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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's definitely about an offensive topic, but it does such a remarkable job illustrating the fact that the world isn't as neatly split into "good guys" and "bad guys" as we'd like to believe.[/quote]

I don't understand how anyone could watch it and not find the depictions of African Americans offensive. They are stereotypes and caricatures with no exploration of their inner lives, no sympathetic light shined on their plight. Their reality as enslaved people is completely ignored. We are supposed to sympathize and connect with the white woman who has to make a dress from curtains, when she's surrounded by enslaved human beings who have no autonomy, who could be sold on a whim and separated from their family--their children, spouse, elderly parent-- any day.

And I'm sorry, but people who enslaved other people are the bad guys. No matter how many other admirable qualities you think they have. If someone is otherwise noble and kind in other respects but thinks it's fine to enslave another human being in their household, that automatically makes them a bad person.[/quote]
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