Word: mcdanielã
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...years ago, when, as George Clooney noted on Sunday, it “gave Hattie McDaniel an Oscar in 1939 when blacks were still sitting in the back of theaters.” While Clooney undoubtedly meant this observation as praise for the Academy’s boldness, McDaniel??s Best Supporting Actress win was actually an affirmation of the sexless and happily subservient mammy role that she played in “Gone with the Wind”—hardly a progressive move on the part of the voters. Similarly, more than half a century...
When I heard of Bryant and McDaniel??s newfound profession, two things immediately happened...
...first was shock, because—save a brief stint with the Knicks—I had been unsure as to Xavier McDaniel??s modern-day existence...
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