I agree with Sparky48.
I am not fond of PC, I think it's stupid and for pu**ies. 'Specially because of this kind of movies. I mean, yeah, now it's common to have diverse actors in some modern looking film, regardless the time, subject and all. So what? A person different from you can be your boss, neighbor, friend, etc. But, a black, Mexican, Chinese in Wild West? What if someone makes a movie about a black person, being aristocracy around the time of slavery? Being a commandeer of the squadron in war of North and South? A-a. I don't think so. And so, movie may be fun, but what it suggest is utterly anachronistic.
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janos-schumacher
8 years ago
Free Black Confederates
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Louisiana_Native_Guard_(CSA)
Asian Confederates
http://civilwartalk.com/threads/asians-fought-for-the-confederacy.110683/
Why the West was more diverse than we're taught.
http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/timeline/riseind/west/
Rich Black slaveowners
http://racisminamerica.org/five-of-the-wealthiest-blacks-who-owned-slaves-in-america/
And if you think their weren't Mexicans in the south west, you're insane.
It's a movie. You watch a movie like this so you can pretend to be someone else for a couple hours. If it upsets you, you can always not watch it. I like to pretend I'm Chris Pratt. I also pretend I'm Denzel Washington. It's just pretend.
I'm irritated that the Comanche character speaks Tlingit some of the time. But somehow I can manage to watch the movie and enjoy it for what it is. It's just a shoot-em-up like many a western.
We'll all be OK.
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milstar
8 years ago
Let's say I believe there were Mexican at the south, if only due to the wasr between US and Mexico. Rememeber Alamo? But this is different. Otherwise, it's all streaming pile of dogs***. Would that Mexicac ride along the white folks like in MS? I don't think so. Sorry, but I don't buy the West diversity. Not a chance.
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janos-schumacher
8 years ago
<sarcasm> I agree. All Mexicacs hate white people. The people of Mexicac hate the area that they were born in. That's in Americac.
I believe that Mexicacs fly on butterfly wings. I also know that there are no towns in the old west that are named after Mexicac names. Just like there isn't a town named Tahelequah in Oklahoma. That one isn't a Cherokee name. It's named after a proud white sovereign citizen by the name of Tah Elequah. He was born in America from Americans that never came here on a boat. He was white as the driven snow and he always made sure that the filthy Mexicans who have never been friends with white people and are garbage people would never be allowed in his town.
FYI, we're all people. I even know a black person! Once I met a dude that I worked with for nearly a decade who happened to be from Tijuana! Shocking!</sarcasm>
Sometimes people come from different places. We're all OK. You're OK. I'm sure if we met, we'd be good friends. It's a movie. Sometimes people are different. Sometime's we're the same.
We're all good. Everyone is good.
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