'Django' an unsettling experience for many blacks

Los Angeles Times / latimes.com ^ | December 28, 2012 | By Erin Aubry Kaplan, Special to the Los Angeles Times

[thecodont]

Tracey White's initial impression of "Django Unchained," Quentin Tarantino's new slave-era shoot-'em-up extravaganza, could be summed up in three words: smart, funny and ugly. Sitting through a recent screening in Beverly Hills, the L.A. costume designer was mostly absorbed and found herself laughing aloud at particularly outrageous moments.

But White, who is black, said her feelings evolved significantly. Two days after reflecting on the matter of slavery and Tarantino's treatment, she pronounced the movie mostly ugly.

"He [Tarantino] gets a good product out of it in terms of wit and a visual look," said White. "But when it was over I found myself wondering, 'What is he trying to do?' I enjoyed the movie when I was in there, but I still have a problem with Tarantino when he deals with our race."

White will certainly not be alone among African Americans in her ambivalence about the gleefully outrageous film. While "Django" has nabbed almost uniformly warm reviews and four NAACP Image Award nominations (including for best picture), the fact is that it is an extremely Hollywood-ized vision of a critical black American experience.

[txnativegop]

the movie is fiction and stars two actors that I despise the most. I have no interest or intent to see the movie.

I really don’t care what blacks think about the movie :

although I will say that blacks ought to be angry due to the lack of historical integrity in the film.

[skeeter]

Tarantino won't see a dime of my dough, and not because of the goofy reasons asserted in this quintessentially assinine review.

[cripplecreek]

I enjoyed the movie when I was in there, but I still have a problem with Tarantino when he deals with our race."

Then maybe you should get over your perpetual racism and then you might see it as another stupid pointless product of Hollywood and move on without trying to attach some kind of significance to it.

[count-your-change]

When I see the garbage truck go by I expect it to be full of garbage, when I see a Hollywood flick touted endlessly I expect the same thing.

[WilliamofCarmichael]

This movie goes way beyond "Mississippi Burning" and that movie caused a lot of whites to get beaten.

The MSM take of course is that only blacks suffer violence at the hands of whites..

so I got DoJ figures for the years 2000 - 2008. I expected that by now there would be figures through 2010. If there are figures for years after the Department of Justice was replaced by the Obama/Holder Department of Just Us and Our People they are not in this series (see at bottom) that I used.

Criminal Victimization in the United States, [YYYY] Statistical Tables

Table 42: "Percent distribution of single-offender victimizations, by type of crime, race of victim, and perceived race of offender"

Year of Stats		Race of Victims	% White Offenders	% Black Offenders	% Not known & other
2000	Crimes of violence
	4,120,110	White	73.1 %	14.7 %	12.2 %
	702,850	Black	12.6	81.9	5.5 *
	Completed violence
	1,263,820	White	71.6	14.3	14.1 *
	220,880	Black	6.3 *	92.2	1.5 *
	Attempted/threatened violence
	2,856,290	White	73.8	14.8	11.4
	481,970	Black	15.5	77.2	7.3 *
Year of Stats		Race of Victims	% White Offenders	% Black Offenders	% Not known & other
2001	Crimes of violence
	3,661,770	White	74.7 %	14.4 %	10.9 %
	660,720	Black	10.7	83.1	6.3
	Completed violence
	1,069,400	White	72.3	18.0	9.7
	214,810	Black	6.0 *	87.5	6.5
	Attempted/threatened violence
	2,592,370	White	75.7	12.9	11.4
	445,910	Black	13.0	80.9	6.1 *
Year of Stats		Race of Victims	% White Offenders	% Black Offenders	% Not known & other
2002	Crimes of violence
	3,427,980	White	72.6 %	13.6 %	13.7 %
	617,970	Black	16.2	74.5	9.3 *
	Completed violence
	1,056,610	White	71.8	15.4	12.9 %
	186,240	Black	8.6 *	84.6	6.7 *
	Attempted/threatened violence
	2,371,370	White	73.0	12.8	14.1 *
	431,730	Black	19.5	70.1	10.4 *
Year of Stats		Race of Victims	% White Offenders	% Black Offenders	% Not known & other
2003	Crimes of violence
	3,283,030	White	72.9 %	12.1 %	15.0 %
	556,140	Black	12.0	74.8	13.2
	Completed violence
	879,830	White	71.4	13.4	15.2
	190,170	Black	8.3 *	77.3	14.4 *
	Attempted/threatened violence
	2,403,210	White	73.5	11.6	14.9
	365,970	Black	14.0	73.5	12.6 *
Year of Stats		Race of Victims	% White Offenders	% Black Offenders	% Not known & other
2004	Crimes of violence
	3,382,920	White	52.7 %	9.6 %	37.7
	559,130	Black	10.8	73.6	15.6
	Completed violence
	1,052,650	White	57.9	8.8	33.2
	222,910	Black	7.3 *	78.8	14.0
	Attempted/threatened violence
	2,330,270	White	50.3	10.0	39.6
	336,230	Black	13.2	70.2	16.6 *
Year of Stats		Race of Victims	% White Offenders	% Black Offenders	% Not known & other
2005	Crimes of violence
	3,201,320	White	49.0 %	13.5 %	37.5 %
	507,210	Black	10.4	63.5	26.1 *
	Completed violence
	916,130	White	51.2	14.3	34.5
	192,040	Black	4.7 *	69.7	25.6 *
	Attempted/threatened violence
	2,285,190	White	48.1	13.2	38.8
	315,170	Black	13.9	59.7	26.4 *
Year of Stats		Race of Victims	% White Offenders	% Black Offenders	% Not known & other
2006	Crimes of violence
	3,699,360	White	69.3 %	13.0 %	17.7 %
	719,880	Black	11.5	74.8	13.7
	Completed violence
	1,057,920	White	65.2	19.2	15.6
	299,970	Black	9.5 *	80.1	10.4 *
	Attempted/threatened violence
	2,641,450	White	70.9	10.5	18.6
	419,920	Black	12.9	71.0	16.0 *
Year of Stats		Race of Victims	% White Offenders	% Black Offenders	% Not known & other
2007	Crimes of violence
	3,262,660	White	68.0 %	13.3 %	18.7 %
	562,470	Black	9.9	72.8	17.2 *
	Completed violence
	916,170	White	70.5	13.4	16.2
	171,460	Black	1.5 *	84.6	13.9 *
	Attempted/threatened violence
	2,346,480	White	67.1	13.2	19.6
	391,010	Black	13.7	67.7	18.7 *
Year of Stats		Race of Victims	% White Offenders	% Black Offenders	% Not known & other
2008	Crimes of violence
	2,788,600	White	67.4	15.4	17.1
	570,550	Black	15.9	64.7	19.5
	Completed violence
	706,540	White	67.8	19.4	12.9 *
	210,740	Black	14.5 *	66.5	19.0 *
	Attempted/threatened violence
	2,082,050	White	67.3	14.1	18.7
	359,800	Black	16.8	63.6	19.7 *

*0.0 Estimate is based on 10 or fewer sample cases.
Percentage may not equal 100% due to rounding.

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

[dps.inspect]

The left is best at stirring up the worst in humanity... envy, hatreds, classism, racism, unjustified retribution, lawlessness, changing the truth into a lie , taking what’s not theirs, and on and on and on...

[BenLurkin]

Every Tarantino film is "mostly ugly."

[cripplecreek]

Democrats can’t afford to have blacks getting an honest look at history. They’ll find that their American history is a proud one going back to well before slavery in America.

[jsanders2001]

Tarantino is one I would vote as being most unbalanced and likely to find dead bodies buried on his property one of these days.

[doc1019]

Those blissfully ignorant of history will take this film to heart. Those blissfully ignorant will take this film to heart. Those blissfully looking for a reason to hate will take this film to heart.

[fr_freak]

I have a habit of engaging black people in debate, usually once I get to know them, about racial issues, primarily because they tend to be so indoctrinated with the "everything is whitey's fault" attitude, and when I hear that attitude expressed, it's go time. So one day I was chatting with a black lady that I used to work with, and she expressed the opinion that most white people were racist, or had the potential to be racist. When I asked her what her justification for that was, she couldn't really answer.

So I straight out asked her this: "Has any white person ever called you a nigger?" She had to admit that nobody ever had. To which I answered, "Well, not only have I been called "white boy" a number of times [which is the black man's equivalent of calling a white man a "nigger"] but I've had the distinct pleasure of being in the middle of a large group of black men who were threatening to beat my ass for being white."

So who are the real victims of racism these days? The ones who have to read about the days when their ancestors were treated badly because of race, or the ones who are treated badly NOW because of race? I want reparations!

None of this changed her mind, or course. Brainwashing runs deep.

[cripplecreek]

Mel Brooks could make a movie, zero right in on race and beat the crap out of EVERYBODY and leave em laughing.

Better still, we didn’t spend time analyzing what he was trying to portray. We were just pawns in great game of life.

[wvguy]

"He [Tarantino] gets a good product out of it in terms of wit and a visual look," said White. "But when it was over I found myself wondering, 'What is he trying to do?' I enjoyed the movie when I was in there, but I still have a problem with Tarantino when he deals with our race."

Good grief. She admits to enjoying the movie but still has to find something (racial) to b*tch about. It's a freakin' MOVIE!

[Eaker]

While "Django" has nabbed almost uniformly warm reviews and four NAACP Image Award nominations

I wonder what awards the NAAWP is planning to give the movie.

[Mortrey]

Would she listen to a black woman?

Would she DARE take THE TEST? (ask her to.)

WHY the conservative talking heads don’t interview this woman is one of the reasons I think they’re just in radio for the money—NOT to help change things—just to fatten their pocketbooks. (Rush, Levin, Hannity-INTERVIEW this woman!!!!)

http://www.nbra.info/DYK-HistoryTest

[wvguy]

[cripplecreek]

These days, inciting anger at whitey seems to be a winning box office strategy.

[ichabod1]

That’s like saying Inglorious Basterds didn’t capture the reality of assassination teams operating behind enemy lines in WWII. Tarantino uses history as a backdrop to make his points, but he operates in a world of his own. I think he’s brilliant.

[Hildy]

As a Jew, I hated Inglorious Bastards and, of course, i will tell you why. The theme was Jewish revenge. But the same people who made this movie are the same people who wish to disarm us now and have put an enemy of the Jews into office. I believe we Jews are in big big danger. And just like pre-Hitler Germany, we are in total denial.