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Originally posted by NOWorNEVER
I do think there is a lack of black actors and actresses. We see the same people in all the black movies and that needs to change.
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Ummmm....nah uh! We are here!!! We are. Casting directors make those decisions. Directors also have a big impact on those decisions. If they say I NEED TAYE DIGGS FOR THIS ROLE and Taye (fine, fine fine, sexy man) agrees, then we have Taye in another film (not like that's a bad thing). It's hard to get recognized in a business when they want familiar faces for all of these films. If they wanted newcomers for "Brown Sugar" (as an example), we might have never heard of the film. There are a LOT of black actors and actresses out there, but if casting keeps recycling the same old faces no one would know that. Come to an open call for a black actor/actress between ages 18-25, trust you will be there all day before you are seen because the line will be off the hook.