"Selma" Isn't A Name Of A Maid

Should I go out on a limb and say, this movie is cornball to the max?

I think I probably should've renamed the title of the post "Man, I'd hate to be a white dude pt. 2" because it SUCKS ass to even be off white.

Why are movies like this made and then champion'd like it were the second coming of Christ? If a white guy made a movie about David Duke (former KKK member who later became member of the Louisiana house of Reps) they're be an outrage. Yes, I get that Duke wasn't as beloved as MLK but...there is the obvious angle as well. I get the whole issue...listen Hitler was bad, we know. History doesn't need to be refreshed on that one. We're not a bunch of dummies (or are we?). Every time they make a movie like this, we get Oprah telling us how important it is to remind people of civil liberties. Then it dawned on me. Civil rights is no longer an open dialogue. It's not a discussion about right or wrong. We know what's right or wrong. It's really about black people getting their revenge of whitey. Think about it...when was the last time you saw a white dude in court suing over his civil liberties being violated? And I'm not talking about police, I'm talking about job discrimination. Never. Most would argue, it's because they aren't discriminated. Listen, out here in L.A. a white person couldn't get a job if they weren't bilingual. That's a load of unfair. But we still go with it. Certain attitudes would say "well, whitey...get yourself another job then." Forget sympathy for whitey. Guess what whitey did? They got another job. They certainly didn't scream "RACISM!"

This "Selma" movie is dumb. It's derivative and low hanging fruit to those who have no cause but think they should have a cause. I would say the same about holocaust movies. Awareness factors I get. But the History Channel is saturated with that history. And you can find it if you want. Fictitious re-enactments don't open up discussions, they make people roll their eyes, because their importance far trumps any immediate bullshit you have going in your life.

Listen, life sucks balls already. To throw white guilt atop it all and then force others to feel your history is false sentiment. I would never make you empathize with Japanese occupation of Taiwan. It was brutal and would put some atrocities to shame. But that doesn't effect who we are now. Neither does this movie. In fact, I would suggest every time a movie like this is made, it sets black history back a decade. Most don't see the message, they feel the anger.