DJtakemehome t1_j6onoor wrote on January 31, 2023 at 8:31 PM

Pretending that no one feels the way the characters, both black and white, feel about the other’s race just makes us all ignorant. In order to address problematic stereotypes and prejudices we have to identify and address them, not just stick our heads in the sand and learn nothing about the people around us.

kirill_da_thrill OP t1_j6oqrtc wrote on January 31, 2023 at 8:50 PM

I agree with what you are trying to say but it's a touchy subject and sometimes you have to be held accountable for the way your piece of artwork is perceived. This movie feels heavy and dividing and the message is kinda fucked up, you have them breaking up because their family are not compatible BECAUSE THEIR PARENTS ARE FUCKING TERRIBLE, and then have the neitral character say it's because BLACK AND WHITE PEIPLE WILL NEVER BE OKAY, and then the only rrason they go through with the wedding is because they love each other, not because the parents go along.

Also the whole holocaust vs slavery bit was heavy and tone deaf

We are past the times when we could be tone deaf with such delicate issues