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Topic	Is The Shining racist? (spoilers)
Dash_Harber 09/07/17 12:37:06 AM #16:	Is it outwardly racist? Hell no. The single black guy in the film is heroic and wiser than the actual main characters. Does it play into some stereotypes such as the 'magical negro' and other such stereotypes? Yeah, a bit. It's difficult to find media from that period that didn't play up at least some of those stereotypes. <cite>Dash_Harber posted [p:886165947] in Is The Shi... [t:75749559]...</cite> <quote>Is it outwardly racist? Hell no. The single black guy in the film is heroic and wiser than the actual main characters. Does it play into some stereotypes such as the 'magical negro' and other such stereotypes? Yeah, a bit. It's difficult to find media from that period that didn't play up at least some of those stereotypes.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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