03 May 22
@jj-adams saidIt is absolutely appropriate. It's part of American history. It shows the good, the bad and the ugly. What's NOT appropriate is teaching fairy tale American history that white washes the past making the past seem like a perfect place. Life is never perfect.
9th and 10th grade, class of "diverse" students.
Here's a scene from it, it's pretty brutal.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkKK49vrd6Q
03 May 22
@jj-adams saidPlease. The movies and video games I was enjoying in 9th grade made this seem like Teletubbies.
9th and 10th grade, class of "diverse" students.
Here's a scene from it, it's pretty brutal.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkKK49vrd6Q
High schoolers are not the frail puppies you make them out to be.
04 May 22
@jj-adams saidOne thing I hate these days is the way the term racist is used so easily, flowing out like hot butter on toast, but this movie shows how it was. Needs to be seen as proof of how far we have come and are going.
9th and 10th grade, class of "diverse" students.
Here's a scene from it, it's pretty brutal.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkKK49vrd6Q
An absolutely fantastic Movie. What age though??. Maybe parental guidance would be more appropriate that the modern day teachers potential to skew things.
The movie speaks for itself. Watch it if you have not yet done so, very moving.
Hate is a terrible thing.
04 May 22
The post that was quoted here has been removedI love movies where the underdog rises up. That is one of the most endearing human traits, to be able to rise up above where others deem you should be. No-one has the right to place any other individual ( nought to do with group identities, they are destructive ) in a box of their own design. That is a destructive human trait.
And if "any" historical movies should be allowed, then surely the " Black " man rising up has a vast pool of stories out there. They fought against incredible odds.
Just for perspective, there are many, many other stories out there of all other colours and nationalities that where treated just as bad and by the "blacks" as well, this is not simply a "black" problem.
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@jj-adams saidOf course, it's true history.
9th and 10th grade, class of "diverse" students.
Here's a scene from it, it's pretty brutal.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkKK49vrd6Q
Hank Aaron experienced the same
bigotry, including death threats, as
he closed in on Babe Ruth's record,
in the 1970's.
04 May 22
@jj-adams saidIt looks like utter crap.
9th and 10th grade, class of "diverse" students.
Here's a scene from it, it's pretty brutal.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkKK49vrd6Q
What age are these students?
Shouldn’t you just show them pulp fiction instead?
04 May 22
@jimmac saidIs it a "white" problem?
I love movies where the underdog rises up. That is one of the most endearing human traits, to be able to rise up above where others deem you should be. No-one has the right to place any other individual ( nought to do with group identities, they are destructive ) in a box of their own design. That is a destructive human trait.
And if "any" historical movies should be allowed, ...[text shortened]... es that where treated just as bad and by the "blacks" as well, this is not simply a "black" problem.
Hardly.