Here Syl Jones again complains that his own racial prejudices aren't reinforced strongly enough. I don't think "Crash" is any masterpiece but his take on it here is fricking ridiculous. I don't know why the ST gives him any space.
To: blueminnesota
Syl Jones is as much a bigot as any member of the KKK. Any study of his writing shows you clear evidence of his racial bigoty. Another example of how divorced from reality the editors and publishers of the Star Trib are. Another do as I say, not as I do Leftist.
2 posted on
03/10/2006 5:10:11 AM PST by
MNJohnnie
(Professional Journalism- the Buggy Whip makers of the 21st century)
To: blueminnesota
I don't know why the ST gives him any space Oh c'mon. You know why they do. Everything is race to Syl Jones and first into The Star Tribune's race agenda too perfectly for them to pass up.
3 posted on
03/10/2006 5:14:25 AM PST by
dropzone
To: blueminnesota
4 posted on
03/10/2006 5:16:03 AM PST by
durasell
(!)
To: blueminnesota
I thought Crash was good, one of the few takes on race that I have seen that did not say "white people bad," so clearly it's got to go! There were a lot of coincidences in it, of course, but it was a piece of fiction and it was intended as a statement - on the complexities and confusions of race and other group relationships in this country.
Actually, Crash did end with a well-meaning white guy shooting a well-meaning black guy because he was scared of the black stereotype (although the well-meaning black guy actually had been hanging out with some less-well-meaning blacks who had indeed carjacked some people). Then the well-meaning white guy, who happens to be a cop, tries to cover it up, etc., but I guess that wasn't enough for this "reviewer." Unless white people=100% bad, it doesn't work for him.
5 posted on
03/10/2006 5:16:13 AM PST by
livius
To: blueminnesota
All the talk about race and so much time and effort and writing given over to Crash and the rap soundtrack winner. Nobody seemed to notice the passing of an American genius, Gordon Parks....except Stanley Crouch.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/col/scrouch/
7 posted on
03/10/2006 5:22:08 AM PST by
durasell
(!)
To: blueminnesota
RED STAR OVER MINNESOTA PING!
8 posted on
03/10/2006 5:32:23 AM PST by
NaughtiusMaximus
(DO NOT read to the end of this tagline . . . Oh, $#@%^, there you went and did it.)
To: blueminnesota
"all people have racial and ethnic biases and that white America bears no special historical racial burden."
Sounds exactly right to me, you would have to be a real racist to believe otherwise.
9 posted on
03/10/2006 5:32:37 AM PST by
Williams
To: blueminnesota
generations of white privilege have embedded a special kind of race-based dominance into our culture and history. Yeah, that "race-based dominance" couldn't arise from the fact that whites outnumber blacks 10 to 1, or that the founders of this country were all white.
12 posted on
03/10/2006 5:54:54 AM PST by
IronJack
To: blueminnesota
Another of those "white culture=capitalism, capitalism=racism" types, no doubt.
13 posted on
03/10/2006 6:04:10 AM PST by
wizardoz
To: blueminnesota
and one giant agenda driving the film toward its inevitable rear-ending. Are you sure you didn't get this confused with Brokeback, Syl?
14 posted on
03/10/2006 6:11:05 AM PST by
sportutegrl
(People who say, "All I know is . . ." really mean, "All I want you to focus on is . . .")
To: blueminnesota
and one giant agenda driving the film toward its inevitable rear-ending. Are you sure you didn't get this confused with Brokeback, Syl?
15 posted on
03/10/2006 6:11:11 AM PST by
sportutegrl
(People who say, "All I know is . . ." really mean, "All I want you to focus on is . . .")
To: blueminnesota
Syl Jones is right on target.
Somebody ought to send a copy of this to Watchacallum Clooney, who has somehow managed to conclude that the movie industry (of all things) is America's moral vanguard.
17 posted on
03/12/2006 7:02:59 AM PST by
Savage Beast
(Do not refer to Leftists as "Liberals"--there's nothing liberal about those people.)
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