Sentences with phrase «white folks argue»

Questionable (most white folks argue that they have earned what they have while many others are poor and, therefore, can't be privileged)

Not exact matches

In Jamaica, Marley had been a folk hero, and while he had achieved incredible fame, Dick Hebidge argues that many Jamaicans were proud of him for his ability to get white audiences to pay attention to his songs of Black retribution (4).

You could argue that this represents a real cross-section of Southern attitudes and how they evolved through the Civil Rights movement and into the modern day, or you could see it as simpering, middlebrow - pleasing pabulum meant to assure its middle - class elderly white audience that it's not racist and appreciates good, Oscar - feted movies about black folk (written / directed / produced by white folks) based on Pulitzer Prize - winning plays (by white folks).