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The high school I went to drew its student body from the little villages in the district that it serviced. One of these places was heaviiy populated with Italians, a great many of whom were school mates of mine. In this setting, the Italians and Blacks didn't act any more alike than the Italians and Irish or the Italians and Jews or the Italians and Poles. To us Blacks, they were all white, and none of them acted like us who had our own style and own slang and own music, and we didn't particularly bond with any ot them on a group basis. Individual friendships that I formed with my white classmates were not based on what we had in common but on an interest and curiosity about how different we were. That's what diversity is all about. Generalizing about ethnicities is a slippery slope and does reinforce stereotypes; an opinion I feel is as legitimate as the assertions of Pioneer.

@ Pioneer 1: Thanks for the tip on "The Big Payback" in the soundtrack. I'll have to see the film now just for context. I had no intention of seeing the film as I have always avoided Tarantino’s productions because of the mindless, gratuitous violence meted out by some of his characters. However, since slavery in America was essentially gruesome, bloodthirsty, gratuitous violence unleashed on Blacks/Negroes/Africans/people of color, Tarantino's style seems appropriate in this instance. Thanks

I really became aquainted with him when he did recurring appearances on Bill Maher's Real Time.

Troy Did I feel it was too long???? To the contrary, I felt like the 2 1/2 hours weren't long enough! I could have put in another hour on this film. He should do a part 2 in the near future. I must admit that part of the reason I loved it so much was it kept reminding my of my father and how much HE would have enjoyed it. But seeing Jamie Foxx in such a strong masculine role rather than in the typical clownish roles he used to play earlier in his career made me quite proud of my brother. And Sam, I never thought I'd enjoy seeing a Black man play an old Uncle Tom the way HE did, lol. He plays an Uncle Tom better than he plays crackheads! Now, ofcourse the Gallager-like splashing blood and hunks of meat flying all over the place from gunshot wounds were a little over the top and even comical at times, but that's just classic Tarantino, lol. I think he does it more for humor than he does for shock. I've seen Pulp Fiction and while it was OK (meaning I'd watch it if I don't have anything else to watch) I wouldn't have spent any money to see it like his other work such as Kill Bill 1&2 or GrindHouse. The GrindHouse was and still is my favorite Tarantino production so far. Jango is a close second, but that Grindhouse....I still pop that in the player and watch it from time to time. No doubt Tarantino is one talented "funny style" White dude, lol.....(must be the Italian in him...lol) As far as the killing White folks part...... I'm gonna have to ask you like you asked me....surely you wrote that in jest right? I like the fact that Jamie played the role of a Black superhero (in a Black hat) but him killing White people in the movie had nothing to do with the excellence of the script and roles by just about all the actors. But I can see how some White people who are careful to monitor anything in the media that may serve as a threat to White supremacy may worry that a Black man killing so many White people in a movie (when Hollywood usually has it the other way around) may have a psychological impact on the audience.