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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What percentage of rural Kansas was Black in 1984?[/quote] 6% [b]But does it matter[/b]? Movies are made for a national and ultimately global audience. America was 12% black in 1984. And they opted to only have white kids in the big dance scene. Probably 100 kids, and all are white. They feature dancers, including a blue eyed blonde hair guy doing MJ-esque breakdancing moves, and it didn’t occur to anyone on the set to add any diversity? [/quote] It does matter! I agree there weren’t enough black actors in film/TV, but you picked a stupid example. Why drop a black actor in as “background” just to check a box? It’s obvious to everyone!! Back then most schools in Midwest/Kansas were all white. I’d rather a movie tell a true story, rather than drop in black actors just to please people like you. Or maybe you’re trolling? Hard to tell [/quote]
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