It all goes back to who allowed Poitier to have the opportunity to make movies.If White corporate execs at 20th Century Fox--or wherever--had laid down the law and said,"NO" to Poitier--"We will not make pro-black movies"--black supremacy would have been stopped in the 60s.Lots of ifs,looking back.
jerry pdx When I started reading about Poitier I discovered Belafonte was still alive. I thought he was dead! They've been frienemies for 70 yrs., often having disagreements because Belafonte didn't think Poitier was "active enough". I do recall hearing criticisms of Poitier being an "Uncle Tom" for some of the roles he took, but I don't recall any roles you could say that about though I haven't seen everything he's done. Poitier did consider himself to be an "activist", just lower key about it than Belafonte.
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It all goes back to who allowed Poitier to have the opportunity to make movies.If White corporate execs at 20th Century Fox--or wherever--had laid down the law and said,"NO" to Poitier--"We will not make pro-black movies"--black supremacy would have been stopped in the 60s.Lots of ifs,looking back.
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jerry pdx
When I started reading about Poitier I discovered Belafonte was still alive. I thought he was dead! They've been frienemies for 70 yrs., often having disagreements because Belafonte didn't think Poitier was "active enough". I do recall hearing criticisms of Poitier being an "Uncle Tom" for some of the roles he took, but I don't recall any roles you could say that about though I haven't seen everything he's done. Poitier did consider himself to be an "activist", just lower key about it than Belafonte.
Married a whitey woman too. Shimkus I think her name was. Sid was also Ambassador to Japan from Bahama.
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