hollywood degrades blacks again
this new crew makes hattie mcdaniel seem noble. the lowest slime on the streets is the pimp,
who exploits the bodies of women. merchandizing human property. yet,of all of the music composed by black creative artists, one expressing sympathy for the pimp is chosen for an
academy award. even worse is an oscar going to "crash,"a film that empathizes with a rogue cop.
the film endorses police brutality as something that is just part of the job description. more
evidence that hiphop actors missed the legacy of the 19960s and where formerly they were
selling crack now they're selling plantation images for the enjoyment of the kind of audience that
used to crave minstrel shows. the two hoppers who played the role of carjackers recall the old cartoon crows who talked in dialect. this is the hollywood that gets a reputation for liberalism, but when it comes to portraying blacks, there's very little difference between its attitudes and that of the klan
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Orlando Patterson is the faithful
yes man of the new york times' editorial line that all of the problems faced by blacks are not the
result of racism but their behavior.
he blames everything on hip hop and
promiscuity in a society whose promiscuity rates rival that of your
typical colony of rabbitts. is he saying that white kids are chaste? does he ever get out of cambridge? does he carry the bias that many west indians have toward african-
amercans born in the united states?
I.Manumit
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