Word: racism
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...There have been some forward steps and some backwards. It is really hard to separate recent progress from the legacy of racism that America has inherited...
...this legacy of racism also seems to be producing some curious side-effects, right? Your movie also implies that white people are trying to become "more black...
...Credico is in charge of marketing the scandal, then Gary Gardner, a white Tulia farmer, is the cause's publicist. Gardner alienated most of the rest of the white population of Tulia when he spoke out against what he perceived as the racism of the community after the first drug-bust trials last year. Now, when reporters come to town to cover Tulia's controversy, he helps set up interviews with the black residents, almost all of whom are on probation or related to someone who was arrested in the sting. Gardner is also a comic-relief supporting player, since...
...utter a critical word about the Confederate flag flying over the statehouse in South Carolina. He even suggested that the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was an "outsider" and should "butt out" of the controversy. When given the chance to speak out against a symbol of racism and treason, he could not muster the courage or the leadership to condemn...
...Aided by his skeptical, ambitious assistant (Jada Pinkett Smith), he hires as his stars a homeless tap dancer (Savion Glover) and his pal (Tommy Davidson). Renamed Mantan and Sleep 'n Eat, they are given a supporting cast of Topsy, Rastus, Sambo and Aunt Jemima--enough reminders of racism to spur protests from an enraged citizenry. Guess what? The show is a smash. Audience members show up in blackface. The unknowns become stars. America loves Mantan...