this is pure mess
He's gone to Twitter to explain where he's coming from with the statement but the gorls are tearing him to shreds
https://twitter.com/cnn/status/1624023273733324802
https://twitter.com/idriselba/status/1624445115224686592
He's definitely wrong in comparing being an actor to an architect - especially in terms of race.
Acting is one industry where your race/ethnicity can actually be a deciding factor on whether you get a job and it's perfectly legal
As in, someone can say "I'm looking for a Black male lead actor for this movie " and it makes sense because it's a STORY being told and the persons race/ethnicity plays a huge part in the VISION of the story.
However , hiring someone as a marketing executive .... Only thing that should matter is their skill and experience with marketing .
Same for architecture - which is the example he used . I don't know the race of the person and people who built the building I live in. But I know it was built well, it hasn't collapsed on me since I've been here and that's all that matters . They were skilled.
He clearly hasn't thought this through and/ or has a very difficult time articulating the reasoning behind his statements .
meh. i get what he was trying to say he just misspoke a bit. i hate black twitter sometimes. always quick to drag and tear someone down. let this BLACK king slide.
Quote from: Buy The Stars✨ on February 12, 2023, 03:41:40 PMmeh. i get what he was trying to say he just misspoke a bit. i hate black twitter sometimes. always quick to drag and tear someone down. let this BLACK king slide.
And he can slide his non-black actor penis inside of me.
I think a lot of people are having flashbacks to days of "I'm not Black, I'm OJ."
It's one of those things where even if this person means no harm at all .. which in this case I don't think Idris means any harm and doesn't need to be crucified...
There is a history of people doing and saying these things with a lot of anti-black underlining ...
OJ Simpson probably being the most famous example .
I'm not personally outraged but i can understand the side eyes and knee jerk reactions to the comment .
Quote from: Big Barbie on February 12, 2023, 03:45:58 PMAnd he can slide his non-black actor penis inside of me.
DEATH ! :plzstop:
i love the way he speaks. i normally hate British accents cause all of them sound CORNY AF but his voice is just different i love it
Quote from: Rio de Atlanta on February 12, 2023, 03:57:20 PMI think a lot of people are having flashbacks to days of "I'm not Black, I'm OJ."
It's one of those things where even if this person means no harm at all .. which in this case I don't think Idris means any harm and doesn't need to be crucified...
There is a history of people doing and saying these things with a lot of anti-black underlining ...
OJ Simpson probably being the most famous example .
I'm not personally outraged but i can understand the side eyes and knee jerk reactions to the comment .
not everyone is OJ though. does young black twitter even know who OJ is? i havent even seen the comments but im sure all of them are going to the extreme with it
Quote from: Buy The Stars✨ on February 12, 2023, 04:10:38 PMQuote from: Rio de Atlanta on February 12, 2023, 03:57:20 PMI think a lot of people are having flashbacks to days of "I'm not Black, I'm OJ."
It's one of those things where even if this person means no harm at all .. which in this case I don't think Idris means any harm and doesn't need to be crucified...
There is a history of people doing and saying these things with a lot of anti-black underlining ...
OJ Simpson probably being the most famous example .
I'm not personally outraged but i can understand the side eyes and knee jerk reactions to the comment .
not everyone is OJ though. does young black twitter even know who OJ is? i havent even seen the comments but im sure all of them are going to the extreme with it
yes everyone isn't OJ which is what I kinda said in the post u just quoted.
But sometimes it's about understanding why people react to things a certain way luv. Just Adding one or two more dimensions to our thinking
OJ is one example but it's not unheard of in general.
"Girlfriends" even had an episode where they touched on it . Like literally touched on this Idris situation specifically lol
Joan's famous actor boyfriend at the time was getting dragged by Maya for being spotted in an interview saying "stop calling me a black actor, I'm just an actor"
With maya saying: "like there's something soooo wrong about being called a black actor! 🙄 😡 "
Joan's boyfriend was later dragged more in the episode by two other girls at a poetry reading where they basically used their poetry to call him a coon and a sell out.
So it's not just bored twitter gorls ... some people may genuinely be offended . I'm not personally offended but I get those who are.
I get where he was going, but clearly the thought wasn't fully formed yet.
I understand what he is saying. Can't be mad at that
Damns. Keep beatin Fro's ass in here guys
:woohoo:
heres the episode
4:30
Maya takes offense to Joan's boyfriend pulling an Idris
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaRSkNzYJH0
Quote from: Pearls Khan on February 12, 2023, 04:37:10 PMDamns. Keep beatin Fro's ass in here guys
:woohoo:
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Quote from: Nine on February 12, 2023, 04:27:18 PMI get where he was going, but clearly the thought wasn't fully formed yet.
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i dont think he saw this backlash coming at all
but idris is not from america so i think thats why
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i def think that Will or Samuel or Denzel definitely woulda known better
even if they felt a certain way and had the best/most innocent intentions behind their thoughts , they'd be highly aware of what the
perception and reaction would be from african-americans once they put certain things out in the open.
so they'd leave certain tea in their drafts.
Quote from: Rio de Atlanta on February 12, 2023, 04:18:27 PMQuote from: Buy The Stars✨ on February 12, 2023, 04:10:38 PMQuote from: Rio de Atlanta on February 12, 2023, 03:57:20 PMI think a lot of people are having flashbacks to days of "I'm not Black, I'm OJ."
It's one of those things where even if this person means no harm at all .. which in this case I don't think Idris means any harm and doesn't need to be crucified...
There is a history of people doing and saying these things with a lot of anti-black underlining ...
OJ Simpson probably being the most famous example .
I'm not personally outraged but i can understand the side eyes and knee jerk reactions to the comment .
not everyone is OJ though. does young black twitter even know who OJ is? i havent even seen the comments but im sure all of them are going to the extreme with it
yes everyone isn't OJ which is what I kinda said in the post u just quoted.
But sometimes it's about understanding why people react to things a certain way luv. Just Adding one or two more dimensions to our thinking
OJ is one example but it's not unheard of in general.
"Girlfriends" even had an episode where they touched on it . Like literally touched on this Idris situation specifically lol
Joan's famous actor boyfriend at the time was getting dragged by Maya for being spotted in an interview saying "stop calling me a black actor, I'm just an actor"
With maya saying: "like there's something soooo wrong about being called a black actor! 🙄 😡 "
Joan's boyfriend was later dragged more in the episode by two other girls at a poetry reading where they basically used their poetry to call him a coon and a sell out.
So it's not just bored twitter gorls ... some people may genuinely be offended . I'm not personally offended but I get those who are.
Your last sentence is my issue. Ppl are just looking for stuff to get offended by . I'm over it
Did y'all see what John Boyega said?
https://twitter.com/johnboyega/status/1624057588257026048
King kinda ate my other King right uhp
Quote from: Ｂｏｏｍｚ on February 12, 2023, 09:17:46 PMDid y'all see what John Boyega said?
https://twitter.com/johnboyega/status/1624057588257026048
King kinda ate my other King right uhp
he makes perfect sense.
it's almost as if idris feels the "black" prefix is some sort of handicap that he brought upon himself and can reverse by himself
thats not the way it works.
if there's an objective behind this all, he's windmilling at the wrong thing. the conversation needs to be on creating more space and opportunity for black actors
which is why tyler always holds a special place in my heart. regardless of how people feel about the quality of his work, he was employing a lot of these Black actors at a time when it wasn't trendy to do it for movies, etc.
Yea, I get what he's trying to say. He's not being anti black.. but he probably should've known this wasn't gonna be received well. Sdddccddd
I think he's saying he just doesn't want his opportunities and accomplishments limited. As others said, it's obviously a much more complicated conversation than just that... but yea, I think that's simply just all he was trying to say.
Quote from: Georgina Sparks on February 12, 2023, 10:54:47 PMYea, I get what he's trying to say. He's not being anti black.. but he probably should've known this wasn't gonna be received well. Sdddccddd
I think he's saying he just doesn't want his opportunities and accomplishments limited. As others said, it's obviously a much more complicated conversation that just that... but yea, I think that's simply just all he was trying to say.