I try to approach subjects like this with an open mind. I do want to learn.... This polemic was a disappointment.
Within the first 10 minutes Tim Wise talks about the murder of Adolph Archie by the Police in New Orleans and while a hint of the truth is in the news clippings shown on screen he glosses over the real facts of the case. Archie was a career criminal and had killed a policeman in a shootout. Wise leads the viewer to believe that Archie was beaten to death by the police because he was black.... I am in no way condoning the death of Archie, but I do question the honesty of this ponderous "documentary".
The basic premise of this simple and vapid work is that everything that happens to a person that happens to be black is because they are black. The myriad of other factors are never addressed or hinted at. This dishonest work will not help the discussion or enlighten anyone but a hapless college freshman for whom this drivel was meant for.
