[huac]

The point is that Netflix is already WhiteStream. Being 'race-blind' isn't inherently a bad thing, but within a white-biased culture, some things need to change before we can leave race behind.

The point remains valid - why isn't there a black James Bond? Because Hollywood doesn't think Americans will go to a movie starring a black hero. It's really a self-fulfilling prophecy - if you don't film the movie, they won't watch it.

(Driving Miss Daisy is not a great example of Afro-positive movies, but whatever)

[gcb0]

are you guys for real? half the movies from hollywood have a black or gay lead.

this isn't the 50s anymore. i don't know about france. but hollywood is way past that

[huac]

That's an absolutely ludicrous statement to make, for lots of reasons. Half!? I'm going to just leave some actual, scientific studies instead regarding race and gender in movies.

(17% of movies didn't even have a single speaking black character, as of 2013)

http://annenberg.usc.edu/pages/~/media/MDSCI/Racial%20Inequa... http://annenberg.usc.edu/pages/~/media/MDSCI/Gender_Inequali...

[kaitai]

Just for fun, check out http://everysinglewordspoken.tumblr.com/

It takes a movie and cuts together every single word & sentence spoken by an actor of color. Often the intro music is longer than the compiled lines. Moonrise Kingdom: 10 seconds.

[ectoplasm]

Per capita in the US, it's far worse for women.