I just don't get it
Jun. 14th, 2004 09:54 amI just don't understand race relations.
There is a movie coming out soon called "White Chicks", where two black actors disguse themselves as white women.
Artistic merits of the film aside, the subject baffles me.
If someone made a film where two white actors disguised themselves as black women, the protesters would be screaming. Press conferences would be held and boycotts threatened.
So why is the converse okay?
Isn't that some kind of "reverse racism"? Or shouldn't it be just plain racism, if it's directed at anyone because of their race.
Maybe I just don't get it.
There is a movie coming out soon called "White Chicks", where two black actors disguse themselves as white women.
Artistic merits of the film aside, the subject baffles me.
If someone made a film where two white actors disguised themselves as black women, the protesters would be screaming. Press conferences would be held and boycotts threatened.
So why is the converse okay?
Isn't that some kind of "reverse racism"? Or shouldn't it be just plain racism, if it's directed at anyone because of their race.
Maybe I just don't get it.