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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just finished rewatching Footloose.

Filmed in 1984 when 12% of the American population was Black, yet there are zero Black kids in a movie about dancing.

Remember the big dance scene at the end? They had white guys breakdancing. This was at the height of the breakdancing craze btw. All white cast, and they didn’t even bother to add any Black or brown dancers in the big school dance. Zero.

Pretty shocking. [/quote]

So what. Move on. It’s a great movie. Not every fictional movie, tv show, play, etc. has to have a diverse cast just because. You’ll always have outrage if you see everything in life with a racial lens. Get outraged about something else like how Roe vs. Wade was overturned, how many people will go hungry tonight in the USA, or the lack of gun control.[/quote]

First: I don’t see or search for race all the time.

Next: Perhaps ask yourself if essentially ignoring (at best) black people for so long…including Hollywood not bothering to include them on screen in even a token way in the bulk of movies…might have prompted some anger that we are still dealing with today?

Geez, it’s almost like you’ve been asleep for the last 20 years..or even the last few.

Re: Roe - Poor blacks who lack access to healthcare have essentially lived in a world without access to abortion for generations. Talk about a rich white women outrage.

Ditto for gun violence.

And food insecurity. [/quote]

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