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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I just saw the trailer for Reese Witherspoon's new movie "The Good Lie" and it made me think of "The Blind Side" and Brad Pitt in "12 Years a Slave" and then it got me thinking - why does America love movies where some pretty white man or woman comes to the rescue of weak, unprivileged black character(s). They're like feel good movies about saving a helpless puppy or something.

I am a white woman by the way and I can't help but feel that if I were black this would get on my nerves (hell I am white and it does get on my nerves). Am I the only one that thinks this way?

Google found an interesting article on the same topic FWIW: http://www.salon.com/2013/02/21/oscar_loves_a_white_savior/

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Don't forget Hurricane with Denzel Washington.

The story of Rubin Carter was nearly overshadowed by the story of the nice white people who saved the little ghetto black kid.

Nearly every white teacher in an innercity school movie is this way as well.[/quote]

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