Viola Davis recalled an exchange with an unnamed Hollywood director who once called her by his maid's name: 'Those microaggressions happen all the time.'
reflected on some of the racist treatment she's experienced in Hollywood over the course of her career and the constant stream of microaggressions she continues to face.discussion at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival on Thursday, recalling a Hollywood director who once called her by the wrong name. She explained that despite knowing this man, whom she declined to name, “for ten years,” he had called her by his maid's name. Davis explained, “I had a director who did that to me...
The four-time Oscar winner also spoke about the limited roles available for Black actresses in Hollywood and the stereotypical storylines they're still being offered in films. “If I wanted to play a mother whose family lives in a low-income neighborhood and my son was a gang member who died in a drive-by shooting, I could get that made,” Davis said.
Davis also cited racism as at the root cause of those types of projects being turned down. “A lot of it is based in race. It really is,” she said. “Let's be honest. If I had my same features and I were five shades lighter, it would just be a little bit different. And if I had blonde hair, blue eyes and even a wide nose, it would be even a little bit different than what it is now.” The actress continued, "We could talk about colorism. We could talk about race.
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