Was "The Blind Side" Racist?

[BigWoof31]

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Great example. What about the one movie (can't remember the name for the life of me) where the Latin American teacher quits his engineering job and gets a class full of troubled students to pass the AP Calc exam?

 

[ORD_Buckeye]

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I'm not saying it's never been done. It, however, is the needle in the proverbial haystack compared to everything from Different Strokes to Blind Side.

And don't bring up what has been derided as the "Magical Negro" genre: i.e. Bagger Vance, Geen Mile et al which is just another reason for African Americans to view anything out of Hollywood with a suspicious eye. Sometimes that suspicion leads to overreaction as with the demonization from some quarters of Precious and possibly Blind Side.

 

[jwinslow]

Great example. What about the one movie (can't remember the name for the life of me) where the Latin American teacher quits his engineering job and gets a class full of troubled students to pass the AP Calc exam?

Yup, that came to mind too

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[AKAK]

I'm not saying it's never been done. It, however, is the needle in the proverbial haystack compared to everything from Different Strokes to Blind Side.

And don't bring up what has been derided as the "Magical Negro" genre: i.e. Bagger Vance, Geen Mile et al which is just another reason for African Americans to view anything out of Hollywood with a suspicious eye. Sometimes that suspicion leads to overreaction as with the demonization from some quarters of Precious and possibly Blind Side.

ORD, all due respect but I think you're over stating this... I mean... let's not forget that nice family that raised Steve Martin as the In the Jerk, and I don't even want you to bring up that show with Emmanuel Lewis, I'm pretty sure Mongo is greek, so that one doesn't count.

Next you'll be saying that Danny Glover needed Mel Gibson to be cool.

 

[PlanetFrnd]

I know this will come as a shock, but I'm with ORD on this 100%

 

[BigWoof31]

[quote='BusNative;166224;4]I know this will come as a shock, but I'm with ORD on this 100%[/quote]


Bus Native - I'm gonna push back on this a little bit. How is this problem fixed going forward?

Should movies be screened before a group of leaders who can comment on its potential offensive narratives? Is it that more diversity is needed in the Screen Writers guild?

I belive that the Blindside is a good story that should be told - how would you change it to make it better?

 

[PlanetFrnd]

Bus Native - I'm gonna push back on this a little bit. How is this problem fixed going forward?

Should movies be screened before a group of leaders who can comment on its potential offensive narratives? Is it that more diversity is needed in the Screen Writers guild?

I belive that the Blindside is a good story that should be told - how would you change it to make it better?

No, all of the above is a waste of time. I just agree with ORD's perspective.

 

[Nutriaitch]

of course it was racist.
ever been to Oxford? them fuckers don't know the war is over.

 

[Gatorubet]

[quote='BusNative;166227;5]No, all of the above is a waste of time. I just agree with ORD's perspective.[/quote]

of course it was racist.
ever been to Oxford? them [censored]ers don't know the war is over.

I just think black people should be happy those white FBI guys fixed the Civil Rights problems in Mississippi.