12 years a slave

[katsteve2012]

Another white guilt movie

Perceived as such only by those who are not bright enough to recognize that it was actually a story about the strength of the human spirit when faced with adversity. And it also had a happy ending.

 

[Tank]

He had a family, a job and yes he could write.

Something most black men don't have today.

 

[Sarah G]

He had a family, a job and yes he could write.

Something most black men don't have today.

Most? You don't seem to know a lot about the world but I'll give you this, you do work hard in your attempt to keep that ignorant mindset alive.

 

[Tank]

He had a family, a job and yes he could write.

Something most black men don't have today.

Most? You don't seem to know a lot about the world but I'll give you this, you do work hard in your attempt to keep that ignorant mindset alive.

Over 70% of black babies are born without a father around, way higher than the days of slavery.

But much closer with those of Africa

 

[Statistikhengst]

He had a family, a job and yes he could write.

Something most black men don't have today.

Most? You don't seem to know a lot about the world but I'll give you this, you do work hard in your attempt to keep that ignorant mindset alive.

It's what racists do best: ignorance.

 

[Gracie]

I refuse to discuss this with Tank. He is a bigot, racist, and pretty fucking dumb.

 

[Politico]

Wtf??? Health and well being? Are you fucking insane??? Is your hate that deep? Boy, you had me fooled for a long time, Tank.

You were fooled? where have you been?

 

[SmedlyButler]

Something most black men don't have today.

Most? You don't seem to know a lot about the world but I'll give you this, you do work hard in your attempt to keep that ignorant mindset alive.

It's what racists do best: ignorance.

What they don't do well is stay under their rocks. They just can't help but reveal that scaly skin sooner or later. Well one positive, I think Gracie may have recognized this guy for what he is and always was.

 

[Sallow]

I refuse to discuss this with Tank. He is a bigot, racist, and pretty fucking dumb.

Tank's unique.

He's completely honest about his racism.

Seldom makes personal attacks and at least attempts to justify his position with some historical evidence.

I may hate his politics, but he seems like an okay fellow.

 

[Statistikhengst]

I refuse to discuss this with Tank. He is a bigot, racist, and pretty fucking dumb.

Tank's unique.

He's completely honest about his racism.

Seldom makes personal attacks and at least attempts to justify his position with some historical evidence.

I may hate his politics, but he seems like an okay fellow.

Meh. Racists have gotta be pretty mentally unstable, honesty aside.

It is like when a murderer says "yeah, I love to slice and dice 'em". He still as sick as we was before admitting it.

 

[Statistikhengst]

I refuse to discuss this with Tank. He is a bigot, racist, and pretty fucking dumb.

You forgot homophobic.

 

[Votto]

Ever hear the personal stories of people who survived places like Auschwitz and Buchenwald, and what they actually did and what they suffered to survive?

Of course. There is alot in history that is awful.

Those who study history see that slavery is the rule, not the exception.

The vast majority of people who have walked the earth have been slaves.

The more disturbing question becomes, so what does that say about us?

The enemy lives within.

 

[Sallow]

I refuse to discuss this with Tank. He is a bigot, racist, and pretty fucking dumb.

Tank's unique.

He's completely honest about his racism.

Seldom makes personal attacks and at least attempts to justify his position with some historical evidence.

I may hate his politics, but he seems like an okay fellow.

Meh. Racists have gotta be pretty mentally unstable, honesty aside.

It is like when a murderer says "yeah, I love to slice and dice 'em". He still as sick as we was before admitting it.

Not really.

And I've known some pretty racist people.

One owned a roofing company. Nicest guy ever. And he even employed folks who were black. Paid them more then the going rate. Lent them money, had them over to dinner.

But he still hated black people.

And Polish people too. Thought they were the same.

 

[mudwhistle]

Well....I watched it.

I'm not sure what else to say. Except it pissed me off. A lot.

Then it served it's intended purpose.

The purpose of movies like this is to, in a veiled attempt, try to make slavery real as if it just happened.

 

[Votto]

Well....I watched it.

I'm not sure what else to say. Except it pissed me off. A lot.

Then it served it's intended purpose.

The purpose of movies like this is to, in a veiled attempt, try to make slavery real as if it just happened.

I often question what direction we are headed now. We have political leaders who seem to be gutting the middle class and then advocate for social programs that increase dependence on a way of living that is just enough to survive.

Now they tell us what doctors to see, how we are educated, what light bulbs or toilets to use etc. It's almost as if we are being given just enough to survive so that we can serve our plantation masters.

The more things change the more they seem to stay the same.

 

[mudwhistle]

Well....I watched it.

I'm not sure what else to say. Except it pissed me off. A lot.

Then it served it's intended purpose.

The purpose of movies like this is to, in a veiled attempt, try to make slavery real as if it just happened.

I often question what direction we are headed now. We have political leaders who seem to be gutting the middle class and then advocate for social programs that increase dependence on a way of living that is just enough to survive.

Now they tell us what doctors to see, how we are educated, what light bulbs or toilets to use etc. It's almost as if we are being given just enough to survive so that we can serve our plantation masters.

The more things change the more they seem to stay the same.

The slavery angle is just Democrats using race to keep blacks angry and liberals feeling guilty. BTW, did you know the Tea Party is racist?

 

[Sarah G]

I refuse to discuss this with Tank. He is a bigot, racist, and pretty fucking dumb.

Tank's unique.

He's completely honest about his racism.

Seldom makes personal attacks and at least attempts to justify his position with some historical evidence.

I may hate his politics, but he seems like an okay fellow.

Someone else told me this as well so I gave him a second look. Trouble is, at first glance, he's so racist that you begin to feel he's psychotic. Most people just blow him off.

 

[katsteve2012]

Look I understand that some slave were treated horrible, but for the most part the majority were treated well, much better then the lives they had in Africa.

Just the fact that in the 1800's a slave was able to write a "memoir" is proof in it's self, how many memoirs were written in Africa that year?

Anyways here are some other writing by slaves that will never be a movie:

“The Slave Narratives are overwhelmingly favorable in the judgment of slave masters as ‘good men.’” They found out of 331 narratives that had a reference to a master, 86% suggested that their masters were “good” or “kind.” Some of those references also suggested that the master did not allow whippings and a number of them only allowed whippings while they were present. Wilkins and Wilson also suggest that slave masters did not want slaves who were defiant and lazy. They wanted hardworking and responsible slaves. “Such attitudes cannot be beaten into slaves. They had to be elicited.”


Slave Narratives Full - YouTube

Of the "narratives" published, it was roughly 100 actually by former slaves. The rest were by published by those who supposedly interviewed former slaves.
Slave Narratives written before 1900 were generally written or dictated by former slaves who either escaped to freedom or were able to otherwise purchase their freedom from their owners.* Some of the authors of these narratives were fugitive slaves on the run.*

"Only about 100 slave narratives were published by ex-slaves in book form before 1865 and another fifty were published between 1865 and 1930."

In 1929, Charles S. Blockson of Fisk University and John B. Cade of Southern University began interviewing ex-slaves.* Lawrence D. Reddick of Kentucky State College in 1934-1935, produced 250 interviews, but his program soon ended "because of organizational and funding problems."*

During the Great Depression, a project was undertaken by the federal government called the "Slave Narrative Collection of the Federal Writers Project."* The project produced a collection of forty-one volumes containing 2,300 interviews of ex-slaves from seventeen states and was conducted between 1936 to 1938.

 

[mudwhistle]

I noticed that some blacks seem to have an entitlement mentality, like they expect special treatment.

None of them was ever a slave yet some continually bring the topic up. Electing a black president was just an opening for settling imaginary grievances.

 

[DriftingSand]

Well....I watched it.

I'm not sure what else to say. Except it pissed me off. A lot.

Being "pissed" isn't good for you. It hurts you more than anyone else. Living in the past isn't good for anyone either. What can anyone do about it now? Hate the descendants of slave owners? If we're going to be angry at them then we need to be angry at the black tribesmen who sold their brothers into slavery in the first place. AND we will have to be angry at the descendants of black slave owners. Holding on to resentment and hatred isn't good for anyone at any time.