"The Sixth Sense is not a good white film. Insomnia is not a good white film. They're just good films. So why we can't we have good films that happen to have black people, or Asian, or Latino, or any other minority group in them?"
- Eriq La Salle
About this Quote
This quote by Eriq La Salle speaks with the absence of representation of minority groups in films. He is explaining that movies with white people are often seen as "good" movies, while films with minority groups are not seen in the very same light. He is asking why films with minority groups can't be viewed as "great" films, and why they are not given the same recognition as movies with white people. He is challenging the idea that movies with minority groups are not as good as movies with white people, and is promoting for more representation of minority groups in movies. He is calling for more diversity in films, and for movies with minority groups to be viewed as just as good as movies with white people.
This quote is written / told by Eriq La Salle somewhere between July 23, 1962 and today. He was a famous Actor from USA.
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