Freida Pinto shows her passionate side and causes a stir in Showtime's 'Guerrilla'

[hewontgo]

Freida Pinto shows her passionate side and causes a stir in ‘Guerrilla’ https://t.co/5X6T6V16yo #entertainment
- Gulf Reader (@gulf_reader) April 17, 2017

about Jas Mistra, her character in GuerrillaPinto

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[michiru]

"But to say there were no Asians in the struggle is just wrong. I know that these people exist." ..but does it have to come at the erasure of black women?

as a south asian woman, i was so excited to see frieda in this. but not on these terms. i'm still torn on whether i'm going to watch this or not..

[trumpydoesmagic]

As someone that's both Black and Indian it's really disappointing (but not surprising) that she doesn't get it. Ugh.

[michiru]

a lot of south asians have bought into the model minority myth and really throw black people under the bus. so i'm not surprised if a south asian actress states that her casting is "enough".

[mjspice]

[therearewords]

~"I'M GLAD WE'RE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION"~

[pikapika217]

~ It's time ~

[frankthesheep]

I'm riding with Elizabeth Obi on this, she was a member of the British Black Panther movement.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/apr/14/guerilla-fight-racial-equalit

"Aside from Jas, the portrayal of black women in the first episode was unforgivable, as they are represented solely by Wunmi Mosaku’s character Kenya, a sex worker whose clients include the police inspector Pence. Historically women were the backbone of the black movement: Althea Jones-Lecointe, Barbara Beese, Leila Hassan, Olive Morris, Beverley Bryan and Stella Dadzie, to name but a few, and I can only hope this is reflected in future episodes.

What can activists today take from the series? Not much, I fear. After the first episode, I felt the story was becoming reminiscent of Bonnie and Clyde.

[evett]

I was flipping by and saw Zawe Ashton and wondered how big her role was

[rainstormraider]

Wow.

Damn this show is fucked up.

[backrolls]

The picture of her face superimposed onto the Power To The People image of a Black woman is so messed up.

[spanishsaharaa]

"It’s starting a conversation" is the go-to comment for every person in Hollywood who steals a role from a black woman and erasing them from history.