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"On Race in The Hour before Morning"
or
"My Attempt to Beat My Critics to the Punch"
Being totally unqualified to speak to RaceFail, I've been reading with interest and avoiding sticking in my oar. Here, however, is my very tangential contribution, a rumination on my own creative mazes.
I'm making a science fiction movie. I don't know if it will be good or bad, but I know this: if more than ten people ever see it, at least one of them will observe that it's got the black people oppressing the white people. The following is my explanation of how I arrived at this predicament, with some comments on what I'm striving to do about it.
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or
"My Attempt to Beat My Critics to the Punch"
Being totally unqualified to speak to RaceFail, I've been reading with interest and avoiding sticking in my oar. Here, however, is my very tangential contribution, a rumination on my own creative mazes.
I'm making a science fiction movie. I don't know if it will be good or bad, but I know this: if more than ten people ever see it, at least one of them will observe that it's got the black people oppressing the white people. The following is my explanation of how I arrived at this predicament, with some comments on what I'm striving to do about it.
( Read more... )
