Why base it on an alternate history
...as opposed to telling the truth?
I'm fully aware that white historical movies can and have taken liberties and/or historical inaccuracies...But this movie seems to be one big lie (and no-one seems willing to call them out on such)
Haven't blacks achieved anything throughout history (that doesn't need to be sanitized?)
The fact that it's studio (and more worryingly, it's defenders) cite "Oh well, it's meant to be set in a alternate history" is such a cop-out