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Ibram X. Kendi recommended Black Marxism: The Making of the Black Radical Tradition in Books (curated)

 
Black Marxism: The Making of the Black Radical Tradition
Black Marxism: The Making of the Black Radical Tradition
Cedric J. Robinson | 2005 | History & Politics
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"Black America has been economically devastated by what Robinson calls racial capitalism. He chastises white Marxists (and black capitalists) for failing to acknowledge capitalism’s racial character, and for embracing as sufficient an interpretation of history founded on a European vision of class struggle."

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Jarom Solar Norris (177 KP) rated Green Book (2018) in Movies

Nov 9, 2018 (Updated Feb 13, 2019)  
Green Book (2018)
Green Book (2018)
2018 | Drama
9
8.9 (30 Ratings)
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Green Book was an interesting movie. The story of two men from completely different cultures coming together and teaching each other on a long road trip was fun all by itself. Add on top of it the stories of race: the uneducated white man getting more respect than the talented black man, the white man fitting into black places while the black man is rejected from white ones, and the white man’s struggle to comprehend black discrimination. There’s some power behind seeing a talented, educated man be personally invited and praised by the wealthy and elite and invited into their homes, and then be told he can’t use their bathroom due to the color of his skin.

My problems with this movie are also related: I feel like it focuses too much on the white man’s story and perspective of the black man’s struggles. Which, while it has its merits, still kind of feels like it misses a point. The fact that Viggo Mortensen gets nominated for “Lead Role” awards in a movie about a black man’s problems while Mahershala Ali gets “Supporting Role” feels wrong somehow, but that’s how the story was told. Still, overall the movie is fun to watch, both actors are amazing, and it makes you think and feel and hopefully makes you aware of discrimination, both historically and modernly.
  
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Bohan Reviews (215 KP) rated The Highwaymen (2019) in Movies

May 7, 2019  
The Highwaymen (2019)
The Highwaymen (2019)
2019 | Crime, Drama, Mystery
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7.0 (23 Ratings)
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It has its moments of real intrigue and excitement, but its bogged down by an awkward, overly expositional script.

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Ibram X. Kendi recommended Their Eyes Were Watching God in Books (curated)

 
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Zora Neale Hurston | 2013 | Fiction & Poetry
7.8 (6 Ratings)
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"Of course, the black body exists within a wider black culture — one Hurston portrayed with grace and insight in this seminal novel. She defies racist Americans who would standardize the cultures of white people or sanitize, eroticize, erase or assimilate those of blacks."

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