In a 2002 PBS documentary series, "Beyond the Color Line with Henry Louis Gates Jr.," accomplished actress Nia Long spoke to Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. about the color-centered biases in Hollywood. ...
From: thedailyvoice.com
Tuesday, June 30, 2009 4:51pm EST
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"Hollywood threw acid in
both your eyes before you were seven years old. You're blind, that's the first
thing you realize is that you're blind. Later on, you begin to see-- something.
And, then, you begin to see why you couldn't see."
--Baldwin,
James. Just
Above My Head. New York: Dell Publishing, 1978, p. 529.