>because I saw the film not as a black film but a film that
>was centered around black people and black people of a
>certain/specific demographic
>
>they were free in a ways other black people might not be free
>- they had a vacation home in freaking Santa Cruz and they
>appeared to be old money (example, nice house but old benz)
>and were comfortable in their own reality (i.e., being the
>only black faces in white places) while also having a foot on
>their own blackness (i.e. going to Howard U, choice of music,
>etc)
>
>
>so for me, all of their actions tracked with how they
>presented initially. I didnt consider their reactions to be
>non-black but rather a form of black
>
>There are 40 million black people in the United States, how do
>you figure all 40 million of us are supposed to react the same
>exact way?

I'm aware of all that, I was saying what my reactions were at the time in the theater when I saw the movie last Thursday,