White House Down White House Down White House Down is a 2013 American political action thriller film directed by Roland Emmerich about an assault on the White House by a paramilitary group and the Capitol Police Officer who tries to stop them. The film's screenplay is by James Vanderbilt, and it stars Channing Tatum and Jamie Foxx, with Maggie Gyllenhaal, James Woods, Jason Clarke, Joey King, and Richard Jenkins in supporting roles. The film was released on June 28, 2013 and grossed US$205 million worldwide. President of the United States James Sawyer (Jamie Foxx) generates controversy over a proposed peace treaty between the
Niggers in the White House mention President Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt and Booker T. Washington by name and the names of their respective children. Edward J. Robinson links the poem's comments about racial intermarriage to a "Southern rape complex", according to which racial purity was threatened by the possibility of segregation dispersing in society, and by African-American male interest in Caucasian women. The final three stanzas of the poem: <poem> I see a way to settle it Let Mr. Booker Washington Or, if this does not overflow Then let Miss Dinah Washington But everything is settled, Niggers in the White House </poem> Niggers in the White