Uploaded August 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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'The Help' trended in Netflix's Top 10 in the wake of recent protests. I took a look at 'The Help' and films like it to understand how Hollywood packages racism as entertainment and why the industry is...not good at it.

Full Films:

Uptight: youtube.com/watch?v=gam5QLZaYlk
Pinky: youtube.com/watch?v=P6X-uCP_1c0
The Intruder: youtube.com/watch?v=LMLBxJICfCI
The Quiet Ones: youtube.com/watch?v=h5c5Ny9n9UE&t=897s

Raquel Gates’s NYT Op-Ed: nytimes.com/2020/07/17/opinion/black-film-movies-racism.html?smid=tw-share
Armchair Auteur: youtube.com/watch?v=AWcIW23UJeI
John Oliver: youtube.com/watch?v=hsxukOPEdgg

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