1) Martin Scorcese is a director... he takes a story, and involves the person watching into the characters and the plot as much as he can, racism is a STRONG way to make you feel a certain way about a character or give you a hint of how that character's personality is... take that into context with the year the plot is based and also the location and what is going on. Movies like Goodfellas, Departed, etc., its all within the the context of the characters and their own nationality and how they sterotypically think. Scorcese isn't to blame for this, he is trying to paint the most capitivating picture he can, and racism is something that comes into effect. You think Goodfellas would have been compelling without the racist aspects with Samuel L Jackson and the comments Pesci made during the concert in the club. These plot points build emotion in the scene and Scorcese is a genius at doing this and thats why his movies have so much depth.

2) Martin Scorcese has movies where he doesn't advocate racism. You ever seen Bringing Out The Dead? One of the main character is Vingh Rhames and he's a hero in that movie. Also I cant really pinpoint and black racism in Gangs of New York or Aviator, so I think your point is invalid, your beef should be with the characters and environment in Scorceses "mobster" themed movies not with the director himself.

Peace



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