Lena Waithe Calls Out Will Smith and Denzel Washington for Not Financing Films With Black Talent

[SpiritualPorn]

Just read the comments

Thanks

 

[keone]

Nope.

This:

Is different from, this:

but do you think it was smart to say this in a business whee black people are getting discriminate against?
she should be happy that shit are changing for all you know they use her to justify that black products are shit.

 

[keone]

probably haven't heard what she said yet

 

[Amajorfucup]

but do you think it was smart to say this in a business whee black people are getting discriminate against?
she should be happy that shit are changing for all you know they use her to justify that black products are shit.

I dont know man.. I think shes still idealistic and full of youthful bravado and ambition. Shes still learning how to navigate things. But again i will say, she has more insight and info than we do. Im guessing her opinions were formed thru that information and experience.

 

[playahaitian]

probably haven't heard what she said yet

I'm really curious to here what the king would say to her.

 

[playahaitian]

@Lexx Diamond

Just to further prove your point

 

[playahaitian]

Its been proven she just plain wrong on attacking these particular individuals...

Why we even debating?

I'm curious

So if she doesn't release some bullsh*t apology soon

I better not hear nothing when the shoe on another foot.

 

[playahaitian]

 

[keone]

I dont know man.. I think shes still idealistic and full of youthful bravado and ambition. Shes still learning how to navigate things. But again i will say, she has more insight and info than we do. Im guessing her opinions were formed thru that information and experience.

i hear you bb, im just tired of black people destroying each other in media. cacs already are saying that black movies font sell which is a lie you can check the numbers. so i dont get why she would say these kind of things i think she is big enough to contact will and denzel herself.

i will say that i look at will funny but to publicly attack him nah.

 

[Ming Fei Hong]

Wow, they showed her love, but now she's shittin' on the man (Denzel) who help them get on? Damn.

 

[playahaitian]

 

[playahaitian]

i hear you bb, im just tired of black people destroying each other in media. cacs already are saying that black movies font sell which is a lie you can check the numbers. so i dont get why she would say these kind of things i think she is big enough to contact will and denzel herself.

i will say that i look at will funny but to publicly attack him nah.

^^^^^

 

[playahaitian]

 

[playahaitian]

 

[playahaitian]

 

[playahaitian]

 

[playahaitian]

 

[playahaitian]

 

[playahaitian]

 

[playahaitian]

Because her point was about lack of support from black powerbrokers. White powerbrokers fund white projects and have been doing so since time began. How is this basic point of her premise a hard one to grasp?

Her criticism wasnt limited to them. Those were mere name brand examples she used to illustrate her point.

But when you try to prove or buttress your point with falsehoods?

You undermine your entire effort

Whatever it is.

And worse?

You attacked the integrity of innocent well intentioned individuals who didn't deserve it.

While causing division amongst your own people.

And letting the REAL enemy off the hook.

 

[playahaitian]

Its interesting

The attempted DEFENSE of her comments is to try to play semantics with her words

But my rule is if you decide to ATTACK someone?

You BETTER come correct.

How you a writer director etc and you cant express yourself clearly accurately and succinctly?

The only defense i hear is well she has the RIGHT to critize..

What the hell does that have to do with being wrong?

Well technically she was right?

WTF?

Either will and denzel help or they don't.

First, She was completely WRONG on will

And if Denzel paying people's rent travel food and clothes to survive and network aint "financing", what is?

And ok...

will and Denzel aint never do sh*t for nobody like she say.

What about all that sexual harassment happening under her watch?

How that helping?

Cause if that show gets cancelled cause of her negligence in letting that harassment continue?

Dozens of black men and women gay and straight will lose work.

How that helping the finances?

 

[playahaitian]

 

[durham]

Man fuck her, she better cling to that gay/transexual/non binary crowd cause she is dead to me as a Black consumer. Fuck her with this bullshit.

 

[playahaitian]

 

[hocjo2626]

Hey Lena:

...with that crab ass bullshit.

 

[4 Dimensional]

Yeah. Twitter on her ass. She’ll be back peddling in a day or two.

 

[tpotda]

Dame putting up his own money for Honor Up, Master P putting up his own money up for I got The Hook Up 2, Random Detroit niggas putting up the money for Plug Love. JT Tha Bigga Figga putting up money for independent projects.

 

[jasonblacc]

EXACTLY

And why does she assume being a good black actor automatically make you qualified to run a major studio?

Or that the real powers that be would allow it even if they were?

Why isnt she ATTACKING THE ACTUAL DECISION MAKERS AND POWER BROKERS...

who i would assume probably are predominantly white and or gay.

So you want her to basically beg white folks? Cause that’s really what your doing by point the fingers to the crackers in charge. Ask them for a chance.

What she’s saying is how about we create own on opportunity instead asking cacs or pointing the fingers at them.

If the two people she mentioned and a couple other black actors with the money come together and start creating black owned black written black produce films we can stop asking cacs and so amongst our own. Oh and not STAR in the dam movie. Just be the support.

Like shorty said this has been said on this very site but y’all wanna be mad at the messenger and use cac like tactics “ how come she didn’t protect the black actress in the chi” as if they are the same.

 

[playahaitian]

Yeah. Twitter on her ass. She’ll be back peddling in a day or two.

I don't know...

I feel like she gonna try to ride this out.

The best way to end this?

Heartfelt apology don't blame the interviewer admit those men didn't deserve it.
Say you hope to work with them to do something and take personal responsibility to make her comments a reality

Or

Try to make it a war and play victim
Blame the magazine blame interviewer
Use her sexual identity as a shield
Don't back down

Or

Double down
Say she meant what she said and look even more foolish
But get blind support from your base
Cause MORE division
And lose any chance of an audience OUTSIDE her demographic.

Which way YOU think she gonna go?

 

[TimRock]

What she’s saying is how about we create own on opportunity instead asking cacs or pointing the fingers at them.

If the two people she mentioned and a couple other black actors with the money come together and start creating black owned black written black produce films we can stop asking cacs and so amongst our own. Oh and not STAR in the dam movie. Just be the support.

How about she just do it without mentioning other people. Make the movement and give props to those that helped you. No need to mention the ones that didn't.

 

[4 Dimensional]

I don't know...

I feel like she gonna try to ride this out.

The best way to end this?

Heartfelt apology don't blame the interviewer admit those men didn't deserve it.
Say you hope to work with them to do something and take personal responsibility to make her comments a reality

Or

Try to make it a war and play victim
Blame the magazine blame interviewer
Use her sexual identity as a shield
Don't back down

Or

Double down
Say she meant what she said and look even more foolish
But get blind support from your base
Cause MORE division
And lose any chance of an audience OUTSIDE her demographic.

Which way YOU think she gonna go?

Probably the first option. Issue some sort of apology and she'll try and clarify her comments because she knows deep down that these kats got clout.

And that is something you shouldn't try and fuck up in the small world of Black Hollywood.

 

[Shaka54]

Good stuff. But Nate Parker acknowledging that Denzel gave him a role has nothing to do with Nate expressing disappointment in lack of financing from fellow black actors, nor Lenas point about lack of funding for black independent films. Stay focused brother.

Why do you guys keep concentrating on her sexuality? Whats it have to do with her comments ?

Bruh, have you NOT been paying attention to the narrative that's been coming out of that Community over the last seven years or so?
Have you not paid attention to articles written in the Griot, The Root, and in White publications and web sites about straight Black males? She went straight after the two leading Black male actors in Hollywierd without a second thought.

How can you be this tone deaf to the overwhelming amount of skepticism towards them in this thread?
Bruh, if I ever ran afoul of the Law, I'd want an Attorney who is as relentless and tenacious as you are. You could agree to disagree but you're in that bitch's crotch like a crab louse.

 

[SpiritualPorn]

i hear you bb, im just tired of black people destroying each other in media. cacs already are saying that black movies font sell which is a lie you can check the numbers. so i dont get why she would say these kind of things i think she is big enough to contact will and denzel herself.

i will say that i look at will funny but to publicly attack him nah.

I look at Will funny as well however that's my personal shit.

I'm not going at him . Definitely not in public.

 

[playahaitian]

So you want her to basically beg white folks? Cause that’s really what your doing by point the fingers to the crackers in charge. Ask them for a chance.

What she’s saying is how about we create own on opportunity instead asking cacs or pointing the fingers at them.

If the two people she mentioned and a couple other black actors with the money come together and start creating black owned black written black produce films we can stop asking cacs and so amongst our own. Oh and not STAR in the dam movie. Just be the support.

Like shorty said this has been said on this very site but y’all wanna be mad at the messenger and use cac like tactics “ how come she didn’t protect the black actress in the chi” as if they are the same.

First i actually like her work.

If you not gonna admit she went about this wrong there is really nothing we can debate.

I mentioned the oppressor because SHE was the one who decided to specifically go after BLACK MEN.

She decided to start singling out people.

Period

And then try to somehow force Ava in there and then even try to get slick but whatever.

Again i understand and agree with her OVERALL point.

I'm not debating that.

Of course we gotta get our own

I mentioned the oppressor to make a larger point that they like internal strife and YOU know that.

Like you said we ALL BEEN SAYING THAT.

but please show me WHERE ON BGOL someone called out DENZEL FCKING WASHINGTON for NOT financially supporting Black folk?

You can't try to make your point and make false statements.

This aint Trump.

Hell i got the stats wrong in the nba thread and got called out less than 3 minutes later.

Its wrong its irresponsible

And worse?

Undermines your point.

And the point she making aint no deep profound new one either...

And she could have made it wothout targetting BLACK MEN SPECIFICALLY.

Dont think THAT was unintentional either.

And complaining about no major studio hiring a black man as head is also sorta kinda asking the white man for a handout.

 

[playahaitian]

Probably the first option. Issue some sort of apology and she'll try and clarify her comments because she knows deep down that these kats got clout.

And that is something you shouldn't try and fuck up in the small world of Black Hollywood.

I say she doesn't

I hope sincerely she does

But fam...

After how she tried to explain away the Chi situation?

Well we will see.