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THINGS THEY SAY: ROBIN THICKE ON RACISM

THINGS THEY SAY: ROBIN THICKE ON RACISM


Robin Thicke, the blue-eyed brother of R&B is definitely aware that the color of his skin definitely has had a major impact on his career. As for Mr. Thicke, being a white R&B artist has both it positives and negatives. He says,

“Anytime you’re sticking out like a sore thumb, you can get one of two things: Maybe you get coverage because you stick out like a sore thumb and maybe because you’re the sore thumb no one wants to touch. So I do find that doors are closed because the color of my skin, but doors are also open because of the color of my skin. And doors are closed on a lot of other people, and I’m definitely not the victim in this society, that’s for sure”.

As for how he and his wife, Paula Patton deal with disadvantages in their careers and whether or not he believes race will no longer affect a person’s career. He adds,

“She being African-American gets one script out of every 10 that a white girl would get because they just aren’t the roles, they’re just not looking for a black actress in this role. It’s not like for every role they say, ”We want the best,” (it’s more like), ”No, we want a white girl. We’re sure of that.” So she has to deal with that a lot. And when you live with somebody you see that world in a different way than I would have ever seen. I think with Barack Obama running for president we’re learning very quickly that race is still at the forefront of people’s minds. Nowadays, just because they changed the laws doesn’t mean they changed the whispers. Nowadays, racism is in the whispering and it’s in the connotations”.

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