US EditionHalle Berry recalls high school overruling her prom queen win because she was Black
Halle Berry said her high school made her flip a coin with a white student to decide prom queen due to racial bias, reflecting ongoing challenges Black women face in recognition.
- In a recent interview, Halle Berry recalled school officials overruled her prom queen vote by accusing her ballot of being fixed and forcing a coin flip with a white student.
- She told The Cut that `As a Black girl, I was not the symbol of who they wanted for their queen`, illustrating her experience of racial exclusion in her high school.
- Despite her Oscar win for Monster's Ball, Berry said, `that Oscar didn’t necessarily change the course of my career.`
- Berry frames the memory as part of a lifelong fight to be taken seriously as an artist, saying as a Black woman now almost 60 she still gets to work in movies and do what she loves.
- Industry patterns show directors questioned casting Black women and told Cynthia Erivo that recognition alone wouldn't change her career, highlighting ongoing industry bias.
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