Playing the Race Card: Melodramas of Black and White from Uncle Tom to O. J. Simpson photograph

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
GenresFilm Criticism
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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. . . .

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