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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Well, I DO think it's a little weird for Damon to tell black film producer Effie Brown that "when you're talking about diversity, you do it in the casting of the film, not the casting of the show."  I'd never try to tell a black person what diversity means, or correct them on how to achieve it.  I'd talk about my opinion, sure, but making it sound like I had the right answer and their contradictory answer (after years in the business!) is to me disrespectful, mansplaining, and whitesplianing.

I do think he seemed to be missing Effie Brown's point.  She was saying that the directors of the movie would have to be familiar with and sensitive to minority viewpoints in order to pull off a film in which the only major female black character was a black prostitute beaten up by her white pimp.  Damon -- part of a white male duo team -- said, hey, these other white males teams mentioned that issue, too, of course they will be equally as sensitive to it.  We don't need the directors to be diverse, just the actors.  But Brown' point is that you probably won't get the same sensitivity to the issue with two white guy directors, even if they lip service the issue.

Like, Straight Out Of Compton was not directed by white dudes.  Neither was Do The Right Thing, Malcolm X, or Boyz in the Hood.    [/quote]

I think you put it very well.  It IS weird and tone deaf for Damon to explain diversity to Effie Brown. It just illustrates how even liberals and well-meaning white people can be biased without even realizing it.[/quote]

+1 For sure.[/quote]

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