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Blacks are portrayed too saintly


I turned it off after seeing the group of blacks silently but strongly walk through a gauntlet of white bigots shouting racial slurs at them, because the blacks were going to SCHOOL.If that scene was a realistic portrayal of blacks back then, then we should all marvel at how the roles are practically reversed today. Whites walking through a black hood can easily get robbed and killed, and far from being silent, resigned sufferers, people of dignity, today we see so many blacks act like loud, profane disgusting animals, who live up to the worst stereotypes. Is thus what MLK had in mind? Because if we judge blacks by the content of their character, not the color of their skin, then it's safe to now say many wear their character on their sleeve, but if we judge this, we are racists, as if black skin, not bad behavior, is what we're judging. Movie seemed like liberal propaganda!

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Roles are reversed, really? I don't have any precise record but I'm sure there weren't many unarmed whites shot dead by the police on a regular basis back in the 60s and, regarding someone who "act like loud, profane disgusting animal": congratulations!
You are about to vote one in the highest office, not sure what color is he but it ain't black.
Now that's something I also wonder if MLK had in mind.

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That's the problem. You view whether someone is black, white, male, female, Mexican, Arabic, etc. as a qualification for office. Think about that. You think a GENETIC ACCIDENT is reason enough to qualify/disqualify someone. That is the definition of bigotry right there.

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That's the problem. You view whether someone is black, white, male, female, Mexican, Arabic, etc. as a qualification for office. Think about that.


Yes, I thought about that long and hard and my definitive conclusion is that you are a liar with alt-right tendencies, I might be wrong on the last one, but a liar for sure. I have said nor implied no such thing you are accusing me of.

Also I want to give my congratulations for the second time, since my prediction came true :)
Now you have the most unqualified, foul-mouthed, volatile human being to possibly ever been elected president in a Western Democracy but, honestly, I don't believe his race gave him any advantage on that, seriously 😀.

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More whites are shot by police then blacka.

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You're being utterly ahistorical. Just open a history book or watch any of the newsreels that show violent white crowds attack the black children who integrated schools. Sorry reality, history and the truth upset you, but believe me, this film goes pretty light on what happened, and it was chronicled by quite a few people, many of whom were NOT liberals!

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