Posted on 08/12/2006 9:22:52 PM PDT by doesnt suffer fools gladly
Tha more I think about it the more this pisses me off. You know it really shouldn't matter what color this guys skin is, what should be important is that his story be told. The fact of the matter is that black people are still segregated my the MSM as a seperate entity within american society(an example is american history and black american history, like black american history is a seperate incident instead of being a part of american history in general)
Just one more brick in the wall the liberal elite build to keep black people under the impression that they are not a legitimate part of this countrry.
"Ghandi (SIR white british dude)."
At least in this case, they got it partly right. Sir Ben Kingsley, the actor who portrayed Ghandi, is of Indian descent on his father's side. Wikipedia has his birth name as Krishna Bhanji.
I worked with a Marine Corporal named David Karnes (I thought he spelled his name with a "C" but I may have been mistaken) in the late 1980s. I can see him being motivated to "give something back" in a rescue attempt of the type portrayed in this film. To gain only two stripes in 12 years seems odd. When I saw the name matched (maybe) I wondered if it was the same guy.
"...no one ever asked them for a physical description of the man who helped save their lives."
That is because he is an AMERICAN MARINE not any slob who can only see himself as a color.
Except for USMC GREEN perhaps
USMC 1969 - 1981
I saw the movie and thought that it was a great story about the heroics of the the first responders and recommend that other see the movie. That being said, I agree with this columnist review of the movie:
"The Cosby Show (whitest black family ever)."
How? Because the parents are a doctor and a lawyer? Married? Please explain. Intact upper middle class black families DO EXIST, doncha know? And they are not "acting white" by being so.
Sgt. Jason L. Thomas, thank you for your courage and heroism on September 11th. You are a GREAT AMERICAN.
He said producers didnt discover Thomas was a Black man until after they had started the movie. He also said that in spite of the fact that the film was co-written by McLoughlin and Jimeno was consulted for authenticity, no one ever asked them for a physical description of the man who helped save their lives....
Shamberg also apologized for another African-American officer, Bruce Reynolds, who was also portrayed as white in the movie.
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