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Movies and Race

I suppose I should be grateful, should consider the black male's cinematic promotion from corpse to eunuch to represent progress. In the long run, some say, the passage of time, and the cultural and genetic intermingling of the American melting pot are more likely to cure these ills than any amount of activism or finger-pointing.

Steven Barnes is an author/screenwriter. He's black, and he's watching for how black men are portrayed in movies. Hey, I just found it to be an interesting article.

So, what percentage of the movie-going population are white men? Enough that it would "bomb" a movie where a black man had a love scene? I just don't buy it. And I suspect that the thought process that brought Barnes to this commentary is at least part of the problem.