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Old 03-09-2017, 04:40 PM   #62
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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher View Post
So yeah, aboriginal characters can only be heroes, never villains. That's not paternalistic at all.

Somebody better tell Denzel Washington he was putting black Americans in a bad light with his roles in Training Day and American Gangster.
There is actually an Association tasked with repairing the public image of Italian Americans as not all Gangsters and thugs.

Although...on the cover of their magazine is a stereotypical Italian man holding a slice of pizza so they may not be all that great as far as organizations go.

http://www.niaf.org/
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