...who are running out to see Big Momma's House, or is it everyone else? aka the majority who already like shitty movies.

>I know plenty of black
>people who support quirky, independent films. I bet the same
>white people who love "Clerks" would not watch a similar movie
>with a black cast..

This is where you're on point. reminds me of what David Simon said regarding the The Wire, and white america's discomfort with getting into a show with a predominantly black cast. Something along the lines of how most well meaning americans are comfortable with *some* diversity in their neighborhoods, and white americans being comfortable with them being up to around 7% black... but once they start passing 10%, discomfort sets in and for sale signs pop up. Putting aside the way The Wire is structured, white folks simply find it "too black".