On 5/25/07, Dana Tierney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sam > > Spike Lee coined the term, so the discussion would seem to have something to > do with him.
The term was popularized by Spike Lee. David Ehrenstein says the words were from old film days, "The magic negro, was chiefly a term used when talking about films in which you'd have black characters who would suddenly come out of nowhere and come to the rescue of white characters. I was simply trying to get a conversation going. How it's gone is another question." > I don't think your columnist is liberal. He's published on Huffingtonpost - enough said > I am an agnostic on whether the video is racist. You mean Audio right? > I am inclined to think it is, at least the way Rush is using it. Is he using it any differnt then the author? > But that doesn't matter. What does matter is that this is a manufactured > controversy and you bought into it. No, you and GG bought it hook line and sinker; I'm trying to pull out the hooks. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJP Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:235618 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
