@blister
Oh,please---why the hell does every film dealing with how racism was in the past get accused of being some damn "liberal guilt trip"? That sounds so stupid,because it isn't. I mean,damn have you ever picked up a history book and found out that white people treated black folks back then like s*** because they could get away with it,the racist laws of that era backed them up no matter what. That was REALITY back then--it didn't have a damn thing to do with "liberal guilt trips." Seriously, you need to educate yourself more about just how bad the times were in that area FOR black people, and stop making such ridiculous statements. And SO what if every white guy in the film is a bad guy? Black people saw themselves portrayed in practically EVERY horrible,ugly racist stereotype ever invented on screen for the first 70 years of the existence of movies. So how is seeing a bunch of white men depicted as thugs somehow racist when its ALWAYS been black people dealing with these stupid,hateful stereotypes for decades, Give me break, enough's enough!
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Kelea7
11 years ago
Oh,please---why the hell does every film dealing with how racism was in the past get accused of being some damn "liberal guilt trip"? That sounds so stupid,because it isn't. I mean,damn have you ever picked up a history book and found out that white people treated black folks back then like s*** because they could get away with it,the racist laws of that era backed them up no matter what. That was REALITY back then--it didn't have a damn thing to do with "liberal guilt trips." Seriously, you need to educate yourself more about just how bad the times were in that area FOR black people, and stop making such ridiculous statements. And SO what if every white guy in the film is a bad guy? Black people saw themselves portrayed in practically EVERY horrible,ugly racist stereotype ever invented on screen for the first 70 years of the existence of movies. So how is seeing a bunch of white men depicted as thugs somehow racist when its ALWAYS been black people dealing with these stupid,hateful stereotypes for decades, Give me break, enough's enough!
Thank you activista! This was just the reality for black people. Which is why I don't understand when people complain about the portrayal of whites in movies set in certain time periods. I see this all the time especially on these boards. Are they supposed to just gloss over it? They actually usually sugarcoat the racism and mistreatment that many blacks faced back then. At one point, the lowest thing you could be according to society was black, you were less than a dog to many and this wasn't just a slavery issue. The attitudes carried over. How could they not? Even if you you weren't racist or prejudiced by heart or were just indifferent to blacks, chances are you aren't going to go out of your way to make life easier for them. Also you're going to probably conform to societal norms. Things weren't always consistently bad for all black folks, but there are certain attitudes many had to deal with more often than not.
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