The uncomfortable exchange that occurred between Matt Damon and movie producer Effie Brown on the season four premiere of HBO’s “Project Greenlight” is indicative of everything that is wrong with current cultural understandings of diversity. The incident went like so: When challenged about her preference for a directing team composed of a Vietnamese man and a white woman, Brown (a respected producer in her own right) defended her choice by asking her white colleagues to consider the optics of a room full of white people choosing a white male director to make a film about a Black female prostitute.

Matt Damon immediately became defensive, cutting Brown off in mid-sentence to tell to her that, “ when you’re talking about diversity, you do it in the casting of the film, not the casting of the show.” Brown cocked her head to the side, clearly (and rightfully) offended, saying, “whew, wow, ok,” as she waited for Damon to complete his thought. Damon went on to further chide her, saying, “do you want the best director?” She responded, “I’m not mad. With love in my heart…” as she went on to say more about her choice.

http://www.salon.com/2015/09/16/matt_dam...lly_shows/

Wrong forum

This is a common occurrence with Fitbud, is he ok? Maybe less meds?

Multitasking. My bad