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50 Cent hopes Obama would help end black-white Hollywood divide.


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Washington, November 15 (ANI): 50 Cent is looking forward to the working of President-elect Barack Obama's administration, because he hopes the victory will help wipe out wipe  
tr.v. wiped, wip·ing, wipes
1.
a. To subject to light rubbing or friction, as with a cloth or paper, in order to clean or dry.

b.
 racism from Hollywood.

The American rapper claimed that though African-American actors such as Will Smith, Samuel Smith, Samuel

(born July 27, 1752, Carlisle, Pa.—died April 22, 1839, Baltimore, Md., U.S.) U.S. politician. He was a merchant in Baltimore and fought in the American Revolution. He served in the U.S.
 L. Jackson and Denzel Washington Denzel Hayes Washington, Jr. (born December 28, 1954) is a two-time Academy Award and Golden Globe Award-winning American actor and director. He has garnered much critical acclaim for his portrayals of several real-life figures, such as Steve Biko, Malcolm X, Rubin "Hurricane"  had made their mark in Hollywood, yet their success did not represent the plight of all black artists.

Fiddy, who shot to fame with the multi-platinum success of his albums "Get Rich or Die Tryin" in 2003 and "The Massacre Massacre
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after conquering city, Richard I executed 2700 Muslims (1191). [Eur. Hist.: Bishop, 83–84]

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" in 2005, said that the industry still held the white and black barriers and Obama could bring the divide one step closer to its end.

"There's two Hollywood. There's white Hollywood and there's black Hollywood," Contactmusic quoted him as saying.

"Those lines are still there, but this is a step to getting rid of those lines," he added. (ANI)

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