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A Navajo/black chick named Ken who draws and writes the things on the interwebs. Mah Art Blog where I draw stuff~~~I’m quickly getting tired of the “You can like both La La Land AND Moonlight” discourse. If that’s your only contribution, please don’t offer it.
La La Land was continually built up tonight as a “risk” and “jumping off a cliff” and other such nonsense, when it’s a friggin old school musical about white people falling in love. It relied on nostalgia to sell itself, and anything that relies on people’s fondness for things they already love is inherently NOT a risk.
Moonlight is a drama about gay black masculinity, a topic so little covered in film that there was virtually no blueprint for it. THAT is a risk. That’s the kind of movie people usually aren’t eager to reward. That’s why Moonlight is such a brilliant piece of art.
Sure, you can like both La La Land and Moonlight, but pretending they’re on an equal playing field when it comes to awards and recognition is ludicrous.
Suicide definitely affects the black community whether you agree or not. This problem is far not new, but too many of us are afraid to talk about their problems what leads to depression and anxiety and, as a result, to suicide. And teenagers are the most sensitive and not protected against this phenomenon.
Skin color doesn’t provoke or prevent mental illness, chronic pain, depression, suicide, and etc. These are human conditions that black people experience throughout American history!
Mental Illness is a REAL issue. Black parents need to also quit passing the symptoms off as “wanting attention” , etc.
Liking a villain character is cool but it also sucks ass cause there’s always ppl that are like ‘aw no precious baby did nothing wrong UWUWUUWUW’ like no asshole they’re bad that’s why I love them leave me alone