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Documentary "Classified X"

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The documentary "Classified X" by Melvin Van Peebles is a classic.

Movie images sustain racism. Over and over again, Hollywood made blacks the objects of derision or fear: African-Americans were illiterate primitives, rustic fools, fumbling servants, or simply outside society. Young blacks began to surrender to these self-images, while whites accepted them comfortably. Using images from classic American films as chilling reference, Van Peebles explains with wit and anger why popular culture is still a matter of black and white.

- Laurence Kardish

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My bro Troy hooks it up for we so-not-techies :-) Thank you much. Writergirl, I am on vacation and you know what? That just might be something that I watch during my break. It's wonderful and packs so much in so little time. Very effective.

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