Posted on 09/09/2017 8:47:01 AM PDT by rktman
Relics of the past should be preserved, for the sake of history, art, and future generations. But the current frenzy to demand removal of (and in some cases actually violently destroy) Confederate monuments, and even American monuments threatens to erase large swaths of American history -- noble and deplorable alike.
The arts are certainly not immune to the hysteria. In response to a theater in Tennessee cancelling a showing of Gone With the Wind, because of its “insensitivity,” New York Magazine’s Vulture published a piece calling the film, “a cinematic monument to the Confederacy.” However, Angelica Jade Bastien, the essayist, argued that the film should in fact be preserved. Why? “When watching Gone With the Wind, white audiences today who are willing to examine their racist failings must also examine how they specifically propagate the mythology that upholds white supremacy,” she reasoned.
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Lived there, know the drill.
Funny how Truth reveals itself
Before Our very Eyes.
THANKS for sharing.
“Racist failings”???? Does that mean I’ve failed to be a racist? Yes, I may have to visit that.
It’s a drill that’s gotten far more dangerous since my youth
That took all of two seconds, with a little time to spare.
LOL! Yeah, but what were the results after your self exam? Come on. We know you feel guilty.
muslims and african rulers ran the slave trades hundreds of years before america was the fool..I don’t buy the blame whity for all mentality...
I had family in Pascagoula and in New Orleans. We’d drive down every year at Easter. So I’ve had a sample. Actually, everywhere we went, the Blacks in NOLA were very gracious back then. Then I spent a day there in the late ‘80s, I parked in the big parking lot next to the French Quarter. The elderly black attendant told me not to worry, he’d watch my car, which was jammed with luggage. When I got back, I chatted with him for a minute, saying I always wanted to live in NOLA>. He shook his head sadly, “Not anymore, mam. Wouldn’t be safe for you.”
What happened was, I thought, voting rights act, lousy stinking Democrats torquing around young black minds.
I also grew up in a Chicago suburb, and you could drive through black sections of the city then without fear. My dad employed many black people in his restaurants. I know this is ancient history, and I do have some idea what ghetto culture is today.....but what am I missing?
Sure I will get right on that after the blacks and mexicans and everyone else examines their racist feelings.
Melanie does.
When someone calls you a racist take it as compliment. Realizing they have lost a debate on the facts they resort to name calling. So thank them for their concession.
Self examined.
Found out I was fine.
Seems I never had slaves, and don’t give a sh*t about your color.
But there is still a good deal of “STFU” there, given that I have low tolerance for those who sit on their fat *sses, do nothing, and blame everyone else for the fact that they’re still dumb buttwipes.
No, haven’t seen those signs. Complicit in what? And what am I supposed to do...beat people up?
This is nothing more than community organizer agitating. I’m not playing their game.
Netflix...Because you watch Carmichael Show, you might be interested in ALL these other (black’) shows...REALLY? You think I’m black, maybe?
NO. I like good shows, color doesn’t even enter the equation. Talent does!
OK...I will/did (boy that was fast)...And other important issues we need to contend with???
Apparently complicit in condoning racism because you won’t speak out against thee kkk, nazis, white privilege etc. The absurd bullying continues.
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