Constantly cast as an Italian???
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lisavale — 20 years ago(January 14, 2006 02:59 PM)
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Well for anyone that has been home on a Saturday and has TBS, you might have caught the many reruns of Remo Williams which has the very talented and very caucasian Joel Grey playing Chiun, the Chinese Kung Fu Master!
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jazzberry — 20 years ago(January 14, 2006 02:43 PM)
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Yeah actually that does bother me. It's just like blackface, which was undeniably a racist practice. Why wouldn't they cast a Chinese for that role??? Racism in media.
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evmmnval — 20 years ago(December 02, 2005 08:11 PM)
Man you're off. One of the first things I noticed about J-Lo when I first saw her on TV about 12 years ago is how caucasoid she is. And her skin's light, like her dad's (who's quite white, a white Hispanic. I saw him in a doucmentary about J-Lo). J-Lo's a white Latina, so what's your problem? (Even if she called herself something else, she has the same features as caucasians, including the pigmentation, is what I mean). Honestly, man, is she any less caucasoid-looking than say, Cindy Crawford? Or a gazillion other brunettes?
J-Lo can definitely play Italian, having the same general appearance as most of them.
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lana2132 — 20 years ago(January 13, 2006 08:41 PM)
J- Lo wears way too much makeupin all scenes where she is waking up she has makeup caked on her face. This along with her hair dye demonstrates that seh is making herself lighter than seh should. And I do see the African features you were mentioning.
What are you talking aboot?" - Gotta love Canada!
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thedingoes8mybaby — 20 years ago(January 14, 2006 04:36 PM)
Who the heck in their right mind looks at Jennifer Lopez and sees a white hispanic? You'd have to be smoking something. And, dude, I think we need more diverse roles for people of color, especially those with talentbut having a German actress play a traditional Asian person is ridiculous. It's equivalent to blackface.
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thetwentysomething — 20 years ago(January 14, 2006 11:45 PM)
What's wrong with African features? This is ridiculous!
I would love that Jennifer was a newcomer with no background information! Nobody would know her ethnicity. There would be pages and pages of people coming up with "ah, she's this mixed with that", or "she look this so she must have some of that", blah, blah.
This is what's wrong with today! We know too much about actors private affairs and personal background info. It breaks the spell and the fantasy of the FAKE MOVIE.
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thedingoes8mybaby — 20 years ago(January 27, 2006 05:29 PM)
I didn't say anything was wrong with African features. I am black, so I have VERY defined African features. Acknowledging something is not the same as criticizing it.
And, just because someone isn't 100% full-blooded African, it doesn't make much of a difference. I can't think of one black American or mixed hispanic (from somewhere in Latin America), etcwho IS 100% African. That said, just because someone doesn't LOOK like what someone else would EXPECT a black/hispanic to look like, it doesn't make them any less of a black/hispanic person. I can pretty much look at another person of color and identify them as being a person of color, and I've had long and (and often hilarious) conversations with my white friends who couldn't figure out how I could tell.
And while it's a beautiful thought that one day maybe race wouldn't be something we're judged by, I think it's dangerous to attempt to create an environment where ethnicity is irrelevant. People should be proud of who they are and where they came from, which is why I get uncomfortable when some celebrities try to keep their background secret. Although, I agree, ethnicity and the whole concept of race shouldn't change public opinion.
However, this whole thread came about because I think it's a popular thing to do now, in films, to try to white-wash a film- or try to use actors who may be able to 'pass' as white (presumably to a white audience, because, as I've said, people of color can usually recognize such things) in roles. Or, otherwise, add more white characters or interracial relationships. And while I think all of those things are good for film, because they promote multiracialism, it's BAD that this is being done because, perhaps according to some, white audiences can only relate to other whites. Especially since people of color have had to relate to white characters forever. -
Fisant911 — 19 years ago(April 20, 2006 01:09 AM)
you guys dont understand >< all the characters lopez has played that arent latino the race of the character isnt the main point of the character.LIke in out of sight int he book karen sisco is a tall blonde blue eyed girl think uma thurman but in the movie she is a latina but does it make any difference no the accent is not needed either not every italian speaks like a person from little italy.The main point is that is not the race of the character that matters is the acting itself and she does a good job in this film so why should her race matter.
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GattiPL — 19 years ago(May 16, 2006 09:06 PM)
Who the heck in their right mind looks at Jennifer Lopez and sees a white hispanic? You'd have to be smoking something.
how doesnt she look like a white hispanic?? you must be smoking something to think she's not. What is she then a asian or black hispanic?! lmao
and her only "african" feature is her ass
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DimmuWarrior — 19 years ago(May 20, 2006 11:09 AM)
Well Latinas come in all shapes, sizes and color. Take Alexis Bledel for example. She looks as white as they can be but her father is Argentinian and her mother is Mexican. You can read about her in the June 2005 issue of Latina. Also in the article is the lovely America Ferrera.
I'm Bucky Katt! , who the hell are you?
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imzadi35 — 19 years ago(July 21, 2006 08:53 PM)
Dude, you cannot compare Alexis Bledel to Jennifer Lopez. Alexis's mom is not "Mexican" She's french and german but was raised/lived in mexico. that is why she looks white. Cause she IS. If anyone looks at Jennifer Lopez and cant tell she is hispanic, they should lay off the sauce. Just say no.
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DimmuWarrior — 19 years ago(August 05, 2006 01:44 PM)
Hey Imz Granted Her mom maybe as you say was just raised in Mexico, though her father is still Argentinian and after all Argentina IS a LATIN COUNTRY!!!!!!!!
though I do agree with you that if someone can't tell that J-Lo is a Latina they are def. on crack or spaced out beyond return and never coming back. Doo-DEE-DOO.
def=definetly
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this_is_the_way_the_world_ends — 19 years ago(February 14, 2007 10:46 AM)
Dude, you cannot compare Alexis Bledel to Jennifer Lopez. Alexis's mom is not "Mexican" She's french and german but was raised/lived in mexico. that is why she looks white. Cause she IS. If anyone looks at Jennifer Lopez and cant tell she is hispanic, they should lay off the sauce. Just say no.
she was raised/lived in Mexico means she's Mexican. Perhaps you are confusing Mestizo with Mexican but if you are from Mexico you are Mexican. It is a fallacy that all Mexican's are one race Mexican is a nationality.
Hispanics AND Latinas come in all colors, shapes and races. Hispanics are those who come from spanish speaking countries (and/or cultures). Porta Rican's are 100% AMERICAN and they are still hispanic. Latina/Latinos are from Latin America.
Latin America (Portuguese/Spanish: Amrica Latina) is the region of the Americas where Romance languages those derived from Latin, namely Spanish and Portuguese are officially or primarily spoken. Latin America is distinct from Anglo-America, a region of the Americas where English, a Germanic language, predominates.
The most common view is that Latin America includes territories in the Americas where Spanish or Portuguese prevail: Mexico (North America) and most of Central America, South America, and the Caribbean (both in land area and population). The acronym "LACRO" refers to this view. The English-speaking countries of North and South America are not included in Latin America.
Sometimes, particularly in the United States, the term "Latin America" is used to refer to all of the Americas south of the U.S., including countries such as Belize, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Jamaica, Barbados and Suriname where non-Romance languages prevail[1].
Geopolitically, Latin America is divided into 20 independent countries and several dependent territories. Spanish is predominant and an official language in most Latin American countries with the exception of Brazil, where Portuguese prevails, and Haiti, where Haitian Creole is the dominant language.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_America
Latin America includes such countries and regions as
Argentina
Bolivia
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Cuba
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
El Salvador
Guatemala
Haiti
Honduras
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Uruguay
Venezuela
French Guiana
Guadeloupe
Martinique
Aruba
Bonaire
Curaao
U.S. Virgin Islands
Puerto Rico
Latin America has a very diverse population, with many ethnic groups of different ancestries, the majority of which are European, Amerindian, or African in origin, or a mix of any of these.
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this_is_the_way_the_world_ends — 19 years ago(February 14, 2007 10:51 AM)
As used in the United States, Hispanic is one of several terms of ethnicity employed to categorize any person, of any racial background, of any country and of any religion who has at least one ancestor from the people of Spain or Spanish-speaking Latin America, whether or not the person has Spanish ancestry. It is therefore not a racial term, although as used in the United States it often carries racial connotations.
Hispanic (Spanish Hispano, from Latin Hispānus, adjective from Hispānia, "Iberian Peninsula") is a term denoting a derivation from Spain, its people and culture. It follows the same style of use as Anglo, which indicates a derivation of England and the English.
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