Let me get this straight...



February 29, 2012 2:36 pm
"It doesn’t necessarily need to be a great singer to play the role,” the insider tells me. “I’m sure they will use Whitney’s voice for the songs. What they are looking for is a great actress, someone that can bring to life both the pain and the joy Whitney experienced. Does she have to be an African-American actress? Not necessarily."

Whitney Houston Biopic Won’t Necessarily Cast An African-American Actress To Portray Legend - Huffington Post (via notime4yourshit)

I just…are we really about to try to white face a woman that just passed. Really? Somebody come get your cousins & beat them until they’re less stupid.

(via karnythia)

….

Can someone please tell me this is a troll or just baiting.

Someone please tell me this is some premature April Fool’s joke.

(via note-a-bear)

This… cannot… be…

Newsflash - a white woman cannot possibly “bring to life both the pain and the joy Whitney experienced”. No amount of acting can do that.

And why NOT use a GREAT BLACK actress? There is no shortage. Oh, we know why…

(via poemsofthedead)

Watch them give the role to Jessica Alba with bronzer and a curly weave. iCan’t.

(via crankyskirt) Yep, I’m out. (via sanfo)

This is one of the most bizarre things I’ve ever seen. I’m just gonna sit here and hope that when they said “African-American” they were referring to the ‘American’ aspect and not the Black part. Because anything else is so fucking ludicrous that I may have to smash some shit.

(via 14kgoldnyc)

Oh dear. Isn’t the point of these kinds of movies to make them as close to the real story as possible? Why would you have a whitegirl play Whitney Houston? That’s absurd.

(via 14kgoldnyc)

  1. glitterlion reblogged this from crunkfeministcollective
  2. rudums reblogged this from thefistofartemis and added:
    Sure. Why not have a white, blonde do it. Maybe a French girl, it’s in fashion now.
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  6. rigelandsirius reblogged this from crunkfeministcollective and added:
    lol at hollywood playing off racism by claiming to ~just want who’s best for the part~. i’m so sick of whitewashed...
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    They better be casting an African woman. I swear on everything I love if a white woman plays Whitney…
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    Okay you know what? Now is not the time for “colorblind” casting.Fuck you morons.Seriously.
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