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		</div><h6><b> Meryl Streep</b></h6>
<h1><span style="color:#260303;">&#8216;Okay, all Meryl has to do now is put on some shoe polish and audition for jobs in Hollywood&#8217;</span></h1>
<p>Meryl Streep, the most admired actress of her generation, fueled Hollywood&#8217;s diversity controversy on Thursday when she said that all of humanity originated in Africa.<br />
<span id="midArticle_1"></span>The three-time Oscar winner, who is in Berlin heading up her first international film jury, made the comment at a news conference when she was asked if she was familiar with world cinema, particularly films from Africa and the Middle East.<br />
<span id="midArticle_2"></span>She said she had recently seen the Jordanian film &#8220;Theeb,&#8221; about a Bedouin boy on a hazardous mission in the desert, and also &#8220;Timbuktu,&#8221; about Islamist militants taking over the fabled Malian city.</p>
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<p><span id="midArticle_3"></span><span style="font-size:large;"><span style="color:blue;"><i>&#8220;The thing that I notice is that there is a core of humanity that travels right through every culture,&#8221; she said. &#8220;And after all, we&#8217;re all from Africa originally, you know. We&#8217;re all Berliners; we&#8217;re all Africans, really.&#8221;</i></span></span><br />
<span id="midArticle_4"></span>The comments from Streep, who has been Oscar-nominated a record 19 times, made headlines around the world and swiftly became one of the top trends on Twitter.<br />
<span id="midArticle_5"></span>They followed an uproar over the all-white Oscar acting nominee selection for a second straight year, which forced the movie industry to confront how blacks, Asians and Latinos are represented in front of and behind the camera in Hollywood.<br />
<span id="midArticle_6"></span> Some commentators on Thursday expressed disappointment.<br />
<span id="midArticle_7"></span>&#8220;You’d think Meryl Streep would be smarter than to say “We’re all Africans, really” in any context, but alas,&#8221; said @Jamil Smith.</p>
<p><span style="color:red;"><span style="font-size:large;">&#8230; every one is African, every one wins</span></span></p>
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<span id="articleText"><span id="articleText"><b>Frances Hannon and Mark Coulier accept the Best Makeup &; Hairstyling Award for &#8220;The Grand Budapest Hotel&#8221; at the 87th Annual Academy Awards. </b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size:x-small;"><i>Photo:Kevin Winter/Getty Images</i></span></p>
<p><span style="color:red;"><span style="font-size:large;"> &#8230; except these</span></span><br />
<span style="color:red;"><span style="font-size:large;"><span style="color:black;"><span style="font-size:x-small;"><i>Photo:Kevin Wnters/Getty Images </i></span></span></span></span></p>
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<p>&#8220;Watch the whole interview before jumping on Meryl Streep,&#8221; tweeted @evansArmour. &#8220;Her quote was taken out of context.&#8221;<br />
<span id="midArticle_10"></span>Black Magic Woman&#8217;s tweet included a poster of Streep&#8217;s 1985 &#8220;Out of Africa&#8221; film, where she plays a white land owner. &#8220;Now we know Meryl Streep was serious when she made this movie,&#8221; the tweet said.</p>
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<span id="articleText"><span id="articleText"><b>Lupita Nyongo at the 87th Annual Academy Awards. </b><span style="font-size:x-small;"><i><br />
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<p>Streep&#8217;s U.S. representative did not return calls for comment or clarification.<br />
<span id="midArticle_12"></span> In Berlin, Streep said her seven-member, mainly female jury included a film critic and a photographer and that the panel would have diverse viewpoints.<br />
<span id="midArticle_13"></span>&#8220;We will be looking at different things in these films,&#8221; she said, &#8220;but we&#8217;re human beings, and film is an emotional experience so &#8230; we&#8217;re going to make these decisions based on what our heads want to say.<br />
<span id="midArticle_14"></span>&#8220;But we&#8217;re first attacked by the heart, so that&#8217;s an interesting process. I&#8217;m so looking forward to it.&#8221;</p>
<p><span style="font-size:large;"><i>&#8230; you gotta first try the shoe, scratching my head </i></span></p>
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Fall out of the Oscars. Meryl Streep … An African. Am I missing something?
Actress Meryl Streep, President of the international jury for the 66th Berlinale International Film Festival, attends a news conference in Berlin February 11, 2016. The festival runs from February 11 until February 21 in the German capital. REUTERS/Stefanie Loos
