(CelebNMusic247-News) Lee Daniels Talks The Butler and Racism in America
Piers Morgan tackles the question on the film The Butler asking director Lee Daniels if he feels American‘s are more racsist since Barrack Obama being elected as President.
To start off, Lee Daniels The Butler is one of the most phenomenal films that tackles, teaches and educates Americans on the Civil Rights Movement, racism and what African America had to do to fight for their civil rights.
The movie opens a dialogue on how to communicate with other races in today’s society, but we must unlearn our racist history to relearn how to become a more tolerant society in America.
No matter how you see it or what you call it, hating on another race for complexion is WRONG! Not liking someone because of skin color is WRONG! We are all the same under the skin. We all bleed, we all hurt and we are all here for as much time as God allows us. Its time for each of us to learn about ourselves be tolerant of everyone.
Despite Oprah Winfrey, who has been facing sharp criticism for her comments on race in recent weeks, CNN’s Piers Morgan he put the director Lee Daniels, Lenny Kravitz, and Cuba Gooding Jr in the hot seat. Morgan asked some serious questions regarding racism and one of the most “powerful questions” – “Do you think that America is a more or less racist country since Barack Obama became president?”
Daniels said. He described how in the world of his historical film:
“I think that people are angry that he’s president and I think that they are showing their true colors,”
“Any black man could be killed by any white man and get away with it,” and that was before Trayvon Martin. Daniels said despite the fact that he ends his film “with hope,” when he walked out of the editing room and learned about Trayvon Martin, he realized that “sadly” we do still live in a very racist country.
Morgan also talked to one of the film’s co-stars Lenny Kravitz about the issue of racism in light of The Butler and Winfrey’s recent revelations about experiencing racism. Kravitz said that growing up he did encounter racism, but asked, “has the world gotten better in general? Yes.”
Another co-star, Cuba Gooding, Jr., offered his advice to any young African-Americans who feel “disenfranchised.” He said he thinks “there’s been a real disconnect with the civil rights movement and the history of it and I think this movie opens that dialogue so that you can make your decisions as an African-American or an American.”
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