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[quote=Anonymous][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]

It is...and the PP keeps referencing this documentary as if it has anything to do with the book or...I don't know even why this is being brought up in this thread, TBH.[/quote]

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