so much that he put up his own money to
make the film.
You're talking about finding comfortable ways
to do things and compromising the integrity
of your innocence for money. Nate isn't
doing that, and Nat obviously gave less
than a damn about making anyone comfortable
with his rebellion. You've already stated
in the post that Turner's lack of finesse makes
you uninterested in the story, because he
was killed and put other Black people in
danger. I'm pretty $ure he wouldn't have
been bought off by any money... neither could
MLK or Malcolm or Assata. Props to Harriet
for finding a way to accomplish it w/o
having to be bought off. Not comparing him
to them... just spelling out why the story
likely resonates with him.
It's fine if you're no revolutionary individual
and can't relate to them or anyone like them.
Just be thankful for those of us who won't
be bought off for the purpose of maintaining
the status quo. This is why we don't even
have any mainstream Black media right now.
Too many of us can be paid to keep folks comfy.