“ Outside of films produced by the small number of black filmmakers and the rare George Lucas or Quentin Tarantino, black characters and stories are almost always relevant only in terms of what they do for or bring out of white characters. Our lives are valuable solely because of how white characters respond to them. I never imagined white supremacy would rest when the theater lights went down but isn’t anyone else tired of seeing whites save blacks and blacks magically improving white lives? ”
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Touré’s article about The Help and the role of the magical negro is pretty interesting.
