Santana from Angola summed up this way of seeing things: “You know, the most racist being in the world is a man. …The best link between races are the women.”Footnote 33 In his worldview (and that of many others) gender trumped race. It was women who were tasked with integrating f...
The composer later interpolates this song into his score as the theme for the racist protagonist Ethan Edwards (Wayne). Then a lovely version - scored for guitar, solo trumpet and strings - of the traditional ballad "Lorena" plays under Ford's evocative 'frame within a frame' opening scene...
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages: Directed by D.W. Griffith. With Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, Robert Harron, F.A. Turner. Four historical tales depict the ongoing human struggle against prejudice and inhumanity.
single culture kid. My entire family live within about two hours’ drive of where I grew up. My first plane journey was when I was 15 (howl). My best friends are the ones I grew up with. All this is supposed to render me unworldly and immobile at best and a...
While “Sinners” is plenty steamy, the vampire metaphor isn’t quite erotic — instead, it’s a message about the insidious nature of racist white supremacy that denies the Black community of this town its freedom. Between its social commentary, its beautiful technical excellence, and its ...
Most of us recognize it, even if we choose not to ‘walk in its path’. There are a million distractions, some gorgeous, some filthy. We need to be decent and fair and friendly; to find the invincibly moral core. That can be common; can define us. But hang on. In the face of ...
Most of the action of this small-scale Western takes place in a saloon. One might call this setting a frontier courtroom, where community gathers, past offenses are deliberated, and the life of a man hangs in the balance. The main character of ‘The Gunfighter’ — a criminal named Jimmy...
Electronic music was born in the '80s in Chicago, Detroit and New York, from the ashes of theracist disco backlashof 1979. Young Black and queer producers in these cities used then-new music equipment, like the Roland 808 and 909 drum machines, in ...
The Specials - Racist Friend (2002 Remaster)
t spending 2-4 hours commuting to and from work. There were no weekends spent mindlessly consuming at restaurants and stores. We could stare directly, without looking away, at the images of a racist murder executed by a representative of the state. We could see it for exactly what it was...