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lol i guess we're still trying to get reparations, yo

are you offended by this gavel.

I think everyone knows it's just an overhyped pocahontas.

However, I don't see what's racist about it. Yes, the white man is trying to take over the "aliens", how is that in any way racist to black people? If anything it's arguing against the white man's power-hungry self.

Story context wise -

Dumb shit smurfs who happen to be ****ing blue

What the media sees -

****ING BLACK PEOPLE BEING OPPRESSED AND SHIT **** RACISM

African tribes ARE dumb, they are noted for not advancing in technology apart from now being able to use AK 47s.

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I think everyone knows it's just an overhyped pocahontas.

However, I don't see what's racist about it. Yes, the white man is trying to take over the "aliens", how is that in any way racist to black people? If anything it's arguing against the white man's power-hungry self.

because "they have african features" and "the white people called them monkeys"

if it's racist to anyone, it would be native americans

I think that the fact that the aliens are blue has nothing to do with the movie being called rasict.

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I think everyone knows it's just an overhyped pocahontas.

However, I don't see what's racist about it. Yes, the white man is trying to take over the "aliens", how is that in any way racist to black people? If anything it's arguing against the white man's power-hungry self.

because most black people are quick to draw the race card.

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because "they have african features" and "the white people called them monkeys"

if it's racist to anyone, it would be native americans

So because the film has racism in it, or is based on racism it makes the film racist? People should come out of that film, realising it contained racist aspects and think "damn that looks a lot like society, we're stupid sometimes". The film was designed to put you on the oppressed aliens' side.

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To come out of that film and think "that was about racism" is kind of the point. To come out and say "that film was racist, I'm offended" means you completely missed the point.

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So because the film has racism in it, or is based on racism it makes the film racist? People should come out of that film, realising it contained racist aspects and think "damn that looks a lot like society, we're stupid sometimes". The film was designed to put you on the oppressed aliens' side.

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To come out of that film and think "that was about racism" is kind of the point. To come out and say "that film was racist, I'm offended" means you completely missed the point.

lol, your arguing with me about this as if you think i'm the one who thinks it's racist

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lol, your arguing with me about this as if you think i'm the one who thinks it's racist

Yeah I didn't think you were stupid as to think that, but hey, I like a good debate.

I still can't understand how black people were brought into this at all. The film is obviously about Native Americans. I honestly feel bad for them. They were massacred, driven away, poisoned with diseases, and forcibly assimilated; then we completely forget about them.

Did we forget to assign the Native Americans a race card? They should be able to counter the other race cards in situations like these.

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The crazy guy has huge lips and the other guy doesn't. That's racist.

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I still can't understand how black people were brought into this at all. The film is obviously about Native Americans. I honestly feel bad for them. They were massacred, driven away, poisoned with diseases, and forcibly assimilated; then we completely forget about them.

Did we forget to assign the Native Americans a race card? They should be able to counter the other race cards in situations like these.

i swear to God that you totally just made me think of yu-gi-oh.