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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Coarseness and filth? Really?[/quote]

Yes. Gratuitous.[/quote]

You're talking about The Hate U Give? What the actual...have you read the book?[/quote]
The black people in these documentaries will help you understand why books such as The Hate You Give are counterproductive in that they perpetuate a stereotype that limits the potential of black people to be anything they were born to be in a nation that elected a black president not once, but twice:

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVLj-zARCv8
2. Uncle Tom II - An American Odyssey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qXdim5EeBw
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I have no words, really. A documentary on the history of Black conservatives is supposed to prove that the Hate U Give is gratuitous, coarse, and filthy?
And again...have you read the book?[/quote]
A documentary made by black people who see themselves not like victims, but rather like a group of people with lots of potential and opportunities to succeed in America — just like anybody else — is aimed at rejecting the narrative that they are a subclass, aggressive, rapists, gangsters, drug dealers, women bitters, promiscuous, or anything else that is hopeless.  If identifying themselves in a positive light and focus on their achievements makes them conservative in your view, then the opposite of those traits ought to be the perspective non-conservatives have of blacks in America. Your words, not mine…[/quote]

I thought the Hate U Give is also aimed at rejecting the narrative hat they are a subclass, aggressive, rapists, gangsters, drug dealers, women bitters, promiscuous, or anything else that is hopeless???[/quote]

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