80s Brehs, how did yall allow this movie to get a pass

[2stainz]

Soul Man is a 1986 American comedy film about a white man who temporarily darkens his skin, in order to pretend to be black and qualify for a black-only scholarship at Harvard Law School.

Black face minstrel show in the Reagan era

 

[2stainz]

 

[Champagne Kudo]

I'd like to hear their answer

 

[2stainz]

Here he is as a pimp...yes because black people are pimps

(In case you are wondering, yes that is a watermelon in his hand)

 

[OfTheCross]

I never even heard of this shyt

 

[num123]

I was one year old, not my problem.

 

[2stainz]

And we ALL want their females, their pale, bony, souless witchface females. ALL BLACK MEN are after white women...starting with Emmett Till

 

[Gonzo]

You're doing too much for this nameless movie. It seems like you dug deep to just be offended.

 

[young3000]

I vaguely remember this movie but I don't remember that scene

Spoiler

He gets with a black girl at the end

 

[Doobie Doo]

I vaguely remember this movie but I don't remember that scene

Spoiler

He gets with a black girl at the end

I do, Leslie Neilson was the white girls father

 

[Daio]

I was 3 years old. What was I suppose to do?

 

[philmonroe]

I do, Leslie Neilson was the white girls father

Yep it was also left out that this scene was an imagination scene by someone not how the movie was actually played out. People need to see the whole thing before making judgements off a scene.

 

[2stainz]

I was 3 years old. What was I suppose to do?

grab the (nerf) guns and start bucking

 

[ridedolo]

And we ALL want their females, their pale, bony, souless witchface females. ALL BLACK MEN are after white women...starting with Emmett Till

 

[The Gimp]

Dude got blackballed from the industry and never heard from again after this movie