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Nia Long is an American actress. She is best known for her roles in the television series The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and Third Watch, and the films In Too Deep, Boyz n the Hood, Friday, Boiler Room, Soul Food, Love Jones, Alfie,The Best Man, Big Momma's House, and the sequels to the latter two films.

Why are the rules different for black actresses?  She started acting in movies and television, one year prior to actress Julia Roberts.  Long possesses everything that Roberts offers.  Both have siblings who are in the business (Sommore and Eric Roberts)Hollywood is a hard nut to crack.  Roberts has an Oscar and Long has three NAACP awards.  Both actresses continue to make movies into their forties.   The machine is blatant with the obvious stab in the face that Caucasian's and Jews run the production houses.  Understandably ratchett reality television makes the chances for legitimate African American and women of color even harder to have vehicles in which to star and portray.  Another hard pill to swallow are the roles that are given to Jessica Alba(Honey), Eva Mendes(Hitch,Out Of Time) and Zoe Saldana(Drumline,Nina Simone) roles that were written or presumed for African American actresses.  It so convenient to get butt and lip injections, or tan, blend into the hip hop culture (Iggy Azalea, Justin Bieber, KKKardashian,Eminem) culture or the African American plight, until a Mike  Brown, Trayvon Martin or Rodney King situation comes along, they retreat, because they can't face the dirty truth.   When do we take a stand?