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USAToday racist tweet: BMH nealry beats Thor as race themed film soar

posted 10 years ago by lilkunta3
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USAToday was called on their stupidity(why dont they identify anglo films like that?) and changed the word to 'diverse' but the internet is forever so the orginal tweet is out there.

https://twitter.com/USATODAY/status/402137834754019329

Originally the tweet was 'Holiday' nearly beats 'Thor' as race themed film soar http://usat.ly/17DyAHd
http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2013/11/17/best-man-holi day-box-office/3615411

EDITOR'S NOTE: We've listened to your comments and thanks for sharing them. Valid points. The original headlines were an attempt to capture that films with black casts have done exceptionally well at the box office this year. Good intentions here, but unfortunately the story's message didn't translate well in the headline, so editors revised the story.

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[–] thetayster 10 years ago

Just further confirms how ignorant the media is. I wasn't surprised.

[–] canada22 10 years ago

sad. Today people still focus on race instead of humanity. just sad.

[–] Slaid 10 years ago

This is a black movie. People should stop being so sensitive.

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[–] thetayster 10 years ago

Yes, the cast is majority black. But what's "race-themed" about it? The film's plot has nothing to do with race

[–] blackalaureate 10 years ago

well what does "race-themed" even mean?

does it mean "a movie that has a majority of non-white actors in it?"

does it mean "a movie that focuses on race relations?"

[–] xfastfurious15 10 years ago

race-themed means that being of a certain race is the central theme for a movie, which BMH wasn't. It's saying that the movie was all about race.
All the things that happened in this movie could've happened to white, hispanic, and Asian people.

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[–] blackalaureate 10 years ago

race-themed means that being of a certain race is the central theme for a movie, which BMH wasn't. It's saying that the movie was all about race.

and what film has "race" as its central theme?

i can't think of even one.

[–] xfastfurious15 10 years ago

12 years a slave. Boyz in the hood. Menace 2 Society.

basically, any movie that focuses on being black. Best Man Holiday does not focus on the fact that all the characters are black, therefore it is not a race-themed movie.

i'm really not gonna argue about this so you can think what you want.

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[–] blackalaureate 10 years ago

12 years a slave - centers on slavery, not race. race is definitely a factor though.

boyz in the hood - is about living in the hood.

menace 2 society - same thing.

[–] xfastfurious15 10 years ago

12 years a slave was focused on slavery in America which was the only slavery in the world to ever enslave an entire race based solely on their skin color. So yeah, it was race based.

I said boyz in the hood and menace 2 society, because even though yes the main obstacle for the characters was living in the hood, the characters and story repeatedly brought up how living poor and being BLACK were basically intertwined. Imagine replacing the entire cast of either of those movies with poor white characters in America (and yes there are white people that are/were that poor). You can't really imagine can you?

Why? Because race was a central theme to both of those movies, especially in the dialogues. I think i even remember a line in boyz in the hood that was something like "I'm sick of being poor and black". If living in the hood was just about being poor, then what does being black have anything to do with it? Definitely race themed.

"I bet your wondering what a place like this is doing in a girl like me" -The Mummy

[–] blackalaureate 10 years ago

yeah, i guess your points make sense if whiteness is normalized and centered.

to me, "race themed" makes no sense, because all the things you talked about from my perspective are just examples of normal, every day living, not necessarily "race."

[–] MotherMayI 10 years ago

12 years a slave - centers on slavery, not race. race is definitely a factor though.

Which race of people were the slaves?

boyz in the hood - is about living in the hood.

Which race of people lived in the "hood". Not to mention the fact that Furios who played the father of Tre (Cuba Gooding's character) constantly talked to him about growing up black in the hood

Also "The Long Walk Home", "A Time To Kill", "Do The Right Thing", "The Help", "The Butler", "Django" etc all deal with Race relations as seen through the eyes of slavery or racism.

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[–] Alchemistlove 10 years ago

Correction: It is a movie, which is telling the story of certain characters. Many of the characters are black. So all of the movies with white casts are white movies?
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[–] apregister08 10 years ago

Reminds me of how music performed by black artist was label "race music" by whites in 40s and 50s.

[–] Donte88 10 years ago

We are always defined by our race. No matter what we do.

[–] magemaximus 10 years ago

don't forget about american history x.

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