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Denzel Washington to Black America: Stop Blaming the Prison System, ‘It Starts at Home’
Breitbart ^ | 26 Nov 2017 | JEROME HUDSON

Posted on 11/26/2017 6:29:35 PM PST by Mr. Mojo

Veteran actor Denzel Washington says his latest role as a dogged defense attorney in Roman J. Israel, Esq. reinforced his belief that black men “can’t blame the system” because we make it “easy work” when it comes to filling America’s prisons.

“It starts at the home. It starts at home. It starts with how you raise your children. If a young man doesn’t have a father figure, he’ll go find a father figure,” the Academy Award-winner told reporters at the Dan Gilroy-directed film’s New York premiere, the New York Daily News reports.

“So you know I can’t blame the system. It’s unfortunate that we make such easy work for them,” Washington said.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: blackfamily; denzelwashington
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1 posted on 11/26/2017 6:29:35 PM PST by Mr. Mojo
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To: Mr. Mojo

Good bye, Denzel. I really enjoyed your movies.


2 posted on 11/26/2017 6:34:25 PM PST by McCarthysGhost
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"Like this?"
"That's fine, Mr Washington.  We'll matte the
hand gun in at post-production."

3 posted on 11/26/2017 6:36:18 PM PST by sparklite2 (I hereby designate the ongoing kerfuffle Diddle-Gate.)
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To: Mr. Mojo

Get back on the liberal plantation, Denzel, or you’ll never work again.


4 posted on 11/26/2017 6:36:40 PM PST by dynachrome (When an empire dies, you are left with vast monuments in front of which peasants squat to defecate)
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To: dynachrome

He likes to have it both ways.


5 posted on 11/26/2017 6:37:44 PM PST by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: Mr. Mojo

Maybe he “Woke Up” and is starting to see the real world.


6 posted on 11/26/2017 6:46:38 PM PST by Entropy Squared (The Rush to Chaos)
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To: Mr. Mojo
Single black motherhood is a profession now, sponsored by the state. Then when the kids become age 18 the girls franchise out and the boys go to prison.

Anomalies to that formula are outliers. The whole sad project creates a very labor intensive state bureaucracy which grows the size and scope of government, which is the goal.

7 posted on 11/26/2017 6:46:38 PM PST by blackdog
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To: Mr. Mojo

Good for Denzel.

I used to have a crush on him years ago. (Strangely lost it while watching Training Day... )


8 posted on 11/26/2017 6:50:18 PM PST by Yaelle
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To: Mr. Mojo

Denzel has earned his Oscars, he has already made his millions. Denzel can pick up the fight for black self empowerment that Bill Cosby had to leave undone, due to certain ‘distractions’. Say it loudly, Denzel, again and again! Before the mass media decides to shut you down or ignore you, there is a chance you will be a positive influence to a few ambitious minority people.


9 posted on 11/26/2017 6:51:45 PM PST by lee martell
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10 posted on 11/26/2017 6:53:23 PM PST by TigersEye (0bama. The Legacy is a lie. The lie is the Legacy.)
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To: blackdog

That’s one of the most powerful and well written comments I’ve read on this site.


11 posted on 11/26/2017 6:55:47 PM PST by bramps (It's the Islam, stupid!)
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To: Mr. Mojo

Now watch one of the professional Big Baby Complainers, such as LeBron James start making fun of Denzel’s conservative views. “Oh, Denzel must wanna be one of Trumps’ “Boys”!”


12 posted on 11/26/2017 6:56:40 PM PST by lee martell
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To: blackdog

Well said.


13 posted on 11/26/2017 6:57:32 PM PST by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Mr. Mojo

Good to hear from Denzel.

He can say these things because he’s black. If any of us white people say this, we would be condemned as racist.


14 posted on 11/26/2017 6:58:39 PM PST by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Yaelle

His best flick, imho.

But yes, he plays a very unlikable character.


15 posted on 11/26/2017 7:07:08 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Yaelle

I absolutely loved him in “Man on Fire”. Such a brilliant actor.

It is nice to see that he is willing to state that little black boys need a good male role model to grow up with virtue. It is true, but we saw what happened when Bill Cosby stated the same thing and left that welfare, socialist, plantation that blacks are not allowed to leave. Cosby’s only son was viciously killed and the Deep State’s little orgy parties on tapes/photos are locked in their safe to force compliance so they go back onto their plantation or they are made irrelevant and despised by their fan base. The Left controls all perceptions through MSM, Hollywood, textbooks, art, and literature.

The elites allowed slavery to end, but they created a more devastating type of slavery—socialism/welfare— where the soul is destroyed, so virtue can never exist. Without virtue, there is no freedom possible. (Aristotle).


16 posted on 11/26/2017 7:07:52 PM PST by savagesusie (When Law ceases to be Just, it ceases to be Law. (Thomas A./Founders/John Marshall)/Nuremberg)
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To: BenLurkin

Man on Fire is his best.....IMHO. But he is great in a lot of movies even with inferior scripts.


17 posted on 11/26/2017 7:09:31 PM PST by savagesusie (When Law ceases to be Just, it ceases to be Law. (Thomas A./Founders/John Marshall)/Nuremberg)
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To: Mr. Mojo

I love Denzel.


18 posted on 11/26/2017 7:09:51 PM PST by ilovesarah2012
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To: Dilbert San Diego

I wish rational high profile voices from the black community would collaborate with a national tour to our most afflicted cities. Unfortunately the really successful black people I know refuse to mentor or develop those who could do so much better. They enjoy the benefit of standing tall on the shoulders of others beneath them.


19 posted on 11/26/2017 7:13:49 PM PST by blackdog
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It’s unfortunate that we make such easy work for them”
If that was a white actor’s quote...agh what the hell.
Nothing will ever be black AND white.


20 posted on 11/26/2017 7:14:51 PM PST by Jakarta ex-pat
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