Commentary: The untold story: How white folks own their racism
The come-from-behind win of "Green Book" as best picture has ratcheted up debate that's been simmering all year about the movie's artistic and political vision. The criticism goes like this: In the age of "Black Panther" and "BlacKkKlansmen," when black artists are at last seizing narrative control of their own stories, a black-white buddy movie that reaches for racial reconciliation in segregated America is embarrassingly retro, not least because it's a story told through the lens of the white character.
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