Ellen Holly's Open Letter to One Life to Live fans and Historians

[batty_gal]

Even if you are not a soap opera fan, this is definitely worth a readEssentially, Ellen Holly - a black actress who helped make OLTL popular among black audiences - was underpaid, treated like utter crap, and then let go so that a white actress could be considered the "veteran" of the show, among other things. If you didn't know, One Life to Live

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[batty_gal]

Speaking of Destiny and Matthew, I love how her pregnancy story was backburnered for months and now that Matt is awake, it's all about him and his white-ass pain. Every single black character is a prop on the show now, the most ridiculous example being Sean trotted out to randomly prop Victor Lord, Jr. and make it seem as if he were such a ~good guy~ in comparison to the real Todd Manning.

[batty_gal]

Lol I have those very same feelings. It's ridiculous what they've done to Destiny, meanwhile I bet that Dani will have a ~romantic~ sex scene with Nate very soon before the show goes off the air. I also love how they got rid of Baz, who was far more interesting with Starr than James or any of the other Fords. This show...

[nepthys_12]

Girl, don't you know most fandoms hate hate hate black women for no damn reason other than the fact they exist. Of course, they are not being racist they just happen to burning hatred for the character.

This looks like a great read though, and I'm glad she's speaking out.

[batty_gal]

I know, ain't it a shame? Their excuse was that "well, she was a groundbreaking black character, they must not be racist!!!" and other bullassshit that's only scratching the surface. I hate it when people try to argue black people down and say we're seeing racism in everything when, gee golly fucking george, racism actually is in damn near everything.

Might as well post the thread where all this crap happened (lol they shut it down, at least they didn't delete it like they do all race discussions there - thankfully people were in there handling that shit): http://boards.soapcentral.com/showthread.php?764117-Ellen-Holly-s-Open-Letter-To-Fans

iCan't

[sofvckinghot]

ALL OF THIS!

And I used to be addicted to soaps like Pookie on the pipe.

There is lots and lots (and lots and lots) of racism all over the (dying) industry, from the front office to the writers' room. And don't even start about Victoria Rowell on Y&R and they way they dogged her. I used to love Michelle Stafford and Melody Thomas-Scott until I found out what they did and said.

I always wonder what Debbi Morgan and Darnell Williams' experiences have been in Daytime, as I've thought they were the ONLY Black characters on soaps that have been treated with any sense and respect.

Re: iCan't

[xerox78]

And don't even start about Victoria Rowell on Y&R and they way they dogged her. I used to love Michelle Stafford and Melody Thomas-Scott until I found out what they did and said.

I don't follow soaps. Details, please?