So I bought The Great Debaters the other day. It's a very good movie, by the way. There was one scene that stuck in my mind though. Without telling any details of the movie, there is this scene with a burned body hanging from a tree. I can't imagine what it was like to be Black during those times. You hear people say that they wouldn't do that to them or that they couldn't be a slave. That's just false bravado. We all know that those people didn't have much of a choice back then. It's easy to say what we wouldn't do now, but it would be totally different in a different era. I have never asked any of my older family members how it really was during those times. As much as I want to know about it, I think I would be terrified to hear some of the horror stories that they would have to tell. It's amazing to think that movies are tame compared to how things use to be. Friday the 13th is called a classic horror movie. I think there are some people who have seen other movies, only they were reality.
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