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During The Last Decades, Films About The Black Experience Have Been Produced, Directed, And Even Scripted By White Men. Some Of Them Are Excellent. But Most Reflect George Bernard Shaw’s Warning That 'if You Do Not Tell Your Stories Others Will Tell Them For You And They Will Vulgarize And Degrade You.'

I Asked Joe Weixlmann Why He Would Print A Death Threat Like That In Light Of The Fact That There Are All Of These Armed Ideological Nuts Wandering Around Loose. He Said That For Him, To "ice" Someone Means To Reprimand Them.

[david] Mamet Is Another Hypocrite. His Idea Of Black Man Is A Pimp Who Abuses Women, [edmond], Yet His Play Oleanna [1994] Ends With A White Professor Slapping An Uppity Feminist, At Least The Version I Saw At San Francisco's Act.

In Crash, You've Got A Pathological Cop Who At The End Justifies Police Brutality. He Tells The Naïve, Young Cop That You're Going To End Up The Same As Him. He's The Most Sympathetic Character In The Movie. So, The Naïve Cop Ends Up Murdering This Black Kid And Tries To Cover Up The Evidence. It Sort Of Justifies Police Brutality And The Planting Of Evidence Which Is What Happened In The O.j. Simpson Case.

Another California Study Counted 30,000 Substance Abusers Who Are Pregnant Are White Woman. So, The Wire Paints The Picture Of Drug Addiction, Drug Dealing, And Drug Abuse As Being A Specifically A Black Issue.