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Do you think the movie racist?

Yes - Imagine making a &... 97 61.78%
 
No - It's making important social commentary 24 15.29%
 
Sort of - It's not back-... 24 15.29%
 
Other/Results (You must e... 10 6.37%
 
Total:155

 

A Sundance Film Winner for Breakthrough Talent, this film takes a satirical look through the lens of black students in a fictional Ivy League School and the struggles that they face. (Trailer)

Synopsis from website:

The unexpected election of activist Samantha White (Tessa Thompson) as head of a traditionally black residence hall sets up a college campus culture war that challenges conventional notions of what it means to be black. While Sam leverages her notoriety as host of the provocative and polarizing radio show "Dear White People" to try to prevent the college from diversifying Armstrong Parker House, outgoing head-of-house Troy Fairbanks (Brandon P. Bell), son of the university's dean (Dennis Haysbert), defies his father's lofty expectations by applying to join the staff of Pastiche, the college's influential humor magazine. Lionel Higgins (Tyler James Williams), an Afro-sporting sci-fi geek, is recruited by the otherwise all-white student newspaper to go undercover and write about black culture—a subject he knows little about—while the aggressively assimilated Coco Conners (Teyonah Parris) tries to use the controversy on campus to carve out a career in reality TV.

But no one at Winchester University is prepared for Pastiche's outrageous, ill-conceived annual Halloween party, with its "unleash your inner Negro" theme throwing oil on an already smoldering fire of resentment and misunderstanding. When the party descends into riotous mayhem, everyone must choose a side. 

 

The film comes out next month on October 17th. I was originally really against the movie, but the more I absorb it, the more I'm looking forward to it. I think hopefully I'll get something out of it and learn something.

Does anyone else want to see it? Do you think it's racist? Are there elements of truth? 

Discuss!



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Imagine if white people made a movie called 'Dear Black People'.

That's all; just imagine the outcome.

Everything you're thinking about is exactly why this movie is a bad idea.



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Oh God, this can only end badly.



MohammadBadir said:
Oh God, this can only end badly.


No it will be fine. It's called "Dear White People" not "Dear Black People".



Lol looks funny, I'll probably watch it. Dumbest thing I've heard in a while is black people can't be racist a lot of people actually think this, for some reason they think only white people can be racist



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NobleTeam360 said:
Lol looks funny, I'll probably watch it. Dumbest thing I've heard in a while is black people can't be racist a lot of people actually think this, for some reason they think only white people can be racist


There's a change in definition in which some people call racism "systimatic injustice" while others see it as individual acts against someone based on their race. The former I can see at least in a social aspect, but anyone can be racist in the later.



Looks like an interesting conversation worth having. Also, I like the fact that they are adding humor to it because people, both black and white take themselves too seriously.



I love a good satire. Likely that I'll check it out.



is this movie racist? no.
sure does look like it's going to pick up and run with a whole bunch of stereotypes, though.



In the end, I'm amost certan that the majority of people that go watch that movie will be black, hence defeating the purpose of it.