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It apparently has not occurred to the writer below that Sapphire, the author of the book Push on which the film Precious is based, is a left-wing Black lesbian feminist. But then again, Alice Walker's The Color Purple was bashed by ostensibly "progressive" men in a similar fashion. -- MIL In a message dated 3/12/2010 12:52:40 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, marvgand...@videotron.ca writes: Far from offering a compassionate view of inner-city African-American life in America, Precious wallows in social backwardness, which it blames on the oppressed themselves. ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
