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He didn't like black girls?


He rejects the black girl and straight afterward goes back to his white f buddy

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The first prostitute he hires was black. He liked his black co-worker too much, that was the problem. He's a sex addict and was terrified of having more than just a one-night stand--he was developing actual feelings for her, which led him to be unable to achieve erection. Hence, he goes back to his old lifestyle. Race had nothing to do with it.

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The first prostitute he hires was black.

hmm didn't see that bit, I don't remember missing the beginning of this film...

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Yeah, it's literally the opening scene, she knocks and comes into his apartment, he leaves money on the counter and makes her a drink, and they fuck for a while. (Pretty much 90% of this movie is Fassbender fucking.)

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I actually though the opposite is more true or at least he like also black women.
And I tell you why: Not like with the other women with this one he set a date, not just sleep with her, for Brandon, because of his mental state it's not something he do often. He gave her more respect than to other women in his life.

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more respect =/= like sexually

he may prefer white women for sex EXACTLY because he respects them less, which is kinda how I saw it

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We need to ask ourselves a much more important question: How much a race is even a issue in this movie from the beginning? I don't think it is. It's about a human emotions and pain. So maybe the director don't even think about this part of the movie and we discuss something that didn't even exist.
What I do think we can identified with certainty is that the director likes his protagonist.

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And?

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