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Just from having seen the previews, the very premise made me uncomfortable enough to decide not to see it. The central idea of this movie seems to be an updated version of the ‘Noble Savage,’ that someone dark-skinned exists to ‘save’ whites from themselves because they are ‘naturally’ virtuous (presumably because of having endured the hardships whites put him through) compared to less-virtuous whites. Really, this is an attempt to replace negative sterotypes of nonwhites with negative ones of whites, as well as setting up an impossible standard of behavior for nonwhites to live up to. We shouldn’t have to ‘save’ whites, we’ve got enough troubles of our own. Both groups should be insulted by this. We would all be better served by more realistic and nuanced attempts at portrayals of BOTH whites and nonwhites.

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Name : ACC24028, Race : Mexican and American Indian, City : W Lafayette, State : IN, Country : United States, 

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