a a proud white american i must say that this movie be a powerful structure that require a tremendous amount of understand for another culture while swallow a little pride of my own . for those who think this movie be racist only prove that more movie like this one need to be make . you can not tell a race of people to just move forward if they be not sure where they come from . you can not just say and slavery be over . now go out and be successful and without understand the conditioning slavery leave behind . economically and internally . not to mention when african american try to reconnect with their past they be constantly bombard by some of the same white who at time and seem a little bit too concerned with keep this connection at bay and a if it be a threat of some sort . meanwhile our toddler be at school learn about their distant past great leader like caesar . thus and encourage them to be great leader . while the black toddler be learn about slavery and their minor and more modern american accomplishment like the creation of peanut butter or the civil right movement and make their step of stride small and survive from day to day and check to check and with hope of purchase an apartment or a car a a major accomplishment . why be we afraid for african american to learn theyre history . be it because there be some black leader great than white . be it because most of our history might be taint with a lot of lie and cover up . if we white really want to be equal ( and not just announce it all the time ) then we will encourage more black to become one with their distant past . and if it put some of european most powerful part in history to the background then so what . we do not have a problem when we where in the forefront and so why would it matter now if be in the background . if we truly aren not racist and it shouldn not matter at all . one thing hollywood and our school system show u be that european have do great thing . but not all great thing . and maybe and not even the great . but that in itself propose a powerful question . what if african have do great thing and would we be willing to accept that . the truth be and we all know we would not . do the psychological scar of racism really cut that deep .