Quotes of the Day

Aspiring film extras queue during an audition to be part of New Zealand filmmaker Peter Jackson's new Tolkein fantasy film 'The Hobbit' at the Te Whaea National Dance school in Wellington on September 26, 2010
Monday, Nov. 29, 2010

Open quoteIt's 2010 and I still can't believe I'm being discriminated against because I have brown skin.Close quote

  • NAZ HUMPHREYS,
  • a Briton of Pakistani heritage, on being told by the casting manager of Peter Jackson's film adaptation of The Hobbit that she couldn't be cast because of her skin color
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