Underpayment and Racism: Benin-American actor Djimon Hounsou shares his Hollywood struggles

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  • kwaku-holland 11 months ago

    One of my favorite actors. Sad to hear of his struggles. Hollyweird has always had an angle. Brother cheer up, I loved his performance in Gladiator a d a host of others. Shame on that industry in America.

  • explainer 11 months ago

    No news, dog bites man!
    Can you do anything about it? If not, shut up or leave!

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  • Olla Rinke 11 months ago

    It looks like the other races have ganged up against blacks everywhere. The discriminate in terms of treatment and they can't imagine us being better paid or equally paid for our work. It is widespread, in Asia, Europe , the ...
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  • MANY OF OUR BEST BLACK ACHIEVERS OFTEN DO NOT HELP THEIR SITUATION DUE TO THEIR HIGH SPENDING HABITS AND THEIR INABILITY OR UNWILLINGNESS TO SAVE OR INVEST THEIR HARD EARNED MONEY. 11 months ago

    What I am about to say is in no way meant to imply actor Djimon Hounsou has been irrespnsible in in the way he handles money. However that I know a good many "succesful" blacks living and working in the West who reached the t ...
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  • Alan Prophecies 11 months ago

    THERE IS NO. RACISM IN HOLLYWOOD. YOU RECIEVE WHAT YOU MÉRIT! ONE MUST BE BEST! MANY BLACK ACTORS HAVÉ MÉRIT THEIR SUPER PERFORMANCE AND ARE ACCREDITED .THEY ARE PAID MORE THAN WHITE ACTORS. DJIMON MUST WORK HARD BEYO ...
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  • Geez 11 months ago

    Ignorance is nothing to be proud of so shut up

  • ST Ghfuo: OKRAKU AND OTO MUST GO, NOW!!!!!! 11 months ago

    Hollywood is the epitome of racism wherever there is a lot of money there is racism the only way to beat this is for blacks to create their own, employ their own and pay their own. Only then will these racist respect you and ...
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  • NO RACISM IN HOLLYWOOD? ARE YOU LIVING UNDER A ROCK? 11 months ago

    Racism is alive and well in North America and especially in very upscale areas such as Hollywood where the "great and good" live. I have met Ghanaians and other Africans living in the US and different parts of Europe who look ...
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  • Bibini 11 months ago

    I mean, with the exception of a few movies, he’s mostly played minor roles and not the main character. Therefore that is to be expected. Or just get a better agent.

  • HAS HE CONSIDERED DOING SOMETHING ELSE? SOMETIMES WE NEED TO THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX,BE COURAGEOUS IN ORDER TO BREAK OUT FROM OUR RESTRICTIVE POSITION 11 months ago

    How about switching to something else? I know of teachers who did not like teaching but attained great success by authoring several school textbooks .I also know of Chefs who underperformed in kitchens but reached great heigh ...
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  • Haggoa GH 11 months ago

    Come home then

  • Daddy Rudy 11 months ago

    so he didn't save well anaa. smh

  • Sansiro 11 months ago

    My friend stop talking, they offer you contract before you do the work, come to ghallywood and nillywood and see how our own black people are doing to us. In football all the prayers get different salaries depend on the contr ...
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  • Akos 11 months ago

    Until black people stop laziness and start creating their own God their own way of life their own economy and military power black will always experience racist