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John Wayne is no hero, Flava Flav was right
TraceOneInfinite:
It shows you how racist we American's are when you look at our hero's and the entertainment industry.
Take a look at John Wayne. I was at work the other night, and there was this John Wayne movie on about the white man defeating the Indians, setting up an outpost settlement, and then killing them all over again and driving deeper and deeper into Western territory. John Wayne was the general war hero of the movie.
The obvious questions were never asked during the movie. Questions like, "Why do the Natives deserve to die?" "Weren't they here first anyway?" "Do we have any more right to this land then they do?" "Don't they have a right to fight us when we are trying to commit genocide against them?"
I'm outraged that movies like this are still played on television everyday and considered classics.
Woodrow:
--- Quote from: Muharram 1426 A.H. on February 27, 2005, 09:49:49 PM ---I'm outraged that movies like this are still played on television everyday and considered classics.
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I'm outraged that you're outraged.
hisairness:
Why are you mad? Those old Westerns are just depicting what really happened...the Indians were pushed back by the White Man, and when they were pushed back, they got pushed some more. It's not like they are just making it up.
Thirteen:
it's called acting...
Don Jacob:
birth of a nation is considered a classic by damn near every black film critic and it's by far a billion times more racist than any john wayne movie......what makes a movie a classic isn't only it's message. hell if we're going to ban jon wayne movies from being shown , lets not show the godfather because they say " sell it (drugs) to the niggers, they're animals anyway" lets not show gone with the wind cuz of Mami............LET"S ONLY show the color purple, X, and roots.
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