Rock always said right up front that his dad is/was black. Never was shy about it. Vin I think early on played coy about his racial mix, but I think that was more about getting roles than anything else... I think one of his first films was an independent movie called multifacial, dealing with mixed race stuff.
How come no one calls Dwayne "the Rock' Johnson or Vin Diesel on passing??
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Meanwhile cacs are still making movies about Egyptian's and ancient Hebrews played by European actors.
juss seen noah last week
that movie was all types of wrong
Wait, so Hollywood has passed multiple whites into black roles, especially when it involves Egypt but now we're supposed to be mad when they let Black or those mixed with black in "white" roles...? lol No, I'm fine with them making up some ground with using mixed folks. That's almost literally half the battle lol.
Yep.
Thank-U sir, I'm glad, i'm not the only one who remembers this shit!!!
I remember Vin's comments about not wanting to discuss his race, but he has never said anything derogatory about black folx. As far as The Rock goes, he is a wrestling hero. White men see him and want to be him. They aren't going to complain. Even if the studio hadn't taken the steps to make him look more caucasian for the role, they wouldn't have complained.
well his daughter doesn't look white:
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the Rock doesnt deny his ethiicity, he is just lucky enough to get roles where his race is a non-issue. Imo thats a good thing.
black actors have a long way to guy but its a step in the right direction when actors like the Rock, Will Smith, Denzel, Idris and Vin get casted based on their talent and not because the role was spefically for a black male
black actors have a long way to guy but its a step in the right direction when actors like the Rock, Will Smith, Denzel, Idris and Vin get casted based on their talent and not because the role was spefically for a black male
Only vin diesel can play in boiler room
Can't no nigga like mike epps or Darryl bellamy play in broiler room
Can't no nigga like mike epps or Darryl bellamy play in broiler room
So instead of seeing it as a good sign that a Black man like the Rock is getting roles that normally would go to a White man, we're supposed to shit on him for taking the role because White folks lost it when Elba was cast as Heimdall? White racists are supposed to be our role models now?
Dude never says he's not Black. He's never tried one of those Tiger Woods-"cablanasian" tricks.
Dude never says he's not Black. He's never tried one of those Tiger Woods-"cablanasian" tricks.
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So instead of seeing it as a good sign that a Black man like the Rock is getting roles that normally would go to a White man, we're supposed to shit on him for taking the role because White folks lost it when Elba was cast as Heimdall? White racists are supposed to be our role models now?
Dude never says he's not Black. He's never tried one of those Tiger Woods-"cablanasian" tricks.
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this
for those who haven't seen Vin's Multifacial short film. It's about an actor with his look going for roles that they can/can't/might pass for:
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? Just curious, have you recanted on previous statement of mixed people being abominations?
Thanks, nice to see my dude Mark still juggling SELF and hasn't lost it all to the soul-grinding machine that is Hollywood.
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I never knew either of them had a mixture of black in them until that story about the rock not dating bw came out last year
They both white boys with a little bit of colouring as far as I'm concerned
I never knew either of them had a mixture of black in them until that story about the rock not dating bw came out last year
They both white boys with a little bit of colouring as far as I'm concerned
This post says way more about us as black society than either The Rock or Vin Diesel.
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Does the OP think that the casting Director said "Hey Rock. I have a white role for a white man to play a white character named Hercules. If you are white, I'd like to cast you in that role. You are white right Rock ole buddy? Because if you aren't white, then I just can't give you this white role."
I stopped reading after the 1st sentence. EVERYONE considers Vin and Rock black. Any time you see a list about top "black" actors they're at the top. They consider themselves black. Some of the bullshit people write man...I just wonder what goes on through some of these guys mind.
"I'm definitely a person of colour," says Diesel, who prefers not to dwell on his origins but begrudgingly decides to uncloak some of his past.
All he would say was: "I never met my biological father. The man who raised me was a black man. And he made me who I am and taught me who I am."
http://jam.canoe.ca/Movies/Artists/D/Diesel_Vin/2000/02/17/757953.html
All he would say was: "I never met my biological father. The man who raised me was a black man. And he made me who I am and taught me who I am."
http://jam.canoe.ca/Movies/Artists/D/Diesel_Vin/2000/02/17/757953.html
Vin passes for white often, Rock is always a man of color. I've never seen Rock passing as European EVER even in Hercules he's a Demi-god not the same as the Greeks
A professor said to me whites love everything about blackness but they don't like black people. They want everything but the burden of blackness
A professor said to me whites love everything about blackness but they don't like black people. They want everything but the burden of blackness
The Rock has always said he is half black. Hell, when he started in the WWF, everyone knew who is father was. Rock was even in the Nation of Domination. They were a black militan act. Rock is just the Rock. His roles don't really need to define a race. That's part of the reason everyone loves him.
Now Vin Diesel....that fucker is black. Whites don't want to admit it, but look at his pictures as a kid. He is black.
Now Vin Diesel....that fucker is black. Whites don't want to admit it, but look at his pictures as a kid. He is black.
no offense, but if you didn't know they were mixed, you're in the minority, at least of black people. Other than his skin color, everything about Vin says he's part black, and Rock... that has been a part of his story pretty much forever. I wasn't even into wrestling, but I remember seeing pictures of his dad before he got into acting:
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