The California that only enacted gun control because of the Black Panthers, where tech companies turn a blind eye to racism in their ranks, and home to the infamous LA PD? Yeah, I don't think I'd like it there. Californians are the archetype for the white moderate.
Are buying because your interested in the culture or just for kicks?
Was cinema an American invention?
...now look into the subject matter of the breakthrough films that gave birth to that glorious studio system. Either the subject of the films themselves, or the culture that serves as the backdrop. Birth of a Nation, The Jazz Singer...
Is that so wrong? Having consideration and respect?
Are you implying that all you have to do is ask a black friend and you're good? Please elaborate on your anecdote. What did you tell her? You can't say "I asked my black friend" and expect it to be okay lol.
No you troll.
As we all know, the Civil War had absolutely nothing to do with black people.
Many Europeans didn't consider themselves white or were allowed to compared to Africa and being considered black. There's been plenty of conflicts about not accepting certain Europeans as white or as part of the majority race.
No, but cinema started out as basically filming theatrical productions and minstrel shows happen to be those. What was your question getting at, though? Cause no one was asserting black people invented cinema or other mediums of art (except for certain genres of music like rock, blues, r&b, soul, funk, hip hop, grime). Black people didn't have that power. Black people contributed a lot to cinema though, particularly since 1919 thanks to Oscar Micheaux.
This is exactly how I read that post too. The follow-up didn't really change things either.
This country of ours was setup, proliferated and controlled by white people too. By systemically exploiting black people.
Then you need to learn to read.
First American form of theater: minstrel shows. Black face.
Everything of value? No.
It's funny because all you're saying is that people need to think about these kinds of things and everyone is like "but what's the minimum amount of thought I can commit to this so that I don't have to think about it anymore?"
That's partially it, definitely. Another part of is that modern white people, in America at least, don't really have a culture of their own (except white supremacy, which... yeah). Anything we latch on to is someone else's culture.
