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Racist towards backs or whites ?


Whites come off as idiots in the trailer.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt23561236/?ref_=vp_vi_tt

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These people should be forced to watch Tyler Perry movies for 48 hours.
Trailer. Even has a homo! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0MbLCpYJPA

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Only the sort of whites being parodied in the film, who are pretty much idiots in the real world.

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Yes, Democrat party activist whites.

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This seems like an oxymoron. It's like saying smart republican caring whites.

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You don't even know what oxymoron means, IGNORAMUS.

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a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction (e.g. faith unfaithful kept him falsely true ).
"that fashionable rhetorical novelty, the humblebrag, is itself an oxymoron".

It's an OXY ... You MORON. That's what it means.

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Like saying reasonable, sane Democrat voter.

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He just googled it, after you called him on it.

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Neither. It's a satire.

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Of course some blacks come off as idiots as well... clearly.

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This movie looks dumb as hell.

When i read the synospsis I feel like they mean that black artists, actors and athletes do not get paid? So Lebron James, Mike Tyson, Tiger Woods and the thousands of NBA NFL MLB black pro athletes are not millionaires? Jay Z, Drake, Beyoncé, Dr Dre, etc... are not all millionaires? The Rock, Chris Rock, Denzel, Kevin Heart, etc.... are not all millionaires?

The "establishment" makes no distinction between whites blacks latinos asians, they simply analyze the market and push and promote a certain product/entertainment because they think it will make them money, and when they do so those entertainers will also make big money thanks to this "establishment" whatever their skin color is.

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The film has nothing to do with anything you wrote, and neither does its trailer. Nowhere is the claim being made that black artists, actors, or athletes aren't being paid.

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Saw it the other day with a mixed crowd, and it was hilarious. Normal slice of life humor, peppered with spot-on satire poking fun at how people eat up ghetto-centric fiction, whether it was written by "authentic" "downtrodden" black authors, or black authors who just want to write fiction that wasn't race-focussed, but found themselves having to "fake it" to increase sales and win awards.

It was a perfect blend of poking fun at white and black stereotypes and nobody in my "diverse" theater appeared butt-hurt. In fact, this movie and the audience reaction gave me more hope that people are getting tired of PC/CRT. I hope the trend continues.

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Oh boy. Racism is very much a part of real life, part of American history and always has been. It is not "PC" or "CRT" to deal with the subject, because it's always been something that both black people and people of color have always had to deal with, no matter how hard-working or law-abiding they are.

First of all, CRT (critical race theory) is simply the examination of how deeply embedded systemic racism is into our legal system. It's easy for white people to make fun of strategies dealing with racism because they never have to actually deal with it, since they're the majority. American Fiction, which was written by a black author and written/directed by a black director, deals with the boxes black authors get pushed into by the white literary establishment, putting on the subject matter they can write about, because of these stupid stereotypical ideas that black people can only write about certain issues, and not whatever they want. Your claim that you hope people are getting tired of PC/CRT when you don't even have a clue or even understand what either one is actually about is ridiculous. Look them up, and find the real meaning of each term, not whatever bull**** fox news or right-wing nutcases claim they are. Oh, and making sure something is "diverse" is simply making sure there's an equal amount of all colors and creeds in certain workplaces and professions. Not a damn thing wrong with that either, but then you don't seem to understand what that term means, either.

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Fuck off, race-baiter, your times up.

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Oh boy. What a massive load of hooey.

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It's not racist toward anyone.

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OP is not interested in subtlety.

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If I'm "racist", then this movie is freaking super racist...

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The mother is a bit racist.

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It pokes fun at woke whites who think they're down with da cause but have no idea what they're talking about. Conservative should love this movie to an extent.

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I love the mocking of woke whites, I just don't think it should be done by people who only have succes thanks to woke whites.

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