There’s a whole bunch of truth in your first paragraph. Some young girls were brought into the palace and later became wives. But here again, that’s too much of a simplified version.

This is absurd (even with a bit of truth) and probably coming from the studio behind the film. The basic fact is this: Hollywood made a film glorifying a particular group of African women who were as brutal in capturing & trading our ancestors as the men. The film is mostly a white feminist project gone bad. I know…

There is nothing about the horrors of slavery that could fit into the “edu-tainment” category—nothing!

The problem is that the Dahomey were not the only nation doing it. ALL of the well-known nations participated in the trade. And before the trans-Atlantic trade, there was the Arab/Muslim trade.  So they would need to avoid making ANY films that explore pre-colonial African societies. The one benefit that I see from…

Hollywood has castrated Black film. Hollywood got shook from Passenger 57 and Bad Boys. By green lighting Westerns, civil rights movies and slave films we’re kept in the past.

“edu-tainment”? About the slave trade during which so many of our ancestors perished? How twisted is that shit? How could anything about the slave trade be molded into some king of “edu-tainment” project? and who is supposed to be entertained?Smdfh

I wonder whether or not this would be more meaningful if more black people in the US had meaningful cultural heritage from the places they actually came from in Africa. I think if we did, this discussion would be a whole lot less civil and quite honestly this movie would never have been made in the first place given…

She is going to have a wonderful learning experience at Spelman. I agree.

Though not a fan of Angelina Jolie, I think sending her adopted African daughter to an HBCU is a good move, a progressive one. Here’s hoping Zahara hooks up with the right group of students and develops a Black consciousness; now that would be something! Also, with Brad Pitt as a father (a genuinely progressive guy),…

“You’re gonna get shooting wars that go on for blocks as everyone tries to stand their ground against everybody else.”

Stand Your Ground cannot and will not ever work in a city like New York. There’s too many fuckin people. You’re gonna get shooting wars that go on for blocks as everyone tries to stand their ground against everybody else.

I’ve always felt that somebody set somebody up with this. There is more to this story than we’ll ever know. With that said, looking now, I think that Jada just set Will up.

I’m tired of B listers trying to get their 15 minutes by giving their take on The Slap. Let it the @#$# go.

I don’t think it’s blame.  Will began laughing until Jada gave him the cut-eye.

I find it interesting in how people find blame in Jada for Will’s actions.

Hmm... I’m surprised the black kid wasn’t also suspended for pushing.  That would be more on par with how these things are usually handled.

“We will continue to pray...”

Yes the nerve of me comparing a woman who’s lies and bullshit led to the torture and death of a child to a man who’s actions led to what? Yeah you can fuck off with whataboutism cause this ain’t the same thing. Yeah you are that guy, the guy that needs to get a fucking clue and shit his ass all the way the fuck up.…

So Jussie gets jail time and Carolyn Bryant Donham is still free? Yeah y’all can fuck off with this shit.

“Although he’s an award-winning doctor who has authored hundreds of papers on mental illness...” He needs to heal himself since, to my thinking, antiblackism is a form of mental illness among white people and is widespread.