I've read around on social media that a lot of white people felt Get Out was "anti-white" or "racist against white people." I feel like the only way you could be truly offended by this movie is if you were an actual racist, as this movie holds a fun-house mirror up to racists showing a distorted, disturbing version of what you own hatred could turn into.
I can't imagine a non-racist feeling targeted by this movie, as it's just that, a movie (thank God, although American slavery did actually happen). I'm curious how white people felt watching this? If you felt it was racist to have white villains, why so?
I'm a bigot because I asked for another person's perspective? I don't get it. What exactly am I supposed to be more educated about?... slavery? So confused.
IP banning takes out a block of people, and determined trolls just route around it by using a VPN.
I use a VPN with servers all over the world - hundreds of IP addys.
There isn't much you can do but ignore them.
most "trolls" are too dumb to even think about it. also, if you ban an IP after like 5 offenses, that server list is getting petty small after a month for some hardcore loonies.
I'm as white as they come, and I didn't think it was anti-white one bit. In fact, if you read deeper into the film, one could argue that it's an expose of the altered reality through which African Americans view their white counterparts.
If anything, the film shows that African Americans have a skewed perspective of the world and the whites around them.
Not sure what you mean by that. Altered reality how? In real life black people often feel threatened by white people with good reason, as they also did in the movie. The stakes in the movie were far more twisted and extreme, but real life runs along similar lines far lower on the spectrum.
It can't be a "skewed" perspective if the white people actually were trying to capture the guy all along.
"In real life --- people often feel threatened by --- people with good reason, as they also did in the movie. The stakes in the movie were far more twisted and extreme, but real life runs along similar lines far lower on the spectrum."
It's so easy to fill in the blanks in the above sentence. I won't. But leave American people out & use your imagination. At what point does it cross the line from cathartic fun to inflammatory bomb throwing?
BTW, thanks for getting the ball rolling on an interesting discussion. I was so bummed by the loss of IMDB & thought nothing could fill their niche. Happy to be wrong.
"Not sure what you mean by that. Altered reality how? In real life black people often feel threatened by white people with good reason"
Absurd. There is absolutely no 'good reason'. Part of what makes this film overrated is its themes suggesting and validating the moronic mentality that black people should fear white people, when ironically, it is THEY who people should be fearing. Personal experience, statistics, and common sense prove that. I see why someone would interpret this as a criticism of dumb black people, because it's actually really dumb. Someone can think that the movie is making fun of this 'fear' by providing an outrageous scenario for it. But it's dead serious.
Yes, I’d like to think the film is poking fun at paranoid blacks who have been taught to fear whites - like Zeus in Die Hard With A Vengeance - but alas all of Chris’ paranoia turns out to be warranted to say the least.
This was in many ways an excellent movie, but severely damaged by its obvious race baiting and black victimhood propaganda.
But his perspective was not skewed. They really WERE out to get him, he did not imagine that. He could feel something wasn't right but was ignoring his instincts. The TSA friend was right all along.
Yes, in the MOVIE it was real. In real life, that plot is so absurd, the comedic element could suggest 'is THIS what black people think will happen to them if they hang around white people?' In that was it could be mocking their paranoia and delusion. Unfortunately, that wasn't what the director intended.
Welder;
No,dear, we don't have a "skewered" perspective of white people. Being nervous of being the only black person or people around white folks has always been a reality for black folks and with good reason. Of course white folks don't understand that, as usual. A lot of black folks could relate to that feeling--that's part of why the film was so popular---it resonated with a lot of black folks with have been in awkward social situations with white folks.
That's a pretty skewered perspective. Anyone will likely feel social anxiety when they don't relate very well immediately with the rest of a group. A white person joining an all black party or a child around unfamiliar adults are no different.
I can assure that feeling of social anxiety is not unique to black people. Almost anyone will feel that way in a setting where they are the only representative from their own race.
Being nervous of being the only black person or people around white folks has always been a reality for black folks and with good reason.
Wow that's amazing. White people feel the exact same way about being surrounded by black folks. And due to crime stats white people have even better reason to avoid black people but are called raciest when they act on their self-preservation instincts.
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sleepingtiger Of COURSE they get it, because it happens to them when they are not around their ethnic group. In my case, I am black and uncomfortable by OTHER black people.
I just saw it, first time. VERY good. and the African-American was funny too.:).
It's actually anti- black if anything (the black scared of spoofs,etc.) Loved seeing the screen debut of Girls (which i hardly saw myself) Allison Williams as well as the veteran lo vely screen woman Catherine Keener.
Noufa:
Yes, in real life, some black folks are still nervous being one of the few black people in any social setting with white folks, and if you look at the history of black Americans in this country, it's not hard to understand why. This is still a real thing with some of us.
Shows how short sighted you are. Black people are more in danger being around their own kind than being surrounded by white people. Your own culture coined the term black on black crime for a reason. White people have more reason to be afraid of black people and if you look at the criminal tendencies of African Americans its not hard to understand why. When your community represents 57% of violent crime yet consists of only 13% of the population its understandable why even the police get nervous around uncooperative black men. Face it when your in an area were the majority of the people are black there is a high probability your in a lower income high crime area. This leads me to wonder if even black people who can afford it choose to move away from these dense black communities.
So don't lecture white people about how safe members of your community feel being around white people.
I get what you are saying, but the demographics suggest that is actually "poor on poor" crime. Do you believe white people in similar circumstances would not do the same thing as black people living inside the same cycle of poverty, racism, and lower education funding?
Stop and frisk, broken window, and the war on drugs all are aimed at minority communities. Studies show black men are 20 times as likely to see prison than white men for the same conviction.
While I do agree circumstances as they are now suggest black people should be wary around other black people, one has to understand that racism, bias, and bigotry do exist and can make a black person uncomfortable around white people.
Theres no question that there is a large clustering of poor people commiting crimes but theirs no denying the magnitude of 57% of violant crimes being commited by 13% of the population based on ethnicity alone. I'm talking about violent crime not drug crimes which do disproportiontly target the black community. I'
I agree with your third statement but in terms of death, black people are a bigger threat to themselves them selves and suggestion that black people are afraid of white people is silly at best. Alot of the black community I've been exposed to seem to pride themselves on intimidating white culture.
I loved this movie! It's rare to see something original in horror (albeit, that last few years we've had some fantastic horror) and movies that can touch on serious issues with humor in the way this one did. I think if you're short-sighted enough to generalize that all white people are slave owning bigots because of this movie you're a little too daft to see movies with any substance. Stick to Michael Bay to avoid being offended.
I'm white but hardly a spokesman for all white ppl
I just saw it and LOVED it.
I don't think it's racist. I think it does an amazing job to conjure up the growing anxiety and feeling of unease. Feeling something is wrong but not wanting to make a scene and trying to squash down your fears. It's amazing both from the horror p.o.v. as well as the comedy. I expected a more comedic mood but it was legit terrifying.
I'm white and found the movie fascinating for some reason and in the movie theater I was in there were no black people going to see the movie for some reason
How many black people are there really in horror movies? Not too long ago I saw Halloween: H20 and I Still Know What You Did Last Summer and in both of them the black character survived. Also, in horror movies most people die except the main character, which is usually a white girl.
@angularturnip I agree, it was refreshing. Black guy as a main character and he survived. Some people in here just like to argue and complain for the sake of arguing.