i'm offended that the alien smurfs were blue when they should have bn brown as it was an obvious refernce to native americans and indigenous ppl of the americas..
f$%@ black ppl being mad they have no claim here shuff off only ppl i see having the right to be mad is true native americans from south and north
Everything is racist. If you can't win something, that's because it's racist, if something is working better than you'd like it to, that's because it is racist. If you don't do anything with your life, it's because it's racist. If things are not going your way, it is because it is racist.
If you have failed at life, it is because everything is racist all the time at every point and every place, everywhere.
Anyone telling you any different is clearly a racist who is trying to get away with racism.
Originally posted by lil bitchiness
Everything is racist. If you can't win something, that's because it's racist, if something is working better than you'd like it to, that's because it is racist.
If you have failed at life, it is because everything is racist all the time at every point and every place, everywhere.
AHA!
With that knowledge, I can create the GUT!
Originally posted by lil bitchiness
Everything is racist. If you can't win something, that's because it's racist, if something is working better than you'd like it to, that's because it is racist.
If you have failed at life, it is because everything is racist all the time at every point and every place, everywhere.
Originally posted by One Free Man
fixed.
it in fact does. The image of the white person saving less developed people from fights they could never win is very common, especially in stories generating from the time of colonialism. It hits a cord with people who have, as recently as the 80s, had their children taken from them to be educated in Christian schools "for their own good".
Obviously Cameron wasn't trying to be racist. However, the point is that he has adopted a very common story telling device that has been used to oppress people, some of whom are still alive. Some discussion about what, if any, effect that might have and the personal experiences that come from being on the losing end of that narrative is probably warranted.
Less warrented is dissmissively insulting people who don't agree with you, especially if you don't know the origins of modern Hollywood cliches.
Originally posted by One Free Man
btw what is an "inimalist"?
me?
the "M" is decadent and superfulous
Originally posted by inimalistwell, the bad guys were all white, it wasn't like they were portraying the blue people as lesser. It's the same story as Pocahontas. I wouldn't consider that racist, as it is based on historical fact.
it in fact does. The image of the white person saving less developed people from fights they could never win is very common, especially in stories generating from the time of colonialism.
Originally posted by One Free Man
well, the bad guys were all white, it wasn't like they were portraying the blue people as lesser. It's the same story as Pocahontas. I wouldn't consider that racist, as it is based on historical fact.
ok
however, there are people who don't agree with you. They see the idea as insulting, because it promotes the idea that without the intervention of "white man", people would be left to die out. Inherent in this is the idea that people want to be helped and that the help is benevolent, or rather, this is seen as irrelevant. The lesser is in the interpretation:
"We are weak alone, but here comes whitey to save the day"
Pocahontas, the movie, was largely inaccurate and faced some of the same criticism, iirc (I was young, and imho Native issues get more play in Canada)
I personally think a better criticism is to say that Cameron was unimaginative as far as the script was concerned, but there are people who interpret it in a racial way. Its like the video games thing though. You don't have to agree that it is racist, just appreciate that there is that connection and maybe pay some respect to it. People certainly shouldn't censor themselves, but they should also not just be passive recipiants of culture.