Jaleel White talks growing up as a Black child actor in Hollywood: 'I was never invited to the Emmys'
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It's fair to say that Jaleel White is a literal child of Hollywood. Born in Culver City, Calif. in 1976, White got into the acting trade at the age of three, and grew up on camera, appearing in commercials, TV shows and feature films in a career that's spanned four decades and counting. At the height of his fame in the 1990s, he was one of biggest stars on network television, thanks to his breakout performance as Steve Urkel on the hit ABC sitcom, Family Matters. Despite his importance to that show, the network and the industry at large, White says that he was always aware that Hollywood treated him differently than other successful — and white — child actors like Wonder Years star Fred Savage or Blossom's Mayim Bialik. "You were made to feel African-American," White tells Yahoo Entertainment now. "Fred Savage was always invited to the Emmys; he was always treated like a darling during this time. I was never invited to the Emmys, even to present. I was pretty much told that I would be wasting my time to even submit myself for nomination."
White had the chance to discuss that double standard with Bialik on an episode of his popular podcast, Ever After. Originally conceived as a TV series, the podcast features the actor interviewing other now-grown child stars about their own experiences in the business. And those conversations often get very real, very quickly. "Go listen to that episode with Mayim, because she brought the pain when it came to the honesty about the differences of being a white child actor and a Black child actor, particularly back then," White says of how the industry's institutionalized prejudices carried over into the awards race. "It was so normalized — you just shrugged and said, 'Oh yeah, that's for the white kids.' When a Black person would win anything — never at the Emmys but at least on the Oscars side — if Denzel [Washington] would win or Whoopi [Goldberg] would win, those were 'Pick up the phone and call the whole family' moments."
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/jaleel-white-black-child-actor-hollywood-interview-family-matters-212715752.html
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urkel was an annoyong character
woulda bewted that ass a bit tew
Ok Fred was nominated so ...
sitcom messes only get noms when they're actually FUNNY :uhh:
Family Matters is hilarious
His only funny thing was his catchphrase
Ya wildin... Jaleel and Kellie Williams should've won some awards in the 90s... Family Matters used to run TGIF on ABC
And he was very popular he definitely should have been invited to the show even without being nominated
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Not downplaying his experience based on the jokes/character written for him. And if Family Matters was dry, wtf was Wonder Years?
Quote from: Pearls Khan on February 14, 2021, 02:47:32 PM
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Not downplaying his experience based on the jokes/character written for him. And if Family Matters was dry, wtf was Wonder Years?
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Exactly!!!! And Blossom wasn't all that either, it was clearly privilege
urkel was annoying, family matts was stale and none of it deserved an emmy. per'
:unbothered:
Blossom was/is probably one of the worst sitcoms of the 90's.
Blossom star Mayim was a Jewish girl. Of course they were going to roll out the red carpet for her. There's no other way they'd cast an ugly teenage girl as the star of a primetime sitcom.
Quote from: Murrah on February 15, 2021, 04:03:39 AM
Blossom star Mayim was a Jewish girl. Of course they were going to roll out the red carpet for her. There's no other way they'd cast an ugly teenage girl as the star of a primetime sitcom.
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Yeah, Mayim wasn't cute.
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Same goes for tori spelling tbh
i always used to wonder "umm one isn't like the others here :uhh: " when I watched that show
so when I found out her father was in charge of the mess it made perfect sense Ndnfnfnf
Quote from: M-Rocka on February 15, 2021, 08:35:45 AM
Quote from: Murrah on February 15, 2021, 04:03:39 AM
Blossom star Mayim was a Jewish girl. Of course they were going to roll out the red carpet for her. There's no other way they'd cast an ugly teenage girl as the star of a primetime sitcom.
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Yeah, Mayim wasn't cute.
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Blossom!
Quote from: Pearls Khan on February 14, 2021, 02:47:32 PM
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Not downplaying his experience based on the jokes/character written for him. And if Family Matters was dry, wtf was Wonder Years?
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Terrible show
Quote from: Niggahontas 🦅 on February 15, 2021, 08:48:12 AM
Same goes for tori spelling tbh
i always used to wonder "umm one isn't like the others here :uhh: " when I watched that show
so when I found out her father was in charge of the mess it made perfect sense Ndnfnfnf
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I know they were PISSED.
Quote from: TinaSnow on February 15, 2021, 08:51:31 AM
Quote from: M-Rocka on February 15, 2021, 08:35:45 AM
Quote from: Murrah on February 15, 2021, 04:03:39 AM
Blossom star Mayim was a Jewish girl. Of course they were going to roll out the red carpet for her. There's no other way they'd cast an ugly teenage girl as the star of a primetime sitcom.
dddddd
Yeah, Mayim wasn't cute.
At all mcmcmxnxxnnxxnxnxj
Blossom!
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This huge honker....
Dance! Cartwheels! Tap!Giving me a fake ass Clarissa Explains It All. :dead:
Quote from: TinaSnow on February 15, 2021, 08:52:42 AM
Quote from: Niggahontas 🦅 on February 15, 2021, 08:48:12 AM
Same goes for tori spelling tbh
i always used to wonder "umm one isn't like the others here :uhh: " when I watched that show
so when I found out her father was in charge of the mess it made perfect sense Ndnfnfnf
mdmfmfndndnd
(https://www.autostraddle.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/girls-of-90210.jpg?fit=600%2C551)
I know they were PISSED.
fnfnfnf
Goddess literally looks like her dad with a wig on
Quote from: Niggahontas 🦅 on February 15, 2021, 09:21:59 AM
Quote from: TinaSnow on February 15, 2021, 08:52:42 AM
Quote from: Niggahontas 🦅 on February 15, 2021, 08:48:12 AM
Same goes for tori spelling tbh
i always used to wonder "umm one isn't like the others here :uhh: " when I watched that show
so when I found out her father was in charge of the mess it made perfect sense Ndnfnfnf
mdmfmfndndnd
(https://www.autostraddle.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/girls-of-90210.jpg?fit=600%2C551)
I know they were PISSED.
fnfnfnf
Goddess literally looks like her dad with a wig on
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Quote from: Pearls Khan on February 14, 2021, 02:47:32 PM
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Not downplaying his experience based on the jokes/character written for him. And if Family Matters was dry, wtf was Wonder Years?
fucking dust cuz ....
Quote from: M-Rocka on February 15, 2021, 09:30:56 AM
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I don't see where the changes at
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Quote from: M-Rocka on February 15, 2021, 09:30:56 AM
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I don't see where the changes at
Look harder bby
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Hun she's ugly before and after
Quote from: M-Rocka on February 15, 2021, 11:40:36 AM
Quote from: Fuck Mons. on February 15, 2021, 11:32:15 AM
Quote from: M-Rocka on February 15, 2021, 09:30:56 AM
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I don't see where the changes at
Look harder bby
we did and it hurts
Quote from: Jayda X on February 15, 2021, 01:01:11 PM
Quote from: M-Rocka on February 15, 2021, 11:40:36 AM
Quote from: Fuck Mons. on February 15, 2021, 11:32:15 AM
Quote from: M-Rocka on February 15, 2021, 09:30:56 AM
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I don't see where the changes at
Look harder bby
we did and it hurts
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wyd :guys:
Quote from: M-Rocka on February 15, 2021, 09:30:56 AM
Whori's mug old mug >>> :young:
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Quote from: M-Rocka on February 15, 2021, 09:30:56 AM
Whori's mug old mug >>> :young:
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Seriously :uhh: ? You're better than this babe..
:guys: :guys:
Quote from: oph magic on February 14, 2021, 05:02:28 PM
urkel was annoying, family matts was stale and none of it deserved an emmy. per'
:unbothered:
!!!! I Hate family matters so much