Whats the most racist movie ever?

The Birth of a Nation (1915)
or
Bamboozled (2000)

ok first off I don't mean to offend anyone and I alomst didn't post this because it may feel like a complete dismissal of all those years of pain and suffering endured by the black race through slavery and mistreatment.

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Anyway

The Birth of a Nation – Ok so I haven’t actually seen it but it appears to be white guys portraying twisted versions of black guys in order to garner sympathy and reason for the KKK, sounds pretty racist.

Bamboozled – Blackface montage Scene by Scene
1. Uncle Tom’s Cabin – Some old black dude who’s obviously living a very simple and poor life. Looks like someone who could’ve really existed in those harsh times. Why is looking at history racist?
2. Bunch of minstrels telling bad jokes, seems pretty innocent to me. I doubt if any of those performers intended to be racist. I think intent is a key word.
3. Minstrels inspecting some tribeswomen. Looks like something out of Monty Python. More Bizarre than racist.
4. Cartoon caricature of large black woman. I think this image is made to look funny and not meant to be demeaning.
5. Some black dude playing a piano. What the hell is racist about this???
6. Minstrels doing a crazy dance – so what?
7. Black caricature trying to swat a fly. Ever get a funny portrait done, they accentuate your features, big deal. How many other cartoon characters do stupid things, bunny’s, ducks etc.?

And on and on it goes.

What I find particularly offensive is that Spike lee includes images of real people just being themselves, some kid dancing, some woman smoking a pipe some old guy with missing teeth. How can people being themselves be viewed as racist unless Spike Lee’s intention is to shun his roots and say that anyone that doesn’t come up to his standard of blackness should be ridiculed? Sounds like something Hitler dreamed up with his Arian race.

Am I a racist for not getting it?

Irish endured similar mistreatment but whats the point of us throwing that stuff at English people today. What has any of that really got to do with anything anymore?

I can see the poster for Bamboozled being quite offence as it portrays a little black kid in quite a demeaning way so I’m not totally blind to it but most of that montage scene felt like Spike clutching for straws in an effort to shock.

Of course in these PC times a feckin’ laugh out of place could cause an avalanche of retribution.

horatio said:

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"Song of the South" didn't exactly paint a progressive picture.

hmm.. this is a P&R topic .. you should watch these


Rosewood - Ving Rhymes - True Story (about racism)

Sarafina - True Story (about racism)

Betrayed - Debra Winger (about racism)

Mississippi Burning - True Story (about racism)


you really have to hold on to yourself watching films like these ..

There is nothing racist about Spikes movie. U missed the point entirely.

i never saw birth of a nation, but bamboozled was about an ongoing preference of how blacks are portrayed in media...truth be told it wasn't racist at all. offensive yes. but to point out racial confusion and chaos.

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Anxiety said:

Flowers2 said:

Graycap23 said:

" . . . Say papa, I think I wanna dance! . . ."

omnithanos said:

SirPsycho said:

" . . . Say papa, I think I wanna dance! . . ."

Anxiety said:

omnithanos said:

I would disagree entirely. I reckon Song of the South is one of the greatest films to show how black and white can actually become the best of friends i.e. Uncle Remus and the little boy.

really?

I don't know how anybody in their right mind would think to compare Birth of a Nation with Bamboozled. Truly ridiculous and unimformed, obviously. Damn shame.

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MuthaFunka said:

omnithanos said:

" . . . Say papa, I think I wanna dance! . . ."

chocolate1 said:

omnithanos said:

" . . . Say papa, I think I wanna dance! . . ."

chocolate1 said:

omnithanos said:

Like I said I never saw it and I only watched Bam to hear the Prince song but I didn't hear it. Was it in the end credits or something?

I just checked. U can watch "Birth" in 20 parts on YouTube, posted by hollywoodclassics.

Mandingo.

sexxydancer said:

Mandingo.

" . . . Say papa, I think I wanna dance! . . ."

'Undercover Brotha'? That's pretty cringe-worthy.

'Finding Forrester' doesn't quite sit right either. Just so heavy-handed.

Any old movies or TV series that had white women playing Asians.

'White Chicks'? Ok, I haven't seen it, but I doubt from seeing the trailers that there aren't some horribly racist stereotypes thrown around in it.

NoodleSoup said:

'Undercover Brotha'? That's pretty cringe-worthy.

'Finding Forrester' doesn't quite sit right either. Just so heavy-handed.

Any old movies or TV series that had white women playing Asians.

'White Chicks'? Ok, I haven't seen it, but I doubt from seeing the trailers that there aren't some horribly racist stereotypes thrown around in it.

" . . . Say papa, I think I wanna dance! . . ."

chocolate1 said:

NoodleSoup said:

'Undercover Brotha'? That's pretty cringe-worthy.

'Finding Forrester' doesn't quite sit right either. Just so heavy-handed.

Any old movies or TV series that had white women playing Asians.

'White Chicks'? Ok, I haven't seen it, but I doubt from seeing the trailers that there aren't some horribly racist stereotypes thrown around in it.

Remember Marlo Thomas' role as Hoss' Chinese mail-order wife on Bonanza?!
Oh, and, I started typing about Mickey Rooney's character in "Breakfast at Tiffany's"

NoodleSoup said:

chocolate1 said:

Remember Marlo Thomas' role as Hoss' Chinese mail-order wife on Bonanza?!
Oh, and, I started typing about Mickey Rooney's character in "Breakfast at Tiffany's"

Oh lawd. I'd forgotten about that. It's incredible to look back on that shit. Just amazing.

Anxiety said:

NoodleSoup said:

Oh lawd. I'd forgotten about that. It's incredible to look back on that shit. Just amazing.

it makes me wonder about the things we accept in films and on television now, that in 30 or 50 years we'll look back on and think "oh my god, how did i ever think that was okay???"

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It seems to always get a mention on the other movie threads, so, yanno, I figured why not on this one, too...

omnithanos said:

uPtoWnNY said: