"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.
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