la la land – Steel Phoenix Studios

disksystem:

“Much like Jimmy Kimmel, however, Americans are socially conditioned to feel the most empathy for what white folks are losing rather than for what black folks are rightfully, finally winning. Certainly Kimmel was not being malicious when he said to the La La Land producers, “I think you should just keep it anyway.” He felt bad that anyone should have to lose in such a public way. But notice that what Kimmel didn’t say is, “Let’s get Moonlight up here right now and let them have their moment.” His empathy, like that of many others, went towards the people who looked most like him on stage.”

Why It’s Important to Recognize That “Moonlight” Was Robbed Of Its Moment

pussypoppinlikepopcorn:

mikeymagee:

jawnbaeyega:

littlealto:

jawnbaeyega:

Where’s the video of the La La Land producer’s speeches? Don’t try to spare these white people the embarrassment. I wanna see what they had to say about “diversity” before those trophies were rightfully taken out of their hands and given to Black folks!

Oh stop. Those producers handled a major screwup with a lot of grace. And they were advocating for diverse, inclusive films to continue being made in general.

Child, please. Don’t do this. They gave a passing mention to diversity and lord knows they were talking about musicals versus typical films. You know who handled that situation with a lot of grace? The Moonlight crew who had their moment initially snatched from them. They’ll never get the moment of hearing their film officially called for Best Picture and then were made to walk up to the stage as though it was a concession prize.

I’m not here for this unnecessary empathy for white folks who got screen time they didn’t deserve nor earn. Who got to speak hollow words of acceptance for something that didn’t belong to them. They got more than they deserved. They’ll be alright.

Now, let’s get to the footage!

This. Also, I’m not here for the media turning Moonlight’s rightful win into a story about how “gracious” the crew of La La Land was. And just so everyone knows how monumental Moonlight is:

1 It brought us the first Muslim actor to win an Oscar (Mahershala Ali)

2. It is the second film with a black cast to win Best Picture

3. It is the first LGBT film to win Best picture.

…and then we have the cast of La La Land who couldn’t even manage sing their own songs at the Oscars tonight.

La La Land got enough unearned screen time as far as I’m concerned.

Again, how are they going to say diversity and have that white movie with a white cast producers writers and everything?