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Affirmative Action cannot be a solution
US supreme court ruled the affirmative action which sets racial quota in college admission is unconstitutional. I, myself think it is not a bad ruling. When a college chooses who is qualified for its students, why does race matter? Grade Point Average, entrance test scores do... Read more ...
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Film: Black ”Annie” Diversity Casting?
A famous classic musical film was remade using a protagonist with a Black skin. Traditionally the protagonist was played by a white girl. Is this part of Hollywood's "Diversity Casting" campaign? Sounds good. Good musical play. Actors sing very well. I was not bothered by the ... Read more ...
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Film “Hidden Figures” breaks the stereotype
It’s been thought women are not good at mathematics and not suitable for engineering jobs. But that kind of notions were proved to be nonsense a long time ago. The film “Hidden Figures” described three Afro-American women working for NASA rocket engineering department as mathematicians, in Jim-C... Read more ...
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Disney's film ”Song of the South” Not as racist...
The film's portrayal of the 19th century South was unrealistic. Although the story took place after the Civil War, portrayal of Blacks was not bad. Until civil rights era, the old South was wrongly portrayed as if Black people were happy serving white people. In that film that w... Read more ...
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Film”The Help” and ”Precious” Elegant & Rich...
Two films are stories about Afro-Americans in the U.S. Both of them described hard situations that Black people had experienced in the past and maybe even now. "The Help" was a story of Afro-American maids working for white families in Mississippi in 1960's when segregation was very common. Afr... Read more ...
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Shocked and Sad to hear Whitney Houston's death
What happened to her? She was only at the age of 48. She was a big star for me since I was in high school. My most favorite song was "I want to dance with somebody" and "Love is a contact sport." In 1988 and 1989, I went to her rock concert held in Fukuoka where I used to live. I enjoyed the ... Read more ...
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Film ”Mississippi Burning” and President Obama
The story is one Afro-American civil activist disappeared somewhere in Missippi 1964 and FBI men searched for them. Then they faced brutality of local people. The film described how uncivilized and scary deep South like Mississippi was. I remember when I was in America, Afro-American ... Read more ...
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Film”Miracle at St. Anna” Italy's position in WWII
Directed by Spike Lee. A story of Black soldiers fighting against Nazis in Italy during WW II. Although the film wasn't well-edited but I could learn so much about WW II history in Europe, especially Italy's position in the war. I also could learn how Black soldiers are treated in the w... Read more ...
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Film”Gone with the Wind” the origin of...
Maybe the most famous Hollywood film in history, I think. I bought the DVD of it for 500 yen recently. The film was 3 hour and half long and all color though it was produced in 1930's. The story of a passionate and selfish daughter of plantation owner who lived through the Civil War ... Read more ...
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Disney's ”Sleeping Beauty” is sexist, racist,...
Walt Disney has been known as Hollywood's most racist and sexist person in history. His movies reflect his views. "Sleeping Beauty" was one of the good examples. It reflects public opinion at that time. The film was released in 1959. The princess named Aurora was cursed by a witch. The curse... Read more ...