Posted on 08/20/2013 4:37:41 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Lee Daniels didnt hold back during an interview with CNNs Piers Morgan, saying that he believed President Obamas term in office has revealed Americas true colors and it is still a racist and angry country.
Daniels wasnt directing the comment toward all Americans, but he certainly had a point.
Morgan is known for asking the tough questions and when he pushed the director of The Butler to speak up on racism in America since Obama was elected, the interview took a powerful turn.
I think that people are angry that hes president and I think that they are showing their true colors, he said.
He tied his response in with the message he was hoping to send through his new movie and added that although he tried to inject some hope in The Butler, it wasnt enough to cover up the truth about the current state of the country.
He said that in the movie, the characters are living in a time period where a black man could be killed by a white person at any given moment and no one would be punished for it. Shortly after finishing the editing of the film, the nation was rocked by the not-guilty verdict in the George Zimmerman trial.
According to Daniels thats when he realized that sadly we are far from reaching dreams of equality.
While he did admit that the country has certainly made some progress, The Butler cast member Cuba Gooding Jr. pointed out that there is a major disconnect with the civil rights movement and the history of it.
There is more than enough evidence to suggest that some Americans are angered by Obamas election and are willing to do whatever it takes to paint him as a terrorist, Fascist or even the anti-Christ.
However, Obamas administration hasnt been substantially different from that of many other presidents who came before him except that he is black. According to Daniels, thats exactly why America is so angry with him.
Daniels is hoping that although his movie wont give anyone the answers and solutions theyre looking for when it comes to racism, it might provoke the type of dialogue that is necessary for more progress to be made.
The movie has certainly sparked a national conversation about civil rights and race issues as each of the cast members in The Butler revealed their own encounters with racism.
Daniels has said that he has to send his white secretary to catch him a cab because taxi drivers wont stop for him. Earlier this year, Forest Whitaker was publicly frisked in a deli after being wrongfully accused of shoplifting.
The movie also comes along with tons of debate regarding the N-word, which initially stemmed from the Paula Deen controversy.
Although nobody could have predicted what national events would take place as The Butler hit theaters, the timing couldnt have been any more flawless.
In the midst of the Deen controversy; American discontent with their African-American president; the not-guilty verdict for Zimmerman; and tons of other racially charged national debates, now is certainly the time that America needs to engage in a powerful conversation that is necessary for the advancement of the country.
“However, Obamas administration hasnt been substantially different from that of many other presidents who came before him except that he is black.”
The Big Lie.
wasn’t this the same POS who said he wanted to cater to movie viewers in Nebraska to watch his racist movie?
Save us the drama LD!
Orca staged her “racial event” to push the movie. I fear sometimes that America won’t be able to recover from the damage inflicted by the left..
He's already done all that himself; we're just trying to point it out.
The Ministry of Truth, on the other hand, is doing everything it can to obscure those facts.
Stupid, stupid liberal AH, we despise 0bumma because:
1. he’s a communist and hates America
2. he clearly hates whites
3. he clearly is trying successfully to ruin America and bankrupt us
4. he clearly is successfully fomenting hate between blacks to whites, not visa versa but clearly black hatred of whites; that REALLY pisses me off since as a biracial man (pansy) he could have unified this country
That’s why you piss poor AH
Piers Morgan, asking the tough questions?
LOL, times a hundred.
It's much more accurate to say that Morgan is known for asking leftist, politically correct mush questions.
I wonder how he explains the white support for Herman Cain?
I’ll admit there’s racism in America. I’ll also say it’s gotten worse since Obama was elected because he and Sharpton and Jackson and the rest WANTED it to get worse.
I’ll finish by saying people who go to see movies like this are white people who, for some reason, feel guilty. Maybe it’s because deep inside they know they’re racists.
Some administrations are incompetent. Some administrations are corrupt. Odumbo's administration is different in that it is both incompetent and corrupt.
I guess those Germans who didn’t like Hitler rising to power because they saw where he was heading, were just bigoted because Hitler was Austrian.
The racism excuse is so 1970s, get over it. Maybe the genius should stop taking a vacation every other week, maybe he should stop being on the wrong side of justice, MAYBE he should try being an AMERICAN for once in his sorry life.
“there is a major ‘disconnect with the civil rights movement and the history of it.’”
Truer words have never been spoken:
Take the Test:
BLACK POLITICAL HISTORY: THE UNTOLD STORY
NOTE: All answers are “b.”
1. What Party was founded as the anti-slavery Party and fought to free blacks from slavery?
[ ] a. Democratic Party
[ ] b. Republican Party
2. What was the Party of Abraham Lincoln who signed the emancipation proclamation that resulted in the Juneteenth celebrations that occur in black communities today?
[ ] a. Democratic Party
[ ] b. Republican Party
http://www.nbra.info/DYK-HistoryTest
The ENTIRE cast of “The Butler” will FAIL IT as will most of America. Test brought to YOU by...BLACK REPUBLICANS!
Can anyone imagine where this country would be today if Obama had been a leader? A real leader? He and his wife had the opportunity of a lifetime but they not only blew that opportunity they squat above it and crapped all over it and most of the country with their pure racism.
I don’t hate Obama for his skin color. I hate what he has done to this country.
Do you think Americans hate a semi-black communist more than a plain white crazy a$$ed cracker communist?
The times were right for a black president. It’s a shame he’s a socialist black president.
The fact that Obama is partially black is the perfect cop-out for them...you don’t like the man’s policies?? You are racist!! Yes, that’s it.
They think they have us between a rock and a hard place and they really won’t have it any other way.
better /.02
Obama has shown his true colors...he hates America and is an angry racist!
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