Members Vee Posted August 10, 2018 Members Share Posted August 10, 2018 Jordan is a pointless character who never needed a recast. What they need is better black characters. (Which are very clearly never forthcoming.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ChitHappens Posted August 10, 2018 Members Share Posted August 10, 2018 Vinessa is a fine actress but relegated to just a black person on a soap. All these soaps have to do is pretend these POC are white and they'd get the same stories as their counterparts. Jordan is TJ's mother, but he's off contract as they gave Kiki his SL. Why couldn't both be med students? Why not more of Jordan and TJ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ajsp35801 Posted August 10, 2018 Members Share Posted August 10, 2018 No black leads! You know that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members frequentsoapfan Posted August 10, 2018 Author Members Share Posted August 10, 2018 I clearly remember she had just graduated college when they cast her. Plus in the movie I saw her in from 3 years ago she came across as mid 20s I was just pointing that out the other day with Y&R. Even Mishael herself was mixed with Indian. Hilary was biracial though. Lily, Neil, and Devon are all black people played by biracials. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ajsp35801 Posted August 10, 2018 Members Share Posted August 10, 2018 Devon is biracial. I never got Mishael was mixed with anything. At least no more than the average black person. Where you hear that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members You're Soaking in it Posted August 10, 2018 Members Share Posted August 10, 2018 (disregard) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ponds Posted August 10, 2018 Members Share Posted August 10, 2018 Devon is biracial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dio Posted August 11, 2018 Members Share Posted August 11, 2018 not at all. It's just the lighting/make up in that headshot. Google is your fran. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members frequentsoapfan Posted August 11, 2018 Author Members Share Posted August 11, 2018 What is the average black person? You do know black people are different depending on where they're from. And her family is from Trinidad and Tobago. She's mixed with East Indian which is very common there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted August 11, 2018 Members Share Posted August 11, 2018 Or -- and I know this goes without saying -- write the few they DO have with more purpose and definition. Tokens are for Chuck E. Cheese's, not for television programs. Then, you'd have people complaining that the characters aren't "Black enough." (Or "Hispanic enough," or "Asian enough," and so on.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Chris B Posted August 11, 2018 Members Share Posted August 11, 2018 This is true and this is something I’d accept in the 80s or 90s but not today. We shouldn’t be so hard up for representation that we’d accept anything. Primetime is showing that having a diverse behind the scenes staff can enrich the stories, but of course daytime is behind. I truly believe one of the main reasons people are drawn to Victoria Rowell is due to the input Bill Bell allowed her to have. That type of personalized experience being added into a story can do wonders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ajsp35801 Posted August 11, 2018 Members Share Posted August 11, 2018 Exactly. I don't know one black person that doesn't have some racial make up other than black. Hence, average black person. I doubt most of those people would consider themselves mixed race either. I surely never saw Mishael purporting herself as a mixed race person. Which is why I asked why you referred to her as such. Are you assuming this because she's Trinidadian? Or did she say that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members frequentsoapfan Posted August 11, 2018 Author Members Share Posted August 11, 2018 Well clearly you aren't black with your average black person is mixed talked. Black people usually dont claim 10% whiteness from slave rape. And most are not East Indian. I'm not assuming anything with Mishael. I've seen her family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ajsp35801 Posted August 11, 2018 Members Share Posted August 11, 2018 Seen her family where? On pictures she posted online? In person? Unlike CK and LS, I've just never heard or seen Mishael refer to herself as mixed race. She may be, I just never got it from any picture I've seen of her parents either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members frequentsoapfan Posted August 11, 2018 Author Members Share Posted August 11, 2018 Your comparing her to people from a different culture. Just because you have heard her talk about being mixed race doesnt me she isn't. I've seen pictures of Mishael's family. She's a dougla. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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