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83167, The Persians weren't Black but many of the actors are
Posted by Nettrice, Tue Mar-13-07 10:32 PM
Tyrone Benskin
Kwasi Songui
Peter Mensah
>Again, I went to see 300 to get entertained. I live life and
>face (subtle)racism everyday.
I am not talking about subtle racism. I think it's a cop out to expect people to just shut off racial awareness and respect for other's cultural narratives for a film.
>I would like to think I could
>escape that for at least two hours.
I escape it daily when I am at home...so?
>And comparing it to "Birth of a Nation" is just asinine and
>telling.
You tell that to the modern day Persians.
>
>"We'll just agree to disagree"
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