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Regina Kings recently wrote a harsh criticism of the Emmys on The Huffington Post. See criticized the award ceremonies for not recognizing actors of color, confusing her with another Black actress and not recognizing “Sesame Street” and “227″ actress Alaina Reed Hall, who passed away this year.

Up to and including this year, there have been only 53 non-white actors nominated for Emmys out of nearly 1,000 possible nominations in the top four acting categories for drama and comedy.

I’ve worked in television nearly all of my professional life, and that statistic is quite sobering to me. And to add injury to my already sensitive nerve endings a picture of Rutina Wesley from True Blood, who attended this year’s Emmys, had a caption that read: “Regina King enters the 62nd Emmys.” No, I wasn’t there. Mistakes happen, right? Well after a few “mistakes” of how people of color are portrayed in the Hollywood media, I decided it was important to say something about how things go down in Hollywood.

The initial pull on my heart strings was not seeing the veteran Sesame Street actress Alaina Reed Hall included in this year’s memoriam. I know I am taking it somewhat personally because of the history I shared with her, but then I stopped to think about the fact that she was on Sesame Street for 12 years, a show that is an American institution. People of all ages and generations have seen and enjoyed this highly influential television show. You have to admit, to not recognize her contribution to television baffles the mind. I first wondered, maybe I had turned my head quickly and missed seeing Alaina’s picture scroll past the screen or she was mentioned later. But no such luck.

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/CaliFemme23/ CaliFemme23

    HOW in hell can Regina King LAY WITH WHITES then turn around and complain when they don’t treat her people fairly??

    She’s full of shyt! Like Crammasters says…You can’t do white supremacy by night and pro-black by day. That is utter confusion!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/AfricanSpeech/ AfricanSpeech

    LOL@CaliFemme…

    Some folks think they can…

    Maybe she lost a lot of roles to white women so now she’s going back into black mode, LOL…

    Notice that when things are going well for some black people, their outlook on whites and racism is “oh, race is not a factor” or “give white people a chance” but once they are shown the door by their “new friends”, they switch it up and start sporting the black fist and you are like, WTH?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/AfricanSpeech/ AfricanSpeech

    “Rutina Wesley from True Blood, who attended this year’s Emmys, had a caption that read: “Regina King enters the 62nd Emmys.” No, I wasn’t there. ”

    LMBO…

    So that’s why!! Cos she got confused for another black actress who dates white men?

    LMBO…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/poppyseed18/ poppyseed18

    Ok so u can’t like date whites, and still point out racism….ok i think i gottit :/

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/mr_rightnowww/ mr_rightnowww

    once you make your bed with white racism, you should just lay in it, imo.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/AfricanSpeech/ AfricanSpeech

    Ask the black men who dated white women in the 1900s how that worked out for them…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/CaliFemme23/ CaliFemme23

    poppyseed18, ooooooooo!!!! PLEASE don’t ask that question!

    NO! You can NOT date whites and still point out racism, and do you know why? Because it’s CONTRADICTORY! Do you think Jewish people lay with and mix with Germans or modern day Nazi’s and complain about the Holocaust?? Just like a white person can’t date a black one and still point out the joys of slavery.

    The very ancestors of the white people that blacks tend to date, are the very ones that created the BS thats going on right today. And if you THINK that mindset and character doesn’t carry down by generation, then you are indeed a fool. Racism is a SYSTEM my dear, set up against any and every NON white person, namely blacks in case you haven’t noticed. Once again, Regina King has no business complaining about ill treatment of non whites during the day, and sucking the seed of whites at night! period.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/CaliFemme23/ CaliFemme23

    AfricanSpeech,

    No no brother….How about ‘poppyseed18′ ask OMAR THORNTON how that worked out for him….Dealing with the beasts all day, everyday in life, then turning right around and looking ANOTHER one in the face when he lays down at night…

    That 911 call he made that day had to be the EMPTIEST, DEFEATED black man I have ever heard…And do we know why he was so very defeated and empty day in and day out? Because that WHITE woman can NOT provide the comfort, relativity and support that a BLACK man needs in his life.

    Stop it, I can do this all day….

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/jazzwatch/ jazzwatch

    This comment coming from H-O-R-S-E F-A-C-E who gets off on BMB, or Black Male Bashing…..must had some BAD weiner session, hmmmmm…..
    (I like to VARY Buttafce, you peps)……..

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/jazzwatch/ jazzwatch

    typo…buttaface, peeps….

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/infinite_question/ infinite_question

    i dont know who regina king is f*cking, or why it matters in this accusation, but her roles on the boondocks are amazing. that show is so deep in so many ways. i dont watch the emmys, but the writers are clearly intimidated by its message. aaron mcgruder is the most controversal writer of our time. the topics touched on that show have NEVER been discussed in hollywood. it has just been promoted to 7 days a week now due to its heavy success. for the show not to win an emmy is RACIST.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/EDOGZ818/ EDOGZ818

    Clowns worry about who Regina King is with at night…never mind the stat that 53 Blacks out of 1,000 slots got nominated. That’s like %5?

    Who cares who she sleeps with, attack her facts!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/knockthatshytoff/ knockthatshytoff

    Some of you guys sound like a bunch of bitter racists…again, SOME. The KKK is not as bad as you guys at this point. Stop worrying about Regina and her interracial dating advice. She doesn’t have to be pro-black or pro-white….geesh! All she is saying is that there is unequal treatment.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/CaliFemme23/ CaliFemme23

    knockthatshytoff, How do you look in the face lovingly of the very people that are treating you unequally???

    How does she tell black women to start dating white, bad mouth black men, then turn around and accuse those very same white people you want US to merge with, of being unfair? I mean does that make much sense to you???

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/mr_rightnowww/ mr_rightnowww

    when someone makes a public stand on a personal lifestyle issue, as ms king did, then their own personal lifestyle (and hypocitical inconsistencies) is fair game for public debate.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/BlkSuperHero928/ BlkSuperHero928

    Damn, Regina King is so damn sexy!!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/cutthashyt/ cutthashyt

    @knockthatshytoffSOME. The KKK is not as bad as you guys at this point. Stop worrying about Regina and her interracial dating

    “THE KKK IZ NOT AS BAD AS U GUYS AT THIS POINT”

    NO U DIDNT SAY THAT SHYTT…..WUT POINT U TALKIN BOUT? 2010? FOR HOW MANY YEARS HAVE WE BEEN WORST THAN THE KKK?

    HOW MANY CROSSES HAVE WE BURNED ON WHITEFOLKS FRONT LAWNS?

    HOW MANY WHITE NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE WE TERRORIZED?

    HOW MANY LYNCHINS DID WE PULL OFF AGAINST WHITEFOLKS?? WAITING FOR A ANSWER….

    AS FOR REGINA BIATCH PULEEEEEZE….THESE THA SAME KKKRACAKS YOU COMMANDED BLK WOMEN TO RUN TO REMEMBER?? DUUUHHH

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/knockthatshytoff/ knockthatshytoff

    CaliFemme23,

    I mistreat those who mistreat me. King is making a statement that there is no equal treatment. I did not see it as begging at all. If she is that angry with the Emmy’s maybe she should leave them alone and say f*ck ‘em. I’m sure there are other venues that support actors of color. Besides, I don’t watch the Emmy’s anyway.

    There are some whites who care for blacks and some who don’t. I don’t lump them all in the same category of being racist. Also, there are some black folks who do other black folks worse than white people.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/knockthatshytoff/ knockthatshytoff

    cutthashyt…How about the black-on-black crimes commited on a regular basis and the “no snitching” policy? Of course you won’t think of that, so please don’t come at me again, unless you come correct…thanks!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/trytobenice81/ trytobenice81

    Smh. I dont know what to say about this. Once upon time, Regina told black women to not limit themselves to black men and turn around complaining about all white Emmy award? This is probably a good question to start with.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/infinite_question/ infinite_question

    “How about the black-on-black crimes commited on a regular basis and the “no snitching” policy”

    how about staying on topic? since u asked i will say that the “no snitching” is a policy that WE as black people have sworn to because the system is unfair to black AMERICANS as a whole. do u honestly think any race COMMITS more crimes than blacks? NOT CONVICTED of, but committed…if you say yes, conversation over. if u say no, then how do u explain the high number of blacks incarcerated? the difference between black and white crime is this…

    whites MUST get the MONEY first, then comes the respect
    blacks MUST get the RESPECT first, then the money follows

    whites KILL for money, blacks KILL for respect. killing is killing, drugs are drugs, and money is money. IF we olny make up 13% of the american population, how could we make up 49% of the jail population, without some help? lets remember, there were NO prisons in africa, b4 european rule…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/knockthatshytoff/ knockthatshytoff

    “since u asked i will say that the “no snitching” is a policy that WE as black people have sworn to because the system is unfair to black AMERICANS as a whole.”

    So infinite…if a black criminal were to kill your family member, wouldn’t you want for him or her to be snitched on and thrown in jail?? Oh that’s right, no one should snitch since the system is unfair to blacks…

    How about blacks who live in the hood not terrorize others? There is no excuse for crimes to be committed period, whether a person is black or white. Just don’t do stupid shyt and you won’t worry about getting snitched on.

    Oh and one of the commenters took me to this topic so I spoke on it.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Black_Hazes/ Black_Hazes

    I really don’t understand what was so wrong about Regina King saying that black women shouldn’t limit themselves to black men. Black men don’t limit themselves to black women. If you check the forums, you see some black men encouraging others to date outside the race for whatever hateful reason. Many state that black men don’t belong to black women, and etc. So what was so wrong about what she said? It’s not like she said to stop dating them, just not to limit one’s self to them. Besides, dating outside the race doesn’t necessarily mean you have to date white people. Whether I agree or disagree is besides the point.

    Anyways, I don’t see what her dating preferences have to do with the emmy’s. It’s the same stuff I see in the Serena Williams forum. Serena Williams merely states her dating preferences for men, and suddenly everyone wants to jump on her saying “white dyck this” and “white man that.” But look at the Brian White forum. When a black man dates outside the race and black women dissent, suddenly we’re “bitter” and are called all other hateful names under the sun. When black men diss black women for dating outside the race, what are they called?

    Black folks is like one big dysfunctional family…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/neosoulbeauty/ neosoulbeauty

    The fact that Regina King doesn’t limit herself to dating only black men does not negate the fact that she is still a black woman. Not just a black woman, but a black actress. If she wants to criticize the Emmy’s then she has that right.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/kisda1NTPA/ kisda1NTPA

    segregation by day……integration by night……….that’s been around for centuries

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/CaliFemme23/ CaliFemme23

    knockthatshytoff , “…She doesn’t have to be pro-black”

    Wow, I bet that is EASY for you to say right now. In this day and age where you can indeed get on a computer FREELY, walk where you want to without being lynched, terrorized, enslaved, beaten, and tortured on a daily basis. It’s EASY for you to say that now, being is that your kids,(if you have them), can walk to school without FEAR of some white person attacking them JUST because they are black and don’t want them to learn…

    My point…I wonder how you would feel right now, if your ancestors hadn’t been so very PRO-BLACK for YOU! Where would you be if the people that fought BEFORE you would have had that same mindset????

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/cutthashyt/ cutthashyt

    @neosoulbeauty..The fact that Regina King doesn’t limit herself to dating only black men does not negate the fact that she is still a black woman. Not just a black woman, but a black actress. If she wants to criticize the Emmy’s then she has that right.

    califem wrote. earlier..i pulled her comment it was not directed at you
    HOW in hell can Regina King LAY WITH WHITES then turn around and complain when they don’t treat her people fairly??

    dumb blks like regina king r in a catch 45 like a muthafuka..u wanna lay wit whites ,as califeme put it, but then they fuk u and your race over..now wut?…me personally after u fuk wit them i aint got nuthin fa ya..but advice..shoulda kept it blk dumbazz..

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MuzicBox326/ MuzicBox326

    CaliFemme23
    Sep. 8th, 2010
    at 11:57 am
    knockthatshytoff , “…She doesn’t have to be pro-black”
    Wow, I bet that is EASY for you to say right now. In this day and age where you can indeed get on a computer FREELY, walk where you want to without being lynched, terrorized, enslaved, beaten, and tortured on a daily basis. It’s EASY for you to say that now, being is that your kids,(if you have them), can walk to school without FEAR of some white person attacking them JUST because they are black and don’t want them to learn…

    My point…I wonder how you would feel right now, if your ancestors hadn’t been so very PRO-BLACK for YOU! Where would you be if the people that fought BEFORE you would have had that same mindset????

    ^^^Still enslaved is where he/she would have been.

    I too find it very hipocrytical (sp?) of Regina King to speak out on alleged slight towards people of color with regards to Emmy nominations. She has clearly stated that Black women ‘expand their options’ (read: date White Men or other non-blacks). This reminds me of people like Sammy Davis Jr. or even my main man Michael Jackson (who I love to death) who find no fault with Whites UNTIL they are somehow reminded that they are NOT White. The Emmys were created by White people FOR the recognition of White people. If a person of color is recognized — fine, if not — we have our OWN award shows to showcase our talents. To this very day, I wonder how does a Black man/woman date/marry the descendant of those who enslaved our people AND carved up OUR original homeland??? Worse still are those who are apologist AND defenders of Caucasions (as though they need defending) and will argue with their brother/sister in the defense of said Caucasions.

    When in the world will the Black man/woman leave these color-blind dating attitudes alone and embrace our own??? Our OWN award shows, our OWN businesses, our OWN people, etc…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Therenzo/ Therenzo

    This is insane. If I buy a toyota, I cant get mad at toyota for having bad brakes on thier cars. if I live in georgia, I cant complain about the heat, what if BP is the only gas station in town, i cant hate the oil spill if I buy gas at BP. regina King has every right to complain about what she view as an injustice. We have to get beyound the fact that this is not the 1800, nor 1957. We have to move forward in our thinking and the realities of life.

    So if a woman who is black, dates a male who is white, she is no longer black, african american? WTF people, black people, are we so sensitive that we can no longer look through the trees and see the sunshine. I dont give a dam if she is dating a white man white woman, hispanic, jew or german, wrong is wrong and if she feels the need to point out wrong, so be it.

    What would be wrong is for her to date a white man, see, know and understand the injustice the emmys shows towards black actors/actresses and say nothing becuase she dates a white dude, thats what we used to call uncle tom, sell out. The fact she dates or dated a white guy, yet still have the nerve to speak out is what should be applauded. So many of our people accept what is going on to keep the check coming no matter how small. She stepped up and spoke out. Applaud that.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/cutthashyt/ cutthashyt

    @knockthatshytoff

    still didnt anser my questions tho? i notice blk folks wit your mentality always come wit that blk on blk crime shytt.. “i would b down but blks kill blks”…r u sayin that u would RIDE for your people if there was no blk on blk murders? also lemme remind u to tha fact that the kkk is a GROWN WHITE MEN organization….organized to specifically terrorize blacks…all kinds of whitefolks were involved from the PRESIDENT on down to the kkkracka cops we dealin wit now…blk on blk crime is a result of the break down of the blk family aided by guess who THE WHITEMAN and poverty….plus majority of the murders r done by UNEDUCATED YOUNGSTAS…how many of these murders r commited by HIGHSCHOOL GRADS?..a handfull if any…correct enuff 4 ya…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/cutthashyt/ cutthashyt

    @Therenzo

    but tha WHITEMAN started it!!

    there r doc**ented incidents where black men were black listed because they wife or girlfriend was white..in porn if a high level white porn star fukked a blk dude she was blacklisted…no more work..and guess wut they even told some blk women tha same shytt..hell in the south there have been a number of blk men denied higher positions because they wife or girlfriend was white..there was a few cases a few years back where a few black men was denied coaching jobs because they wife was white…whitemen r notorious for this shytt…

    so bacislly if u come to me and tell me i aint shytt imma go fuk wit them otha folks rite then them otha folks fuk u over u come back cryin to me u expect my help?..u can expect it but u aint gon get it….. yes itz your rite to hop tha fence but also itz my rite to cut u off….made ya bed now lay in it…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/sosogood33/ sosogood33

    Once again the black woman has to be called a nigga and kicked out the white mans bed before she will come on board. Shes always been the white mans allie to destroy the black man, false domestic volence cases, greed thru the child support system, lyin about who’s the baby daddy,ect. Regina King had a blogg about it ok to date outside your race I wonder does she still feel that way?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/venitabrooks/ venitabrooks

    Black people are so confused.All this ir dating/marrying is destroying black peoples minds.The confusion among blacks who date ir is Disturbing and toxic.Not interested in haearing blacks who lay/sleep/date/marry nonblacks and then complain about discrimination,inequality,racism or any other issues related to race.Just not interested.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/AfricanSpeech/ AfricanSpeech

    If black women were encouraged to look beyond black men, surely the emmy’s can also look beyond black people, right?

    It’s her right to b***h about the emmys just as it is the right of the folks who run the emmys to overlook black folks…

    It works both ways, always…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/killasweet82/ killasweet82

    ill give here that, she is speaking out, knowing that her speaking out can stop them checks from comming!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/CaliFemme23/ CaliFemme23

    AfricanSpeech,
    “If black women were encouraged to look beyond black men, surely the emmy’s can also look beyond black people, right?”

    Well said….Maybe the producers of the Emmy’s just don’t feel like nominating blacks’ is the BEST thing to do….Just like Regina King feels the same about black men….

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/NOWHITEIN/ NOWHITEIN

    WHITE AS EVER? BLACKS DONT WIN THE EMMY NO MORE? LOL.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/crammasters/ crammasters

    @ sosogood33 who said, “Once again the black woman has to be called a nigga and kicked out the white mans bed before she will come on board. Shes always been the white mans allie to destroy the black man, false domestic volence cases, greed thru the child support system, lyin about who’s the baby daddy,ect. ”

    —-

    ME: Brother, there is NO ONE who spends more TIME in white folks’ bed than US black males, so let’s keep that shyt real.

    What I don’t understand is why this article has to be used as an opportunity to trash black females INSTEAD of addressing the racism in the media and giving the sister credit for speaking out and probably NEVER working in Hollywood again.

    i agree with you that her article about dating out was disappointing but with all the BM dating/marrying non-black females, what do we think is going to be the NATURAL REACTION by our women? What choice are we giving them, brother, when 22 percent of BM marry outside race? It’s clear that WE are the ones who are out of order…

    Bottom line, if MORE black folk knew our history, we would NEVER accuse the BW who was raped for over 400 years of “being in the white man’s bed.” That is disrespectful of our ancestors and shows NO regard for the suffering of our women.

    Did u know the black man was raped during slavery, too, brother? Would you accuse the BM of “being in the white man’s bed, too? Should we be blamed for what we allowed the white man to do to us? How many BM are sell0uts, brother? BW aren’t the ONLY ones who got their loyalties mixed.

    the BIGGEST ALLY of the white man was AND still is the WHITE FEMALE, yet some BM have no problem giving her a free pass for her role in slavery AND today’s racism, but will throw BOULDERS at the black female’s head for being a victim of the SAME white supremacy system that has victimized us.

    Brother, child support forces the UNWILLING male who brings a child into the world to be RESPONSIBLE FOR FEEDING, HOUSING AND CLOTHING THAT CHILD. Child support is used against the BM, no doubt, but too many of us (and white males and Hispanic males) would NEVER do a damn thing for their shorties if the law didn’t make them do it, let’s keep that real…

    A man who has VOLUNTARY SEX with a female and does NOT use a condom is NOT being “tricked” into any damn thing, he did what he did, and took his chances, and if a baby is born, he’s responsible for taking care of that baby, and if he pizzed, he needs to be pizzed at the man in the mirror. Anything else is straight bullshyt.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/crammasters/ crammasters

    @ Cali

    the IR-loving folks need to take their complaints to the same place they took their love, money, time, care and concern. If u are sexing a Asian, Hispanic or white folk, why are u bringing all your complaints back to black folk?

    because that black folk KNOWS them NON-Black folks don’t give a damn how they are treated,

    and if any gullible, love-everything-but-a-black folk, kind of black folk don’t believe what i said is true, try this experiment:

    1. take that “ain’t no black folk winning an Emmy” to the Korean community and see how far u get

    or the Hispanic or white community and see how far u get…

    you make your bed, lie in and deal with it, and once you are gone, STAY GONE
    and if they mistreat you DEAL WITH IT

    because i’m just not interested in that information…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/crammasters/ crammasters

    @ killasweet82

    i had the same thought, that the sister is speaking out and for doing that might not work again. Hope she got some duckets saved up

    maybe she’s seeing the light, because Hollywood — land of white supremacy — is getting harder on black folks, not softer, especially on black females, who are damn near invisible.

    Don’t hardly see any brown and dark women on the screen, just mulattos and white females, which is why they don’t get my cash, fugg that, I’m not paying for the privilege of being programmed with more white supremacy bullshyt

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/CaliFemme23/ CaliFemme23

    crammasters,

    LOL damn! Now you know you just killed this one too right???

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/knockthatshytoff/ knockthatshytoff

    CaliFemme23, I am grateful for what blacks did for this generation during slavery and the civil rights movement, but not a lot of other blacks are. I noticed that you are pro-black and that’s cool, but I highly doubt that plenty of brothas are pro-black for you in this day and age. The brothas you defend are the same ones calling you a bytch, a garden tool, and saying that you are inferior to white women. They are nothing, but coons. Majority of them, that is. You can tell me that there are some good black men out there. I’m pretty sure there are….like one or two of them.

    cutthashyt….I ride for me, not others who kill eachother. Yes the KKK is poisonous to black people and I stay away from them, but I also stay away from a lot of BM. Why? because they are quick to disrespect and degrade black women. The KKK and a lot of black men are doing the same shyt to black women. I see no difference.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/The_Donlamb/ The_Donlamb

    Wasn’t she the one promoting black women to cross over dating? hmmm! would reality check be in order?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/CaliFemme23/ CaliFemme23

    knockthatshytoff, Ahhhhh, I had to visit your page after I read this last post from you….Very interesting….It explains A LOT of what you have ‘said’ here.

    Well being is that you are a black female who is interested in white men, according to your page and what you just said here, this debate is now futile. We are on two totally different ‘levels’ when it comes to the black race, and especially black men. True, black men can get on a sister’s NERVES, BUT I am absolutely SURE that there are more than one or two good ones left. And contrary to what YOU might want me to believe, there are MANY, MANY black men out there who are very pro-black and wouldn’t dare lay with a white woman.

    The white media just doesn’t want the sisters to know about those black men, so they in fact HYPE only the black men who are into whites….It’s called destruction, and I see it has worked on quite a few of you.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/AngryCornflakes/ AngryCornflakes

    It’s humorous that some of you think a woman cant be for “cross over dating” and still not feel ignored because of her race the two have NO correlation secondly she felt that someone close to her has/was slighted and not given the attention needed which is understandable i don’t know s**t about Hollywood and wont pretend to but it’s obvious that it’s been happening for a very long time now where blacks have been ” passed over” for their counterparts it may or may not be intentional as the majority of the recipients ARE indeed white so it could just be because there aren’t many black actors going for the more poignant roles or it could simply be a racist pick but she was voicing her concerns

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Harvey33/ Harvey33

    @CaliFemme23 and crammasters once again on point. I have to say I wanna defend Ms.King and black Hollywood and just blacks in general,but reading some of these comments really make me wanna yell and say f**k it. When I went back and read what she wrote she started by saying 53 non-white actors when she should have just talked about herself and her former co-star and her fellow black actors. I don’t give a damn about the Asian and Latins or the Gay coummunity. And before you brothers and sister say I’m racist or reverse racist or Homophobic,I’m not,just tried of us lumping our issues with theirs or letting them use what we deal with to gain power and so on. I’ve never heard Asian and Latin talk about our lack of role in hollywood infact they say the opposite. I’ve heard whitewomen,latins Asian and Gays use B.E.T to make their case. Why are we begging whites and those who side with or that think like them to reward us. Never gonna happen the way we would like. Since i’ve been retired I watch alot of Tv and from sun up to sun down, all you see is negative images of blacks. So she now wanna talk about the lack of black faces. I remember reading what she said in full and she said that she ” Went back and forth about whether or not she should compose this letter”. and she also said that she try hard in her daily life not engage in uncomfortable situations regarding race. And just by saying that tells me that she is willing to not say anything when she should but when it’s about her and a friend then she feels it ok to then speak.WTF?? Thats the problem with our people we stand with people who use us,hate us,make fun of us,then after 10 20 30 40 50 years we now wanna cry. We got enough blacks in sports and hollywood to have our own. But yet we still are begging whites to let us in. Remember folks it’s so-called Jews that run hollywood,we’ve been warned by men like Malcolm X and Farrakhan and we told them to shut up. Yes I want to see our people honored but we can’t one min say nothing than the next do. It’s gotta be a daily thing if Hollywood and sports don’t want to do that we gotta do for self. So that being said to hell with these shows.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/vasco5/ vasco5

    who’s talking like they know what blackppl or negro (nigga) did in slave laws time,you

    must have only know the his-story side for you to say in slaverytime with little sensitivity amonst the whites for what came down on them.what really end slavery in

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/crammasters/ crammasters

    @ Harvey who said, “I don’t give a damn about the Asian and Latins or the Gay coummunity. And before you brothers and sister say I’m racist or reverse racist or Homophobic,I’m not,just tried of us lumping our issues with theirs or letting them use what we deal with to gain power and so on. I’ve never heard Asian and Latin talk about our lack of role in hollywood — in fact they say the opposite.”
    —–

    ME: AMEN, brother. It kills me how black folks today are TERRIFIED of speaking what they know to be true, we know white and other non-whites could care less about “black” issues, they let it be known that they are DOWN for their “group” – and black folks won’t say bo-peep
    ——–
    but let black folk (like you and me and Cali and AfricanS) promote black unity, and there are those black folks who will cringe, and call u “racist.” What do we see in EVERY black neighborhood in the nation.

    Yellow folks practicing YELLOW UNITY in the form of restaurants, nail shops, hair supply stores, etc
    ——–
    Brown folks practicng BROWN UNITY in the form of fried fish and polish sausage restaurants, and 7-elevens, and gas station
    ——–
    those brown and yellow folks ain’t spending a lot of time talking about “integration” and “IR-dating”, they’re too busy banking our and their hard-earned dollars
    ———
    we better get over this inferiority complex where we constantly need “other” non-black folks to love us, or we will be looking up from the bottom of a huge economic hole that we won’t be able to get out of…

    one more thing, the white “gay” community — and let’s call it WHAT IT IS — the HOMOSEXUAL COMMUNITY — is just as racist as the straight white community and it burns my azz to hear them tie the Civil Rights movement where black folks DIED — when they know they give a damn about black folks’ rights

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/hellcat4lyfe72/ hellcat4lyfe72

    I’m sorry but, why can’t someone who’s dating outside of their “RACE” speak their opinion? They’re still black and still face the same issues. My boyfriend is Yu”pik Native in Alaska, he looks white. But, that doesn’t mean a damn thing. I’m black and IF I have an opinion on this or any other site regarding black issues, I’m going to say it. It’s a public forum and if you don’t like someone expressing their opinion, Build your own damn site. And NONE of you have any business telling someone they are no longer black because they love and care about a PERSON. From what I can see from some of these comments, some of you are no better than whites, you’re just using a computer to spew your hate.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Harvey33/ Harvey33

    The point of this article was about Ms.King crying about whites looking over blacks at award shows. And it turned into a Blackwomen whitemen topic.But I guess that some here have prove the point that me and @ Califemme23 and Crammasters and so many others have said that you can not be a black person and not be able to deal with racism.It touch everything we do or say. Sister and Brothers who vist this site and so many others (Youtube) have dissed blackmen for even looking at a whitewomen,but got 20 reason why it ok to date a whiteman or some who claims to be anything else but black.Double standard. I do think if you chase after only white men or women and then diss those who look like you or have a better understanding of you,deep down you wish to be anything but black.I’ve been with white women and let me tell you at some point they are gonna show their ass or call you a n****r. It happens all the time. We’ve been warned for many many years and we have yet to listen learn or understand how they think,which still shock the hell out of me. But as I said before blacks can not yell about how whites or those who side with whites or think like them get mad when the diss us. Ms.King told sister a couple of months ago for sister to date white men and now want us to feel for her. Don’t wait until a awards show is over to start talking about racism. And for those who are white who vist here I’m not calling all whites racist. I could but that would not be fair.But if those who are white and say that they are not racist,Why so quite when blacks are dissed in the media? Just 3 weeks ago Dr.Laura went on a rant and the media and Palin defended her. Or what about Acorn,Jones,Jackson,Wright?? look at how the media made them look. And where was Ms.King and the rest of Black hollywood at when they were being attacked? Now she wants us to feel for her and black hollywood when they allow so-called Jew to make money off of our pain. And what about what Mark Gordon said? He used the word n****r and the media barely spoke about it.I know why because he jewish and we don’t call out their s**t. So I’m not gonna cry for blacks that have sold themselves just to be on Tv or in movies or music.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/AfricanSpeech/ AfricanSpeech

    BM and BW that think white people love you, you need to check this out:

    The link says it all:

    http://www.1st-art-gallery.com/Christiaen-Van-Couwenbergh/Three-Young-White-Men-And-A-Black-Woman-1632.html

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Nish83/ Nish83

    Thats why I wouldnt even consider watching them.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/CaliFemme23/ CaliFemme23

    @ Harvey who said, “I don’t give a damn about the Asian and Latins or the Gay coummunity. And before you brothers and sister say I’m racist or reverse racist or Homophobic,I’m not,just tried of us lumping our issues with theirs or letting them use what we deal with to gain power and so on.”

    DEAD ON! We have got to stop opening our arms and hearts to OTHERS issues and turn around and call one another racist or prejudice when we want to UNITE with our own kind. That makes absolutely NO sense to me. It’s ok for blacks to stand in a picket line for gay rights, protest the AZ immigration laws, BUT when I say I only date black men, BLACK PEOPLE call me racist for it??? WTF???!?!?!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/CaliFemme23/ CaliFemme23

    @AfricanSpeech, Brother, I opened that link here at work while white co workers were indeed leaning over my shoulder to see what it was…

    Do you know there was NO feeling of remorse or disgust for their race at that picture…BUT 2 white male co workers said…”Sheesh, they could have found a prettier black chick for the painting!”

    I’m done…..

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/AfricanSpeech/ AfricanSpeech

    LOL@CaliFemme23…

    You can’t be surprised for real… Remember how whites came to be on top? They sure didn’t get america, new zealand, australia, canada, africa, asia and the americas by being nice or “good people”…

    This is why know history is very important… Once you know the history of your enemy, you can’t be surprised by their actions…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/vasco5/ vasco5

    YES @CRAMMASTER THEY DO COMPLAIN-SPECIALLY ONE OF MY FAVORITE ACTOR

    BRUCE LEE

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/AfricanSpeech/ AfricanSpeech

    Damn… BP deleted my reply post to CaliFemme… Wow…

    Censor Planet

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/sassy_gemini/ sassy_gemini

    Smh @ some of these idiotic comments! Some of you are missing the point here. How can you tell Black women to lay with the white folks then turn around and scream RACISM?? Yes, we know she is a Black actress. Yes, we know she is entitled to her opinion. But when you try to get US to move to the other side (white folks) you are bound to lose some Black support. Now you need the same Blacks you felt so biased against to back you up! SORRY REGINA. But you can kick rocks.

    Any Blacks that take anything this woman says seriously is as much of a moron as she is. Can you HONESTLY say there isn’t something terribly strange about this picture? With a STRAIGHT FACE? With this comment she is basically saying LETS LAY DOWN AND MAKE BABIES WITH PPL WHO DONT RESPECT MY RACE OF PPL. PPL WHO BELITTLE AND DEGRADE MY PPL AND HAVE DONE SO FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS!! Are you all in a DEEP SLEEP!?

    It’s pure hypocrisy! Regina is a traitor POINT BLANK! And a lot of the Blacks will come to her rescue. Even though she threw our Black men under the bus. So now you are being mistreating we are supposed to have your back even when you let us slip. PLEASE! Save the sob stories for the white folks

    ….Ooops they don’t give a —-! And that’s not my PROBLEM… How’s the European life working out for you Miss King??

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/CaliFemme23/ CaliFemme23

    sassy_gemini, SPEAK ON IT PLEASE! Applause…..

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/duane-g/ duane-g

    Hey Regina, maybe they couldn’t tell u apart from that other black chick from trueblood who also doesn’t deal with black men!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/duane-g/ duane-g

    Sassy_gemini, u shut it down sis. Nice job.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/AfricanSpeech/ AfricanSpeech

    LMBO@duane-g…

    Exactly… That’s why she was really mad. Cos Rutina Wesley is much darker than she is and they are still getting mixed up, LOL…

    White Commentator to Regina King: “Yall look alike!!”

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MisterUnderstood425/ MisterUnderstood425

    Lol… Sassy_Gemini shut this one down already.
    And it’s funny that both the black chicks or supposed black chicks that talk about dating white dudes are the ones that got mixed up.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MisterUnderstood425/ MisterUnderstood425

    Ms. King, I don’t feel sorry for you and probably won’t anytime soon. It’s not that I can’t forgive and look past for that is what I’m doing, but until you learn how to stand behind your community as a whole and not just selectively choosing who to and not to support then I can’t get behind you.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/i_admit_it/ i_admit_it

    i’m sorry all you super-righteous, fist in the air, afro pick wavin (oh, i’m sorry, Gemini has a phuccin PERM) black folk, but where, exactly in this article does it mention that she dates white men? where IN THIS ARTICLE; not saying what you’ve read elsewhere, but to the point, where IN THIS PARTICULAR ARTICLE does it say that she dates white men? her grievance is with the poor respect shown for african americans in reference to our television involvement…a woman that she knew and loved, that millions upon millions of children knew and loved via her performance on the most watched and influential children’s program ever, passed and did not receive one moment of screen time in a memoriam for television actors…that is a viable point…it is shameful that she would not be mentioned considering her involvement in that program…her grievance is well founded…but you negroes jump on the fact that she dates non-black men…as if some of you bastards are the representations of the race to which she should gravitate…and again, and i admit i’m repeating myself because the irony is just so blatant, Gemini is bashing a woman for her Eurocentric appetites while wearin a PHUCCIN PERM! (actually, it’s a relaxer, but you get the point) that’s a little hypocritical, wouldn’t you say? it’s okay to try to look like the white woman, but don’t you dare try to act like one…gotta love that true Black pride…smh…and feel free to direct any detracting statements to my inbox…let’s see how this one turns out…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/cocobeaz/ cocobeaz

    So let me get this straight…

    OJ dates nothing, but white women and black folks were still on his side during his trial

    R. Kelly pees on a 14-yr-old black female and molests other young girls of color…black folks were on his side during the trial.

    T.I. was charged for the possession of guns more than a year ago, and black folks were on his side during the trial.

    Lil Wayne has been charged with God knows how many crimes and black folks STILL support him…while the ugly ape has the nerve to disrespect the fucc out of black women.

    Now that Ms. King came out with this, black folks are against her….SMFH! The black community cares more for the man than the woman, nor will this exact community make room for her. Yet they still expect black women to support them??? You bootleg Afrocentrics can kiss my a$$ twice!!! You guys are the ones who are screwed up.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/cocobeaz/ cocobeaz

    Oh yeah…how can you be pro-black and throwing that fist in the air when you got a perm? A question sassy_gemini may not adequately or intelligently answer….

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/sassy_gemini/ sassy_gemini

    @ i_admit_it and cocobeaz- GTFOH!!!
    #1 *tisk, tisk, tisk* Thou shall not speakth of things you knowth nothing about lol. When I mentioned Morons in my previous post here are two GREAT examples! But I will take that as a compliment =) (my hair being relaxed)… Buuuut…. Sassy_gemini (that’s me) has NEVER put ANY relaxer on her hair :-). So before you jump to conclusions, your assumptions need to be verified. My hair doesn’t even LOOK relaxed… smh.. Not downing anyone who does in fact relax their hair…. But Check my background and if you are on my friends list you would SEE my family pics and where my hair comes from. How come whenever a dark skin black person has long straight hair it’s relaxed? I get so tired of hearing that BS! Actually my hair has a slight wave but when I blow dry it, ITS STRAIGHT!… SO…. next time ASK ME if I relax my hair before you ASSUME. It will save you from looking like a buffoon in the future.

    And EVEN if I DID perm my hair, how does that connect to abandoning Black men for White? You superficial idiots make me sick to my stomach! So perming your hair gets your Black card revoked?? How a woman or man wears her/his hair should NOT determine her/his blackness.
    By all means lie down and spread your legs for the WHITE MAN. But just don’t perm that hair LADIES!!!

    #2: NOBODY said what she said was wrong… BUT, and I will say this ONE MORE TIME… Don’t lay with the enemy and then cry RACISM! It’s all fun and games until you get did wrong THEN ITS PERSONAL. THEN you are upset? You should’ve BEEN up in the white folks faces about the Emmy’s, the GRAMMY ‘S, the OSCARS, ALL THE CRACKER OWNED BS. This isn’t the first time they were racist. How long has she been in the game?? She knows and KNEW this… SHUT IT UP PLZ! S#it doesn’t get brought to the light until she felt PERSONALLY insulted. GET THE F— REAL! Get your head out of your arse and PAY ATTENTION folks. And STOP being the typical ignorant Blacks, so worried about how somebody sports their hair and get to some REAL FACTS and INFORMATION in you NARROW MINDS.
    Either one of you or anyone else are more then welcome to mail me a response…. And yes this WILL be good!! And PLEASE PLEASE…. Address my other comments… My straight hair seems to be the MAIN plot of ridiculous claims.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/CynamynQueen82/ CynamynQueen82

    Okay, I don’t agree with what was said about Gemini’s hair. How a woman wears her hair does not define her, plus…I put relaxers in mine, LOL. Oh well….

    Anyway, cocobeaz made a point that was valid to me…the treatment between women and men in the black community is not balanced. A black man can do or say the most ignorant sh*t ever and still get support from black people. The black woman says something that isn’t nearly as bad and she is bashed for it by black people. Hypocrisy is the biggest b*tch of all.

    DO NOT mistake what I said as a complaint . I don’t watch the Emmy’s nor do I give a damn about that show. If something doesn’t represent me, all I have to do is to change the channel. Another thing I don’t care for is who someone chooses to lay down with. That’s not my business.

    This is my perspective and this is the only comment I will make on this forum. Anyone agrees or disagrees, send a note to my inbox if you want. I’m out! :)

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/dis_bi_guy/ dis_bi_guy

    Oh s**t! dang sassy you are a Gemini cuz that mouth of yours is a mtha lol. I like reading what you and others have to say. I dont usually respond to the blogs. I am more of a “lurker” but I was feelin what regina was sayin until I read Sassy’s and cali and others comments. And I agree with her! And i feel I must stand up for her on this. Also there are other “Pro-Black” women in here and other blogs with obviously permed hair but shorter in length and nothing like sassys hair but she is singled out. Why is that?
    it could be the physiological jealousy in black people in general. I am a stylist and if you have a good texture of hair you dont need much to get it straight. My mother has beautiful hair and she is accused of using relaxer or a weave,which sassy obviously has neither. And my mother has a darker complexion. If sassy was yella the texure of her hair would be no question! No offense to sassy at all but i do 15-20 perms a day and that is not the case with her hair. I just wanted to address that because if that is your only argument you dont have a case.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Knowbody75/ Knowbody75

    I gave Oscar, Emmy and Tony the finger ages ago. I’m not for begging these establishments to recognize what is so obvious, our greatness.

    How is Ragina King a traitor? What did she do?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Jordan_Mom/ Jordan_Mom

    Regina King is correct in judgement, THE EMMYS IS FOR THE ELITE CRACKER MAHFUKKAZ! We as black people need our own EMMY Awards show, FVCK BEING BELITTLED BY THESE CRACKERS AZZ CRACKERS! If you’re not Halle Berry or some other Anglo Saxon looking black American then they don’t accept your talents. Why must black celebs go to Hollywood seeking a cracerk’s acceptance anyway? We need our own version of Hollywood and I’m not talking about no HOLLYHOOD either, there are some well qualified black actors/tresses out there worthy of their day in the spotlight.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/CaliFemme23/ CaliFemme23

    sassy_gemini, APPLAUSE!

    Permed or relaxed hair has NOTHING to do with what you are saying here! You keep on speakin sister! Mofo’s have to find SOMETHING to get at you with when they can’t refute what you have to say otherwise! You are a gorgeous black woman….Keep doin what you doin sis….

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/jai_stormy/ jai_stormy

    Big ups to Regina King for speaking the truth.
    As far as dating outside of the race, I hope everyone knows that there is more than the white race. People keep addressing black women with white men, but there are other races in the world. And yes I am a women that dates other races. I’m grown and will continue doing so. Who are you to decide what goes on in someone elses life?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/sassy_gemini/ sassy_gemini

    @dis_bi_guy- LOL! WOW… I’m not sure if that was a compliment or not… but OK!

    @ Cali- Exactly…. It’s not the first time someone has tried to use that one it WONT be the last. If you have to use someone’s hair to make your case that’s a shame! Completely disregard all the truth in my post… Check out my page and attempt to look and/or sound intelligent by pointing out my hair. It’s not even true @ that… But that still made my blood BOIL lol.

    Ppl will not get the point no matter what or say or do. No matter how many facts are in their faces. It’s not about Blacks going against Blacks… And I will point out ANY nonsense said by ANYONE Black female or Black MALE. If she had never said that date outside our race BS, I would’ve been on her side! But that is not the case here. Standing up against racism in Hollywood should always be done… not just at one’s convenience.

    @stormy- No one said they can decide who you date… I couldnt care less… Just dont try to recruit me in the BS… I wish ppl would read and stop putting words in my mouth.

    With that being said… I’m out. Much love Cali and you others who speak truth…. I’m sure I will be seeing you again ha ha!

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