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107476, I think this critic got slavery all wrong
Posted by gluvnast, Fri Jan-04-13 07:58 AM
But, hey... many black people are still conditioned to pull the victimization card whenever they pleases.

For one, the film didn't show other slaves just passively awaiting for freedom. There's a lot of implied scenes to where some were accustomed to that way of life, some wanting to run away, some being inspired by someone like Django, and some as shown in the very beginning exacting the same kind of retribution against their oppressor when given the option.

Second of all, sometimes comedy is the best medicine when facing an god aweful truth, and the fact that Samuel L. Jackson played a house nigger to effectively, you had no choice but to laugh at the fact, because it is true. It was true back then and especially true today. The biggest enemy among black people is indeed ourselves, we are the ones that keep holding ourselves back.