it didn't just REPORT how complex racial
perceptions are. it made a JUDGEMENT about
things.

and by giving matt dillon redemption
at the end, it said that even the
white cat who commits the worst
racial act in the movie can still
be redeemed. (without much
punishment by the way.) and
through the same black woman
he degraded in the first place.

constrasting that with the
treatment of the black dude
- at the same black woman's
hands - and i saw a really foul,
twisted idea of the relationship
between black men, black women
and white men.

again, i have no problem even
with matt dillon getting
some redemption. but to allow
it with the same woman, and
then juxtaposed against terrence
howard's treatment?

out of everybody involved, the
movie goes out of its way to
let matt dillon off the
racial justice hook.

its hard not to see that, and
then look around in the real world
and not think the movie reflects
a larger truth about racial
relations in america. BEYOND
things not being 'black and
white', too.

moreso, that white cats have a
'get out of jail free card'
when it comes to race.
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