If you guessed White woman devalues genius of Oscar-nominated Black films you guessed correctly! https://twitter.com/jbouie/status/833378005267394560 … Go White supremacy
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UK author 1) Reviews #Moonlight & #Hiddenfigures in 1 article. 2) Condescendingly argues both are overrated. Guess their racial background?
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Racist film review is behind sign-up wall. Here's highlights as an example of how White supremacy works to reinforce sexism, homophobia
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1. White supremacy normalises patriarchy, homophobia & Whiteness.
#Moonlight not meaningful to audience presumed White middle class heteropic.twitter.com/5VZwh6PeS9
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2. Language expresses racial superiority. Cinematography "dahling" is amazing but *too amazing* detracting from plot.
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In other words: Black excellence is *too* excellent. Cinematography, benchmark of excellence in film, is paradoxically a flaw in
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3. "Story has been told countless times."
#Moonlight is a story of the search for tenderness, belonging & identity by a gay Black man. - 5 more replies
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As far as big screen movies
#Moonlight is the only one to tackle these themes from Black male perspective...Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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... But one film by a Black director & Black cast is derivative. That is White supremacy: one film is at once a threat & yet also worthless.
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4. White supremacy dictates how Black people should feel about a story featuring Black gay men. Lost is the film's commentary on homophobiapic.twitter.com/FAhbRBSBBi
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#Moonlight is a film that explores and inverts the meaning and costs of hegemonic masculinity.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Hegemonic masculinity is how some men's dominance over women & other men is achieved through consent. Example is films that glorify violence
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#Moonlight does not glorify violence. There is strong commentary against it. Physical prowess is mask for central character, a Black gay manThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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5. Now to White supremacist review of
#Hiddenfigures. Author decides it doesn't qualify as a civil rights movie - it is about women.pic.twitter.com/ONSK4mMeaQ
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....... Whut.
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To put it another way:
#WhiteFeminism decides to erase racism from the film, separating race from gender for Black women protagonists. -
i cannot believe how condescending and ridiculous white feminists are
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Agreed! This may seem like one little review but it is just the perfect example of White feminism...
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