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> The reason is because black people will watch white movies, but white people don't watch black movies.

What happened to "people just want to be represented in movies"? Simply put, since there are more whites than blacks in the U.S., then every film-maker has an incentive to represent them more to reach a broader audience.

This is absolutely not because "white people are more bigoted", which is laughable when you consider that they are surely, in proportion, the most xenophile people on the planet.



I don't understand the argument that you're making. Black people expect not to be represented in movies, and so seeing someone like themselves is not essential to appreciate them (although a token certainly helps.) White people are alienated from movies they don't see themselves in. Therefore movies made for white people will not lose black audiences, but movies made for black people will lose white audiences.

You seem to be supporting that opinion, but angrily.


> surely

Would you mind substantiating this?


I don't believe there an exact measurable statistic that captures this, however it'd be interesting to:

- reflect on how many white people have made a social virtue out of countersignaling their own group;

- point out how low the bar is in the rest of the world, and how easy this comparison really is.




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