Jason Whitlock Says ‘Sinners’ Is The ‘Most Racist Movie Ever’

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Right-wing hot take artist Jason Whitlock uncorked an astronomically stupid take about the smash hit film Sinners, claiming it’s the “most racist” movie he’s ever seen. Sinners was written, directed, and producer by Ryan Coogler, arguably the most prominent Black director in Hollywood.

According to Jason Whitlock’s analysis of the film, not only is Sinners the most racist movie he’s ever seen but he also believes that its main message is “White people are the devil,” displaying a stunning dearth of critical nuance.

“Sinners was the most nakedly racist movie I’ve ever seen. The movie’s entire message is, ‘White people are the devil’. Where’s the anti-black movie? Hollywood only lets the narrative spin one way,” Whitlock said.

Whitlock’s take is so absurd it’s almost as if he slept through the movie. First and foremost, it’s set in 1930s MISSISSIPPI. I don’t know if you guys are history buffs or not, but that was a famously difficult time and place for Black people in the United States. Specifically, Sinners is set in 1932 — that’s over 20 years before the lynching of Emmitt Till in that very same state. 20 years prior to Brown v. Board. So, yeah, to Black people in 1930s Mississippi, you could argue that certain, if not many, White people were a bit of a threat, to say the least.

The thing with Sinners is, however, is that it barely belabors that point: it’s made clear that most of the party-goers at the juke joint work on plantations, but beyond that, the commentary on the social conditions of the time is kept in the background. The crux of the film is about Smoke, Stack and their crew creating something of their own for their community. Not about lashing out at White people.

As for the question of “Where’s Hollywood’s anti-Black movie?”, Tinseltown has a long and ugly history of racism. There’s really nothing more to be said beyond that. The fact that it’s not as prevalent as in decades past is a good thing, despite what Whitlock will have you believe. The deeper misunderstanding comes from his idea that Coogler is painting “White people” as the devil.

The film’s villain, Remmick, an Irish vampire played by Jack O’Connell, isn’t attacking Smoke and Stack’s juke joint because they’re Black — he finds the place because of the mystically powerful music of Preacher Boy. It’s made explicitly clear in the film that Remmick sympathizes with the Black characters both because of what his own Irish people faced in the United States and the Catholics taking his land back in his home country. When the juke joint goers are turned into vampires, they’re no more or less important than Remmick — they’re equals, sharing a consciousness. The villain of the film is oppression, not White people.

Anyway, since I just had to write all those word’s about Jason Whitlock’s inability to analyze a movie, we might as well end with the iconic clip of Stephen A. Smith calling him a “fat piece of s—.”


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