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Originally posted by scpiano211
Let's say there's a movie about Holocaust victims/survivors (Schindler's List), the World Trade Center tragedy (World Trade Center Documentary/America 911), or a victim/survivor of an abortion (Hellraiser: Inferno).
Schindler's List and Hellraiser: Inferno are both movies in which ACTORS and ACTRESSES PORTRAY those victims. The World Trade Center Documentary/America 911 actually used real, true life victims and survivors in the movie. Are these movies, such as academy award winning movie Schindler's List, still offensive since actors and actresses portray victims and survivors? And don't tell me this is different from a fraternity portraying black people.
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Well guess what? I AM going to tell you that it is different. WAY different. Here's why:
People that died in the WTC, rape victims, nor Jews have ever been protrayed in minstrels (which, if you study history, is the origination of blackface) as a way to degrade and further oppress them.
If a movie or documentary is made about rape victims, WTC vcitims, or Jews in the Holocaust, it is just that: a movie.
But if you go to a party, would you not be offended if someone showed up in a "costume" made to portray these images?
You are trying to compare apples and oranges, and it just doesn't hold water.