Why do so many people hate on this movie??

Ok. Let me start off by saying that I am a white female. I grew up in a poor, working-class, multicultural neighborhood. My mother was a drug-addicted single parent, struggling to get by to support both my brother and myself until she took her own life when I was 15. I've seen a lot...I've been through a lot...However, one thing I honestly can attest to is that I have absolutely no idea of what it is like to be culturally oppressed.

In my opinion, this movie epitomizes the struggles that people of color experience in this country. The statistics speak the truth: http://www.shadowstats.com/article/employment. Black males -- in particular -- are less likely to obtain positions of power, despite education and training (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/03/AR2009070302498.html; http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0DXK/is_18_17/ai_67582269/); are less likely to make equitable salaries, even when they do hold jobs of authority (http://www.bls.gov/bls/fesacp2101703.pdf; http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-16864521.html) and, are more likely to serve extended periods of time in prison for crimes of a punishable nature similar to those committed by other races
(http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/prisons.htm).

Before anyone bashes me here, by the way, no -- I am not a "troll." I am simply stating the facts.

All that said, I cannot (for the life of me) understand why this movie is so underrated. Anyone who has an intelligent and open-minded opinion of the matter is, of course, free to comment.

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