Playing The Race Card: Melodramas Of Black And White From Uncle Tom To O. J. Simpson
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Originally published | 2001 |
Authors | Linda Williams |
Genres | Film Criticism |
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ID | 2096479 |
About Playing The Race Card: Melodramas Of Black And White From Uncle Tom To O. J. Simpson
The black man suffering at the hands of whites, the white woman sexually threatened by the black man. Both images have long been burned into the American conscience through popular entertainment, and today they exert a powerful and disturbing influence on Americans' understanding of race. . . .