Accidental Racist?

Grind is Dead said:
So is the point of accidental racist to deny that there is racism, or is brad admitting he and his redneck brothers ARE racist (albiet, "accidentally") because they are too stupid to know any better? I mean, to be fair, the song isn't called "I am not a racist." So as far as I see it, they are admitting to their latent racism and backwardness

The only outrage I felt was reading over those cringe inducing lyrics. I don't know if I want to subject myself to the torture of actually listening to the song.

Lastly, lol at choosing LL cool J? I mean, that just shows how out of touch those southern trailer trash clowns are. I can imagine them in a meeting figuring out who to get to do the song: "Damnit, our first choice of the Baja men fell through, who else is really hip and with it these days in rap music? LL Cool J? BRILLIANT!"
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Thank you for this well written post, I agree with it.
 
Darla said:
Superfreak you must have taken some good drugs today because you actually made me laugh a few times, and usually you make me think a lot about rat poison.
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It's Friday and he has had his two martini breakfast meeting! Lol
 
Darla said:
Superfreak you must have taken some good drugs today because you actually made me laugh a few times, and usually you make me think a lot about rat poison.
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your laughing because superfreak is absolutely nailing your whitewomansplaining to us about latent racism and sexism.
 
Thing1 said:
If it was used over & over again back then, then why wouldn't a filmmaker portray it the same way? Should they water down that period somehow?

Do you support the efforts to remove the n-word from Huck Finn?

As for reducing it to a spaghetti western, he didn't even see the movie for starters. And beyond that, as I said, it's surprising to hear Lee of all people make that kind of comment - as though filmakers have a responsibility to anyone or anything but their own voice and what they want to make.
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You don't get it brother.

If YOU like listening to the 'N' word over and over again until it numbs the mind .. then YOU should run out and go see it.

I won't tolerate listening to it no matter who says it .. and its a long ass way from anything I would call entertainment.
 
Rana said:
Thank you for this well written post, I agree with it.
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i just find it amusing that there will be all these rednecks going around now thinking of how they are accidental racists. I think brads POINT is that he isn't actually racist, but the song actually leaves the impression that he is. I mean, the title alone suggests that much.
 
blackascoal said:
You don't get it brother.

If YOU like listening to the 'N' word over and over again until it numbs the mind .. then YOU should run out and go see it.

I won't tolerate listening to it no matter who says it .. and its a long ass way from anything I would call entertainment.
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I can certainly respect that, but to me, it's just part of the movie. I'm not running out to see repetition of a word - I'm going out to see a movie, and that just happens to be part of it. As it was part of that history.

It's a separate topic, but I think we give that word way too much power w/ the offense we take to it.
 
Grind is Dead said:
It's about an ex-slave hunting down and killing white slave owners. It's awesome.




Pretty sure it wasn't used in kill bill or inglorious basterds.

Almost every one of his movies though is about "bad people" or involve gangs or criminals etc, so when you have a bunch of characters that by any definition are "bad people" you obviously are going to have them saying bad things. I don't know if I could call it a fetish for the N word, though he does use it a lot in his films. I think that may be more of a result of just the type of stories and characters he writes though, rather than some proxy fascination with the word.
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It hasn't got anything to do with slavery .. and the only slave Django .. who wasn't even the lead character .. was interested in liberating was his woman.

If YOU like Tarentino then you should support him good brother.
 
Darla said:
Superfreak you must have taken some good drugs today because you actually made me laugh a few times, and usually you make me think a lot about rat poison.
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Well then, back to getting you to thinking about rat poison... and how it is an excellent replacement for sugar in your coffee.
 
Thing1 said:
I can certainly respect that, but to me, it's just part of the movie. I'm not running out to see repetition of a word - I'm going out to see a movie, and that just happens to be part of it. As it was part of that history.

It's a separate topic, but I think we give that word way too much power w/ the offense we take to it.
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With all due respect my friend .. you don't have my history. I'm not part of the N word is OK generation.

I'm part of the N word is an insult generation.

Calling this entertainment is insulting to that past ..

 
Thing1 said:
I can certainly respect that, but to me, it's just part of the movie. I'm not running out to see repetition of a word - I'm going out to see a movie, and that just happens to be part of it. As it was part of that history.

It's a separate topic, but I think we give that word way too much power w/ the offense we take to it.
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Some times I must get so caught up in men here mansplaining, I forget that they are just as big whitesplainers!
 
blackascoal said:
It hasn't got anything to do with slavery .. and the only slave Django .. who wasn't even the lead character .. was interested in liberating was his woman.

If YOU like Tarentino then you should support him good brother.
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did you see the movie? he was definitely the main character.
 
blackascoal said:
It hasn't got anything to do with slavery .. and the only slave Django .. who wasn't even the lead character .. was interested in liberating was his woman.

If YOU like Tarentino then you should support him good brother.
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I have always liked him, I loved Inglorious Bastards and a few others. I have not seen Kill Bill or Django Unchained. I am almost positive the n word wasn't used in Inglorious Bastards. This thread has made me feel as if I want to go back and rewatch a few of his films and check this out.
 
You can't be a "accidental racist" any more than you can be a "accidental Christian". They're systems of belief that you actively subscribe to. You can be accidentally prejudiced, or you can make a statement that is taken as racist without the intent toto be racist, but you can't accidentally be racist.
 
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