Kerry Washington Talks Race Relations And 'Lakeview Terrace'

1. OMG I can't wait to see this film. I love Samuel Jackson!! And adding Kerrie Washington to the mix is just icing on the cake.

LIA at 10:21PM on Sep 16th 2008

2. Ooops....I spelled KERRY's name wrong.

LIA at 10:23PM on Sep 16th 2008

3. Mrs. Washington this is really a powder keg waiting to explode. Sometimes we dont know whats in the mind and hearts of directors and writers. Could this film be used as a litmus test for interracial couples. Why is a black cop playing the role of authority? To me this is percisely what is happening with Blackwater from Moyock NC and other mercernary organizations. Police have always had their way (blue code of silence) and Faternal Order of Police. So my question in closing is who's view are we REALLY watching during this movie. Peace and Paradise

ahmad at 11:31AM on Sep 17th 2008

4. This film is definitely on my list to go see. It actually comes out on my birthday. Samuel Jackson is the man. I like Kerry Washington's work as well. She's an incredible actor and naturally beautiful.

Derek at 5:12PM on Sep 17th 2008

5. I am excited about seeing the film. Lakeview Terrance used to be an upper middle class African American neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley. The neighborhood started out all white and Black folks moved in and the white people moved out in the late 1960's.

I look forward to seeing the movie to get the feel of the neighborhood again. Although I live less than twenty miles away from the area, I have not been back there in many years. I guess it is time to see the movie and take a short road trip.

Proud Sistah at 1:38AM on Sep 18th 2008

6. I call this film EDUCATIONAL! The sad part of this film you will have those who really need to see it refuse to look at it because they are still in denial!

Judy Ferguson at 7:42AM on Sep 20th 2008

7. I have really like Kerry Washington as an actress. I believe her on film persona explodes out at you on the siver screen. I have also been impressed by Samuel Jackson and believe he also is a dynamic film personality. However I must really pause here with this film and give an observation. In a world where to few heroic /positve roles have been bestowed upon black actors and actresses. I find it peculiar that the cop villain, believe me their are plenty of cop villains in the real world, is a black man. Statistics show that blacks are much more likely to suffer at the abuse of the boys in blue because of race than whites are and mixed couples where the male is black and the female white are far more likely to suffer from the bad cop. Quite frankly I find it odd that a film about that reality did not get made first. But, I suppose it can all be explained away under the directors artistic vision or what will sell at the box office. Because we have seen here in recent time how many in white America will react nagatively when confronted by the misdeeds of their own and they for the most part would not want to go see that on film. However we in the black community get a daily dose of the negatives in our community and must confront those constantly. We have far to many villains/ negative role models ,who are black, presented in this society ( be they real or fictional) and not near as many basically good people heroes or heroins depicted. It amounts to a kind of hypnosis where it is tried to get society to view black people as negatives and cosequently you get some black people to view their own as negatives. Throughout history we have had many great heroes and heroins come from the black community who were involved in many diverse situations and whose lives played an important part in the making of this nation. Their stories have never been told and would make for interesting films. How about making more movies about those people? What great roles they would be for fine actors and actresses like Miss Washington and Mr. Jackson to play.

Darrell at 12:19PM on Sep 20th 2008

8. Kerry's on the way!!

Miss Wanda at 12:40PM on Sep 20th 2008

9. This film is a disgusting twist on a common story that BLACK MEN INVOLVED IN INTERRACIAL RELATIONSHIPS GO THRU. Throughout US history black men have been lynched, murdered, beaten, harassed and imprisoned for being with someone of a different race. Now in 2008, Hollywood blacks team together to tell the same story but with an inverted twist of a black cop as the bad guy and the white man and his black woman as the victims. Slaves would be rolling if their graves if they saw this crap. "Monster's Ball", now THIS? This story is being pushed because whites are too skittish to face the reality of their racism. So now they PROJECT IT ON BLACK MEN. And black women are thrilled to suck up to white men while demeaning and disrespecting black men wholesale as if this is some sort of true-to-life story. I can go to any city and point to any number of random black men that have been harassed verbally and ostracized by black women or harassed and threatened by white men for dating a non-black female, especially white women. Great job Hollywood negroes!! Doing us proud!

robXdion at 2:28PM on Sep 20th 2008

10. Alright...
I am sorry brothas but. First off I am writing this as a well educated black man. For the segment of brothas that can say that they are well educated, successful and progressive.. there are 40 more fly sistahs that can say the same. What is my point? 40 to 1 (40:1). I got too many options regarding beautiful sistahs who are my equal no with standing the hips africa gave em that makes them phenomenal women. They cant say the same though. At one time, I would think of a sistah telling me, " man i am about to kick it with a white cat", I would essentially want to take her on to change her mind. Keep in mind, 40:1. There are far more brothas that aint on her level, therefore out of frustration comes change. I know right? you say damn... but, As a challenge to this, brothas we have to rethink our existence and make jail and death both issues of the past and due to old age respectivley. The goal is for us to regain the respect of our women... I guess, I am saying this because, I wish for brothas to become the statistical abstraction from the stat quo of what is portrayed as "us". I can be gluttonous and say, "well shit, i am going to enjoy this 40:1 thing". But on the other hand, it dont do me no good frowning at sistahs walking the streets here in chicago with white men seeking the ebony experience. Think about it.
Peace
BIG GENO

BIG GENO at 3:39PM on Sep 20th 2008

11. Although statistically black men date outside their race much, much, much more than black women, black men become extremely irate when they see a black woman with a white or brown man. I guess what's good for the goose is not good for the gander. I was on a business appointment in New York City with the Executive Vice President of a Fortune 100 Integrated Media corporation. He happened to have been a very handsome white man. As we walked down the streets of Manhattan, we were jeered at by several different groups of black men, who were loitering and just hanging out -- instead of working. They were very demeaning not only to my business associate, but to me as well, implicating that all beautiful and educated black women go outside of their race. This was not an isolated incident because my clients and business associates are all mostly white, I find myself in restaurants and various events with them, and each and every time that I have encountered a black man, I have received a snide, vicious remark or rude glare. Once, a group of idle brothers even threw a bottle at me and my white boss.

I am always so embarrassed, but this aggressive behavior taught me one thing: Black men will jump at the chance to marry a white, Latina or Asian woman, but when the shoe is on the other foot --they lose their minds. They don't want us, but they cannot stand to see us happy with someone outside of our race. Recent statistics reveal that the least likely women to marry are black women, and that there is an alarmingly high number of black women living alone, and raising their children without the benefit of a husband or a father figure in the home. This is a disgrace. Black men have been going outside of their race for decades. It's about time sisters start looking elsewhere, as well. Black women don't have to be alone, but they have an allegience to black men -- although I don't know why... Friends of mine who are married outside of their race seem to be faring much better. They are provided for and protected, and their children are loved and taken care of gently and respectfully.

I was home with inflammation of the tonsils last month, and I got to look at all the silly shows that have rendered television the "boob tube". Show after show, revealed some little white, Asian or Latina girl being abused, infected with a STD, and/or impregnated and desserted by some black man. Who needs it? And of course, black men are so "undone" when they are accused of being irresponsible. All you have to do is to take a perfunctionary glance at the black family unit, and see who is providing for the children. That's all you have to do. A black man would rather not work at all than to pay child support to help raise his children. Now, the White, Asian and Latina woman is getting a little taste of what if feels like to have a black man as "head of household".

Of course there are wonderful black men out there -- I have one -- but there are way too many brothers out there spreading seed, and not taking responsibility. I am extremely sensitive to this issue because I have been blessed. My own black father was an angel. He went to work every day, and sent three children through graduate school at the best universities in the country. He was not only a good provider, but a wonderful, loving daddy. My husband is also a superlative man, friend, and provider. There are not enought positive adjectives that I can ascribe to him. I wish I could clone him.

The black family infrastructure has been fractured by the black man's unwillingness to step up to his familial responsibilities. Black women should explore their options for their own sake and their children's sake. If black men want to wander from home, let them!

Bermudia at 5:33PM on Sep 20th 2008

12. This movie depicted the fears that many...not all...many white people have about Blacks in any real position of authority. There is a silent fear that Blacks are just waiting for the opportunity to get revenge for past pain. I am unsure of the real agenda for this movie but I have an idea. It is ironic that this movie was released at a time when the highest office in the land (the Presidency) has a 50% chance of being held by a Black man.
This movie was made out of fear, not reality. Casting was perfect. An elderly white gentleman walked out of the theatre behind me saying..."I never thought I see Sam Jackson do a role like this... He seems like such a good guy". I am sure that many white people that support the Democratic Nominee are concerned that he will change once in office.
WELL PEOPLE... Sam Jackson is an actor and that was a film...he is a good guy still. Don't get confused. Recognize and realize the difference between fantasy, reality, and fear. Enjoy your weekend!

CGC at 8:42PM on Sep 20th 2008

13. Bermudia, you hit it right on the nose. I get so tired of black men having negative comments about black women dating white men, but they think a brother is cool when he's walking around with a white, mexican, or asian woman on his arms. And they also have no problem to parade around those mixed kids, however you can't get them to do a damn thing if they have children by a black women.

jjohnson at 8:52PM on Sep 20th 2008

14. Bermudia, you hit it right on the nose. I get so tired of black men having negative comments about black women dating white men, but they think a brother is cool when he's walking around with a white, mexican, or asian woman on his arms. And they also have no problem to parade around those mixed kids, however you can't get them to do a damn thing if they have children by a black women.

jjohnson at 8:54PM on Sep 20th 2008

15. bermuda, i could not have said it any better.
i love seeing black woman living well and being well loved by the men in their lives regardles of his race.

i love sam & kerry i definitely will be watching this movie.

LYNN at 9:08PM on Sep 20th 2008