceremony.
maybe its a reverse mind-warp thing...

[Tired of Taxes]

"Yes, at long last, the "glass ceiling" had been broken. Large-breasted, slightly cocoa women with idealized Caucasian features finally have a chance in Hollywood!"

That's a great line! LOL.

I remember watching Halle interviewed on Arsenio Hall many years ago, and back then she said it was hard growing up biracial - not African-American. Her quotes above suggest the same thing - not fitting in, etc. - but the article didn't make that very clear.

I'm still laughing over that line... lol.

[Tamar1973]

While critics at Cannes this year have given the movie lukewarm reviews, Berry says the fans were the harshest of critics and, ultimately, the most important.

I think this is the only comment she made in the entire article I agree with.

[A_perfect_lady]

Yep. Dad is Chinese/Hawaiian. You can see it in the eyes.

[Kenny Bunkport]

LOL. Here I'm throwing myself a bone...

[rockrr]

"Halle reveals racism struggle"

Shucks! And here I thought she was (finally) going to admit her bigotry ;'}

[FOG724]

"I am not complaining but there is a little thing called racism that this movie X-Men speaks about that, honestly, people like me still suffer from on some level.

Not in liberal Hollywood surely.

[Mamzelle]

Halle, you're being discriminated against.

Age discrimination--

[LWalk18]

She does this whenever she's plugging one of her movies- as if she is the only black actress in the world.

[LWalk18]

Yup. Her mom who raised her, is white, and her black dad took off on her. But she identifies as a black woman. that doesn't make sense.

She looks black, not white. If you didn't know who her parents were, just seeing her on the street would you assume she was black or white?

[Clemenza]

Yes, a Quadroon who was raised by her WHITE mother in a WHITE suburban community is oppressed.

Try being a Twa (pygmy) in certain portions of Africa, and you will see what REAL oppression is, Halle.

[Clemenza]

She looks black, not white. If you didn't know who her parents were, just seeing her on the street would you assume she was black or white?

Well, in my neighborhood, she would be seen as Puerto Rican or Dominican at first glance.

Or does the "one drop rule" not apply to folks with a name like "Sanchez" to folks like you LWalk? Its a dumb rule followed only by racist blacks and old fart whites.

[LWalk18]

My half-sister is lighter than Halle, and she has two black parents. My stepmother is even lighter, and they have no recent white ancestors. I don't believe in the one-drop rule, but perception=reality. Keanu, mentioned in this thread, is considered white, mostly because he looks white. You saw several posters surprised to learn that he is half-Asian. Who here is surprised to learn that Halle is half-black?

[KellyAdmirer]

I suppose I'm in the minority, but I don't find her particularly attractive. She has a weird-looking head and hair that does nothing for me. Her attitude stinks, obviously, and that counts for something, as in, no thanks, baby. Any millionaire that whines about racism loses my interest real fast in any event.

[Clemenza]

Again, it depends on where you are raised. Where I come from, we have alot of folks from Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, and Brazil that look alot like Halle (although rarely as attractive, at least in NY/NJ). Lots of race mixing down in those places, yet such folks are not considered black up here.

[PeteB570]

With "black" you get extra bennies.

[MotleyGirl70]

"I am not complaining but there is a little thing called racism that this movie X-Men speaks about that, honestly, people like me still suffer from on some level.

Cry me a river!

She's one the most beautiful women in Hollywood worth millions...yeah, she really "suffers."

Halle, you've got the 'First African American Woman' Oscar win , now shut up--you twit.

[Mr. Mojo]

But the Hollywood A-lister says she has to audition for parts like every other actor.

Oh, so having to audition is now racism? ....as if white "A-listers" never have to do so?

Yet another self-absorbed victocrat.