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    A commentator on Essence.com wrote: "What is the problem with a strong black male image? Why do the media not believe that a black male can hold down a leading role, even in a cartoon? Hello, anyone ever heard of Will Smith, Denzel Washington, Samuel L. Jackson, Sidney Poitier?" One would think the timing for a black male lead couldn’t be better, considering that the most visible couple in America right now is African-American. Full Article at PopMatters
    What is the problem with a strong black male image? Why do the media not believe that a black male can hold down a leading role, even in a cartoon? Hello, anyone ever heard of Will Smith, Denzel Washington, Samuel L. Jackson, Sidney Poitier?
    SOURCE: PopMatters 2 months ago
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  1. We live in a world today where sex, drugs, and violence are now the norm on the silver screen. At least Song of the South made an attempt at showing harmony. And not only did it attempt at showing harmony within a family, but harmony between races as well.
    SOURCE: PopMatters 2 months ago
  2. If it [the film] was something that I felt was so disrespectful to me or to my heritage, I would not be a part of it.
    SOURCE: PopMatters 2 months ago
  3. Please don’t throw me in the briar patch
    SOURCE: PopMatters 2 months ago
  4. worked very closely with a lot of leaders in the African-American community, all across the nation, to make sure we’re doing something African-American families will be proud of. We’ve been very careful and cognizant about what we’re doing.
    SOURCE: PopMatters 2 months ago

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