![]() Sometimes I think movies like these are a salve on the open wound that is racism in America. I empathized with slaves and their struggle, and therefore I cannot be racist. I imagine an internal dialogue that goes something like: I watched that movie and witnessed the brutality and cruelty perpetrated against Black people. And what do these stories hope to achieve?Ī not-so-charitable part of me thinks movies like this exist to make people feel good about themselves. ![]() The question I keep coming back to is: How many stories that center Black pain can America make and consume? There are so many of them. Because I no longer want to watch fictionalized accounts of Black people being abused and killed. ![]() I mean the specific me-Nicola Yoon, Black woman, mother, wife, author, publisher. When I say it’s not for me, I don’t mean the me that is a generalized notion of a Black person living in America. But I’m never going to see it because I don’t think that story is for me. ![]() It’s won many accolades, including the Academy Award for Best Picture and near universal praise, so perhaps it’s more than fine. I’ve never seen 12 Years a Slave, and I’m never going to. ![]()
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