After a lusty night of True Blood (praise God for cable and naked men-since I'm not getting any. And thank you Lord for TIVO that allows me to rewind, slow mo and pretend insert my name into sexy actors mouths...) and reading a really good book that is scaring the bejesus out of me, I just have to say, I keep seeing this crapfest called Columbiana with Zoe Saldana.
Now, let me just give you a little history. Ms. Saldana is Dominicana. So, uh, yeah, she's playing a Columbiana out for revenge on some bad guys that killed her family. Expect to see her scrawny ass walking around in a bra and panties, hair flying, bad ass tattoos and watch her carry guns that have enough recoil to break her bony little arms. But I digress from my bitchiness..
What we are talking about here is the Columbians. A few years ago, hell maybe last year, I read an article in the Washington Post about Black Columbians. Oh, you didn't know they existed? Hell, nobody does, why? Because they are what I refer to as "the hidden people". It's like well we don't want to see them, so let's put them in shanty town, shitty little houses and make like they don't exist. Eventually, we will kill them off or breed them with enough lighter skinned Columbians they will assimilate. So, my question is how is this chick gonna play a Columbiana when the country won't acknowledge their existence, nor help them? Why couldn't it be called "Bad Ass Dominicana". It's like me playing a Brazilian. Yeah, I got the accent down and stuff, and I could probably pass, but would I really want to do it?
What a messed up world we live in where crap like this is produced. And I'm sure at one point these words will come out of her mouth, "It was a cathartic experience because I got to embrace my Dominican heritage, while learning about Columbian heritage as well." Another thing, why is her dad in the previews light skinned? I mean, who am I to say with my Heinz 57 background? My nieces and nephews run all kinds of rainbow coalition colors and my kids are all biracial, so I'm just completing the circle of life. But I will tell you this, if they ask me about themselves, I would tell them to be proud of who they are and not to pretend to be who they want or what is accepted.