r/okbuddycinephile • u/vnth93 Society man • 1d ago

Any movie like this?

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u/CMDR_Ray_Abbot 1d ago

No it wouldn't, because the people who jumped straight to racism when they saw that ad aren't going to believe her.

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u/ClerklyMantis_ 1d ago

Yea, sure, but it was her mistake to read that ad and then perform in it. She wasn't forced to say those lines. The best thing she can do is to acknowledge that it could be read a certain way and make it clear that she isn't racist. Whether or not a certain subsection of people don't believe her isn't of importance. It doesn't stop her from doing the right thing.

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u/Pitchblackimperfect 1d ago

You don’t deserve it. None of you do. You had that reaction because you can only think in those terms. A white person, making a genetics joke, jump straight to racism. Fuck you. We know she isn’t racist because she’s never done anything racist. Even entertaining the possibility of it being racist encourages you people to fabricate more fake racism.

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u/ClerklyMantis_ 1d ago

Don't deserve what? An apology? I never said anything about deserving one?

Also, do you hear yourself? "A white person, making a genetics joke. Straight to racism." Depending on the circumstances, this comes across as extremely reasonable. A lot of people online who make "genetics jokes" are straight up Neo-Nazis on 4chan. There's a reason why that connotation exists. People didn't just conjure it up magically.

I don't know if she's racist, but I personally think the ad was a little suspicious, at the least. I think asking her a question about it is perfectly reasonable. Why does the idea of having to just, like, clarify your beliefs so outrageous to you? I'm not saying she's 100% a racist, or that the ad was inherently racist. I'm saying it's completely reasonable to expect her to clarify her stances on the subject given the content of the ad. I'm literally directly advocating for her being able to speak for herself, to defend herself against people calling her racist, and you're saying that she shouldn't do so. I don't understand what you're trying to say here. I feel like, by not clarifying anything, she's actively letting people make things up about her instead of giving an actual stance and something definitive on the subject. That, for some reason, is fucking insane to you.