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'Django' an unsettling experience for many blacks
Los Angeles Times / latimes.com ^ | December 28, 2012 | By Erin Aubry Kaplan, Special to the Los Angeles Times

Posted on 12/28/2012 7:03:36 PM PST by thecodont

Tracey White's initial impression of "Django Unchained," Quentin Tarantino's new slave-era shoot-'em-up extravaganza, could be summed up in three words: smart, funny and ugly. Sitting through a recent screening in Beverly Hills, the L.A. costume designer was mostly absorbed and found herself laughing aloud at particularly outrageous moments.

But White, who is black, said her feelings evolved significantly. Two days after reflecting on the matter of slavery and Tarantino's treatment, she pronounced the movie mostly ugly.

"He [Tarantino] gets a good product out of it in terms of wit and a visual look," said White. "But when it was over I found myself wondering, 'What is he trying to do?' I enjoyed the movie when I was in there, but I still have a problem with Tarantino when he deals with our race."

White will certainly not be alone among African Americans in her ambivalence about the gleefully outrageous film. While "Django" has nabbed almost uniformly warm reviews and four NAACP Image Award nominations (including for best picture), the fact is that it is an extremely Hollywood-ized vision of a critical black American experience.

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TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: django; hollywood; moviereview; quentintarantino; quentintarentino; race
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To: WilliamofCarmichael

No stats for the reign of Obama?


21 posted on 12/28/2012 7:49:16 PM PST by Hardraade (http://junipersec.wordpress.com (Vendetta))
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To: ichabod1

My favorite movie of all time is PULP FICTION. BRILLIANT. everything Tarantino has done after that has been pure exploitative crap.


22 posted on 12/28/2012 7:50:42 PM PST by Hildy (hen the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser." - Socrates)
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To: fr_freak
I've never felt in danger but I have had a couple of discussions similar to what you describe. Plus..

in the 1960s I had rented another apartment across town and planned to move out within 30 days. Meanwhile a very nice young black couple had moved into my current apartment building. When they saw me moving they assured me that I did not have to move on account of them; I assured them that that was not the reason.

Only ten years ago I took the light rail to downtown, it was almost empty. A nice middle-aged black woman boarded and sat down across the isle. As is my wont when approaching my exit (the next stop) I got up and stood at the door. The women exclaimed "You don't have to move on account of me!" I explained that the next stop was my destination.

These two examples were of typical middle class folk.. but 24/7 on TV and in movies; in some homes; in some churches; in universities, public schools; and in all local, state and federal offices it's "blacks are victims and whites are racists."

BTW I will post the interacial sexual assault DoJ figures below. Interesting numbers.

23 posted on 12/28/2012 7:51:15 PM PST by WilliamofCarmichael (If modern America's Man on Horseback is out there, Get on the damn horse already!)
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To: cripplecreek

“And now it’s springtime for Hitler and Germany! Deuchland is happy and gay!”

“And now it’s springtime for liberals and Hillary! Go hug a stem cell today!”


24 posted on 12/28/2012 7:51:42 PM PST by goodwithagun (My gun has killed fewer people than Ted Kennedy's car.)
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To: thecodont

feh...
25 posted on 12/28/2012 7:52:55 PM PST by Chode (American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: Hildy

bttt


26 posted on 12/28/2012 7:56:02 PM PST by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: cripplecreek

But Brooks is a real person, as opposed to the Hollywood weirdo class.

He fought the nazis himself, as an EOD/mineclearing guy in Africa if I remember.


27 posted on 12/28/2012 7:56:02 PM PST by Hardraade (http://junipersec.wordpress.com (Vendetta))
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To: goodwithagun
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28 posted on 12/28/2012 7:57:16 PM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: All
Liberals said it didn't matter that the charges were false.. since the charges expressed the essential nature of white men's treatment of black women in this country.

Of course the Duke lacrosse players were among the victims of such nonsense.

I found some interesting and germane information on wiki graffiti that has since be removed because it contained the following:

In the 111,590 cases in which the victim of rape or sexual assault was white, 44.5 percent of the offenders were white, and 33.6 percent of the offenders were black. In the 36,620 cases in which the victim of rape or sexual assault was black, 100 percent of the offenders were black, and 0.0 percent of the offenders were white.

Fortunately the source of the information is still there.. until the Obama/Holder Dept. of Just Us realize that it's open to the public.

I have since prepared a table for years 2000 through the latest available year 2008. I have not downloaded the pdf files so if the Obama/Holder Dept. of Just Us & Our People removed the files. I have no backup.

Criminal Victimization in the United States, [YYYY] Statistical Tables

Table 42: "Percent distribution of single-offender victimizations, by type of crime, race of victim, and perceived race of offender"
"Rape/Sexual assault"

Year of Stats Total
Rape/
Sexual assault
Race of Victims % White
Offenders
% Black
Offenders
%
Not known
& other
2000 199,360 White 81.5 7.0
2000 33,780 Black 7.0 79.7 13.3
2001 183,160 White 71.3 17.1
2001 29,980 Black 13.4 65.5 21.1
2002 134,140 White 76.0 13.1
2002 59,490 Black 14.2 85.8
2003 131,030 White 57.9 15.5
2003 24,010 Black 0.0 87.9 12.1
2004 139,900 White 65.1 8.3
2004 39,300 Black 0.0 89.8 10.2
2005 111,590 White 44.5 33.6
2005 36,620 Black 0.0 100.0
2006 194,270 White 50.6 16.7
2006 17,920 Black 0.0 43.0 57.0
2007 185,430 White 75.5 7.6
2007 12,780 Black 0.0 100.0
2008 117,640 White 74.9 16.4
2008 46,580 Black 0.0 74.8 25.2

*0.0 Estimate is based on 10 or fewer sample cases

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

29 posted on 12/28/2012 7:58:04 PM PST by WilliamofCarmichael (If modern America's Man on Horseback is out there, Get on the damn horse already!)
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To: Hardraade
RE: No stats for the reign of Obama?

I expected that by now there would be figures through 2010. If there are figures for years after the Department of Justice was replaced by the Obama/Holder Department of Just Us and Our People they are not in this series (see links at the bottom of my reply #6) that I used.

There was a link in the DoJ 2006 *.pdf file but I get 404 or whatever means "it ain't there."

30 posted on 12/28/2012 8:03:52 PM PST by WilliamofCarmichael (If modern America's Man on Horseback is out there, Get on the damn horse already!)
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To: Hildy

I prefer “Jackie Brown.”


31 posted on 12/28/2012 8:16:53 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: thecodont

Gee, and I thought she might be put off by the gratuitous, sadistic murder of whites.


32 posted on 12/28/2012 8:27:55 PM PST by Amberdawn
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To: Hildy
I thought Inglorious Bastards was great, but the rest of your post gets you +1 interwebs.

And just like pre-Hitler Germany, we are in total denial.

That is sadly true. The only people speaking out (IMO) are the fundamental Christians who believe the Bible as the Word of God (and therefore the Jews as God's chosen), but the chosen have forgotten themselves (with some exceptions - obviously).

33 posted on 12/28/2012 8:32:03 PM PST by mykroar (BAD-ANON: One Game At A Time)
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To: thecodont

When you are in show business, there is no such thing as bad publicity. Tarantino might be taking a beating in the politically correct media but his movie is raking in the money faster than he can spend it.


34 posted on 12/28/2012 8:33:04 PM PST by SamAdams76
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To: WilliamofCarmichael

http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/pub/pdf/cvus0602.pdf

This link? Check out page 30.


35 posted on 12/28/2012 8:33:12 PM PST by Amberdawn
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To: WilliamofCarmichael

http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/pub/pdf/cvus0602.pdf

This link? Check out page 30.


36 posted on 12/28/2012 8:36:22 PM PST by Amberdawn
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To: fieldmarshaldj
The only Tarantino movie I appreciated was From Dusk Til Dawn, even with dips**t Clooney in it. Thought Pulp Fiction was way over-rated and thought Jackie Brown could have used a hatchet to help edit it. Kill Bill 2 wasn't horrible (Uma - Eggs!). Have no desire, however, to see Django - and that was before Foxx spouted his ignorance.
37 posted on 12/28/2012 8:37:29 PM PST by mykroar (BAD-ANON: One Game At A Time)
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To: ichabod1

Yep Tarentino movies rock and ate great fun. You know he’s hitting right in the sweet spot when he angers the fuddy duddys on FR and the liberals in Hollywood.


38 posted on 12/28/2012 8:39:51 PM PST by Blackirish (Forward Comrades!!!!!!!!!)
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To: Amberdawn
Yes thanks. I have a pdf file for 2006 and the numbers should be in both of my replies above.

There was a little yellow note on the cover of the 2006 file that refers to additional files in the series. That is the link that I could not get to work.. I already had pdf files for 2007 and 2008; I was looking for 2009 and beyond.

Here is the path and file name that you referenced followed by the path and file name of the 2006 file that I used. A quick look suggests the numbers I used are the same in both.

http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/pub/pdf/cvus0602.pdf

http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/pub/pdf/cvus06.pdf

The latter path and file has the little yellow note on the cover that refers to a link that I could not get to work.

39 posted on 12/28/2012 8:53:45 PM PST by WilliamofCarmichael (If modern America's Man on Horseback is out there, Get on the damn horse already!)
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To: Hildy

I thought Pulp was pure trash....but that’s just me....sexist...racist...and Samuel Jackson who I have come to loathe...


40 posted on 12/28/2012 8:58:42 PM PST by cherry
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