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Chris Rock Says He Watches Movies And 'Doesn't See One Black Woman'<\/b>
\nThe tragic deaths of Michael Brown<\/a>, Eric Garner<\/a> and Tamir Rice<\/a>, have ignited a lot<\/em> of important conversations about race. And Chris Rock is adding his own poignant and thoughtful voice to these important conversations. <\/p>\n

In a new essay for The Hollywood Reporter<\/a> the 49-year-old comedian and actor breaks down Hollywood’s race problem. “It’s a white industry,” Rock writes<\/a>. “Just as the NBA is a black industry. I’m not even saying it’s a bad thing. It just is.” <\/p>\n

Rock discusses the well-known, but under-addressed issue of diversity in Hollywood and how black people, women<\/a> and especially<\/em> black women<\/a> rarely see themselves on screen. He talked about the racial double standard black women<\/a> face when they go through casting: <\/p>\n

[How] about “True Detective”? I never heard anyone go, “Is it going to be Amy Adams or Gabrielle Union?” for that show. I didn’t hear one black girl<\/a>’s name on those lists. Not one. Literally everyone in town was up for that part, unless you were black. And I haven’t read the script, but something tells me if Gabrielle Union were Colin Farrell’s wife, it wouldn’t change a thing. And there are almost no black women<\/a> in film. You can go to whole movies and not see one black woman<\/a>. They’ll throw a black guy<\/a> a bone. OK, here’s a black guy<\/a>. But is there a single black woman<\/a> in “Interstellar”? Or “Gone Girl”? “Birdman”? “The Purge”? “Neighbors”? I’m not sure there are. I don’t remember them. I go to the movies almost every week, and I can go a month and not see a black woman<\/a> having an actual speaking part in a movie. That’s the truth.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This world needs more Chris Rocks in it ASAP. <\/p>\n

Head over to The Hollywood Reporter<\/a> to read the rest of Rock’s truly awesome essay.<\/p>\n

www.huffingtonpost.com\/2014\/12\/04\/chris-rock-black-women-in-hollywood_n_6271900.html?utm_hp_ref=gay-voices&ir=Gay+Voices<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Chris Rock Says He Watches Movies And 'Doesn't See One Black Woman' The tragic deaths of Michael Brown, Eric Garner and Tamir Rice, have ignited a lot of important conversations about race. And Chris Rock is adding his own poignant and thoughtful voice to these important conversations. 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