Mo’Nique, a documented philanthropic sandwich-buyer and the butch Ma Rainey of my dreams, does not want to hear anymore of this Oscars nonsense. What does she want? Equal pay.
In an interview with Variety, the star of Precious more or less did exactly what Patricia Arquette did not do during her 2015 speech for her Academy Award win. Rather than answer any questions about her relationship with former director Lee Daniels, the actress, who is not even about watching an awards show that is whiter than the half-coagulated mayonnaise your roommate left unopened in the fridge, is a lot more concerned with the fact that she has accolades and still can’t get a decent paycheck. And if white women think they’re getting paltry sums on the reg, what kind of piecemeal do they think crops up on one of her direct deposit bank statements as a female person of color?
In the interview, Mo’Nique has no qualms about sharing the amount she got for filming Precious—only $50,000—and it’s difficult to justify, as she goes on to infer, how POC actresses shouldn’t be “given the information” to “negotiate fairly” for hard-earned cash, especially when the discussion on equal pay is solely lead by white women in her industry.
“Anytime you hear Patricia Arquette and Gwyneth Paltrow, when you hear those white women say, “We’re not getting equal wages.” Well if they are saying it, what do you think we’re getting?”
Eventually, this leads to her thoughts on #OscarsBeStupid because #OscarsSoWhite.
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