2. "RE: Hidden Colors" In response to Reply # 0 Tue Feb-07-12 05:28 PM by Zorro-Rojo
I bought it a few months ago.
I was initially wary about it because it was made by Tariq Nasheed but after hearing him bitch about the lack of support in the community for anything we made ourselves I figured I'd give it a try.
While I can't verify the scholarship of the facts presented I felt it was generally uplifting.
The one part that made me think was the breakdown of the Civil War and how white folks were able to shut out the skilled former slaves from jobs they had done for generations with Unions. Like how do scholars gloss over the fact Massa never put varnish on a brush and somehow after the war he and his are the only stainer in County with work? For all the rhetoric that gets spewed just about every time we have tried to do for self (Black Wallstreet, Rosewood, etc) the gov't or white folks (same difference, really) shut it DOWN. Then they wonder why we don't believe in the system when its *hardly* been reliable for us.
I agree with this paragraph: Finally, I really think that Tariq did this documentary a disservice by including the critiques of modern gender issues and “moist behavior” (behavior that is seen as effeminate or homosexual). That whole aspect of the last two segments creates an unnecessary opening for people to discredit the rest of the fine work that he did here. I see the point that he and other commentators were trying to make, but the whole thing ends up being a distraction from the film’s main purpose; exposing people to black history that has been left out of the official narrative.
I read up on the dude who was some sort of school administrator and while hes done incredible things I was really bothered by his comments on homosexuality. I'm not even homosexual.
>I bought it a few months ago. > >I was initially wary about it because it was made by Tariq >Nasheed but after hearing him bitch about the lack of support >in the community for anything we made ourselves I figured I'd >give it a try. > >While I can't verify the scholarship of the facts presented I >felt it was generally uplifting.
Agreed.
> >The one part that made me think was the breakdown of the Civil >War and how white folks were able to shut out the skilled >former slaves from jobs they had done for generations with >Unions. Like how do scholars gloss over the fact Massa never >put varnish on a brush and somehow after the war he and his >are the only stainer in County with work? For all the rhetoric >that gets spewed just about every time we have tried to do for >self (Black Wallstreet, Rosewood, etc) the gov't or white >folks (same difference, really) shut it DOWN. Then they wonder >why we don't believe in the system when its *hardly* been >reliable for us
This was one of the standout moments in the film for me as well. It makes perfect sense, but this line of thought never really clicked for me until it was put out there by the scholars.
> >I agree with this paragraph: Finally, I really think that >Tariq did this documentary a disservice by including the >critiques of modern gender issues and “moist behavior” >(behavior that is seen as effeminate or homosexual). That >whole aspect of the last two segments creates an unnecessary >opening for people to discredit the rest of the fine work that >he did here. I see the point that he and other commentators >were trying to make, but the whole thing ends up being a >distraction from the film’s main purpose; exposing people to >black history that has been left out of the official >narrative. > >I read up on the dude who was some sort of school >administrator and while hes done incredible things I was >really bothered by his comments on homosexuality. I'm not even >homosexual.
Yeah, I tried to be diplomatic about it, but the whole thing just seems counter-productive.
