Gloria
In some ways the horrors of the past have come back in even more distasteful, dangerous ways, as in the reappearance of the ghosts of the kkk in the Charleston march, in the rallying of white supremacists across the country.
The opposition to them is also there. you are there; I am here; we are not done with the resistance.
This means, we are a divided nation, and it is beyond distressful that you had to view a revolting film on your flight back from Africa. I can only hope that some day my grandkids will have ushered in a better world
ken
Kenneth Harrow
Dept of English and Film Studies
http://www.english.msu.edu/people/faculty/kenneth-harrow/
From: usaafricadialogue <usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com> on behalf of "Emeagwali, Gloria (History)" <emeagwali@ccsu.edu>
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Date: Wednesday, 8 November 2017 at 16:13
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Subject: Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Once again, Charlie Hebdo provokes Muslim sensibilities
"I agree on freedom of satire, although the U.S. made fun of black people in the most distasteful of ways in public media, feeding revolting images to children, imparting the notion of the inferiority of black people, of Mexicans, and of foreigners." Harrow
This should be in the present tense, Ken.
Two days ago, on my way from Johannesburg, I decided to kill time by looking at some movies. Keteke, a Ghanaian film, was a delight and so, too, Keeping up with the Kandasamys. The latter was billed as an African film but was clearly in the Bollywood tradition. I wondered about the absence of Nollywood movies. Nigerian film producers/ marketing agents should look into that.
So, I decided to look at Emoji, the Movie. I regret that I ever did that because it definitely spoilt the rest of my trip. I am still reeling from the depth of racism manifested in that film. The prominent Black character in that movie, in the form of an emoji, is Poop. It is a disgusting movie. I believe it actually won some awards, too.
The insults have not really stopped and come in different forms and formats.
Gloria
www. africahistory.net
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