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JustAnotherGen

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4. We saw it Saturday

Reply to Recursion (Original post)

Mon Mar 13, 2017, 04:13 AM

Mar 2017

This -

2. While the comparison to slavery is apt fewer people have talked about how much it's also about cultural appropriation -- these are white people who want what they perceive as the "advantages" of blackness (in the art dealer's case specifically, the ability to create art).

This was my husband's biggest "creep out factor". The talent/gifts are what makes their victims - victims.

Kind of quoting him here - not exact words . . .

In the aftermath of Obama - the love/hate with black Americans who are "winners" was well done.

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Just saw "Get Out". Some thoughts. (Spoilers) [View all] Recursion Mar 2017 OP

I really want to read your thread Recursion. littlemissmartypants Mar 2017 #1

Spoiler alert - elehhhhna Mar 2017 #2

Thanks -I see I need to see this. Susan Calvin Mar 2017 #3

We saw it Saturday JustAnotherGen Mar 2017 #4

What did you think of the scene with Rod in the police station? Recursion Mar 2017 #5

I wasn't in that 'space' during that scene JustAnotherGen Mar 2017 #7

As an African who grew up here and a movie fiend, #6 is bothersome. Kind of Blue Mar 2017 #6