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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In some movies race of the actors matters as it is relevant to the storyline. I don't think it is wrong to reflect historical facts and truths and it is confusing to tell a story with visial inaccuracies.

In other movies, race of the actors is irrelevant and doesn't create any inaccuracy at all.

I grew up in a very rural area - all white. My hgh school was big was there was ony one for the region and had 2000 plus kids. We had 3 kids who weren't white. In my junior year, the first black student arrived. I look back now and absolutely shudder at our ignorance in how we treated that student. Everyone was fascinated by him and wanted to be his friend because he was black and that was new and exciting.

If there was a movie about my highschool using a very diverse cast, it wouldn't really reflect at all the reality of our experience, his experience or the context / culture of the school.

Think of the Rosa Parks Story movie. If she had walked off the bus into a crowd of diverse races and into a school with a diverse looking cast, it wouldn't really have the same impact.[/quote]

Ma'am, what school? Are you confusing grown Rosa Parks who was a secretary and the child Ruby Bridges?? This is why ya'll need to go back to school/pick up a book. I once saw a quote 'We have to have a PhD in white culture, we just need you to get a GED in Black culture, please'

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