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Is this movie the origin of the magic negro cliche?

posted 9 years ago by Rick_Monroe
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FACT!

[–] Bullets1 9 years ago

What?

[–] oxblood 9 years ago

Why is it called that and why is it a cliche?

[–] !!!deleted!!! (9347176) 9 years ago

I wouldn't google that term if you paid me.

-Rod

[–] disinterested_spectator 8 years ago

About a month after I first heard of the concept of the magic Negro, I saw The Ox-Bow Incident (1943). It may not have been the first such instance, but it sure is a good one.

[–] venusenvyFL 8 years ago

This addresses your question pretty thoroughly:

https://othersociologist.com/2012/01/24/hollywood-racism/

[–] venusenvyFL 8 years ago

Here's a clickable version:

https://othersociologist.com/2012/01/24/hollywood-racism/

[–] strntz (12454) 6 years ago

The "magical negro cliche" lives in the minds of simple (and often blindly racist) folks both white and black persuasion.

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

No. Pretty sure that it was started by all those Sidney Poitier movies.