So, was there racist subtext or not?

[jaguarr]

I'm sorry , but I didn't understand ur commentary , are you saying that coz he is latin , he can't be white or something like ?
Nonetheless , Rodrigo Santoro may look with a darker skin on movies / tv , but this is I believe too much beach or something , try to look photos of his works in brazil , and u'll see he's got a cleaner skin . I should also mention that his father is italian , and his mother daughter of portuguese

No, I'm not saying that he's not white BECAUSE he is a Brazilian Latino. I'm just saying that he's not a white guy. He's a lighter skinned Latino, yes, but he's still not a white guy. We're still light years away from people referring to him as a black guy like they were earlier in the thread, though. Heh!

jag

 

[jaguarr]

Yeah, the movie had absolutely no association to a Greek and Persian battle.

I only saw racist and political parallels involving Bush and Iraq.

You have set off my Sarcasmatron 5000.

jag

 

[jnpoe]

Not sure what this does to the debate , bout racism , but

Here it is , The God King years ago

 

[GunBlade]

Jaysus, Brazilian background is of many ethnicities. Skin color is irrelevant. Are you really that simple?

 

[jaguarr]

Jaysus, Brazilian background is of many ethnicities. Skin color is irrelevant. Are you really that simple?

Whom are you addressing, Gunny?

jag

 

[GunBlade]

jnpoe

 

[jaguarr]

jnpoe

Ahhh. Carry on, Queen Of Diabeetus.

jag

 

[GunBlade]

 

[Mr. Socko]

Was Xerxes voice dubbed!?

 

[cryptic name]

"300" is Birth of a Nation for the 21st century disguised as a sword and sandal movie.

White suprmacists are going to use this movie as propaganda for years to come.

you've got to be kidding me

that's just...no

 

[cryptic name]

"300" is Birth of a Nation for the 21st century disguised as a sword and sandal movie.

White suprmacists are going to use this movie as propaganda for years to come.

you've got to be kidding me

that's just...no

 

[herakles]

This thread proves there are people out there looking to get offended!

 

[ILikeYourCoat]

Was Xerxes voice dubbed!?

I thought the blonde guy with the eye patch who was in LOTR had his voice dubbed. It didn't seem to match his face. Or maybe they enhanced it with some echo machine.

 

[the_joker]

Actually, most racists are non-white.

Umm, and what evidence led you to that conclusion?

But anyway, I think some people may be reading into the film too much, it's a shame if they found it racist but I'm sure that it wasn't the intention of the film makers. It's just a film - we should sit back, watch it, enjoy it or hate it and move on.

 

[ILikeYourCoat]

Simple. Most people on Earth on non-White, so most racists are non-White.

 

[blind_fury]

That's faulty logic.

Yes Asians outnumber Europeans but you don't see alot of "yellow supremacy" groups do you?

 

[ILikeYourCoat]

Not in America, because they are only 5% of the population. But in Asian countries, they probably abound. I had an Asian coworker who told me point blank that when he is a manager in a company, he gets rid of anyone who is not Asian on his team; he only wants to work with Asians. He kept making anti-White comments, like "White people stole America. White people can't be trusted." I had a coworker at another company who moved to a new desk that used to belong to an Asian person, and he had to clean out its contents. In one of the drawers he found a pile of resumes, all of them with Asian names on them. This guy had thrown out any resume that had non-Asian names on it, Russian, Indian, American, and only kept the Asian ones. He only hired Asians for his team. There are plenty of Asian bigots inside and outside America.

 

[SolidSnakeMGS]

That's faulty logic.

Yes Asians outnumber Europeans but you don't see alot of "yellow supremacy" groups do you?

Actually, THAT'S faulty logic. One doesn't have to belong to a group to be racist.

I believe most people are racist to different varying degrees. It's more human nature, more of our inherent superiority that we as an individual are more important -- and thus better -- than everyone else. Men think they're better than woman, dogs think they're better than cats, blacks think they're hipper than whites, blah blah blah....

Whites are easily targetted as being racist in this country because of their political, numerical, professional and financial dominance. I think a lot of people mistake racism for plain old grumpy human nature, and the racism problem in this country is NOT nearly as bad as it is made out to be, espcially by certain individuals and groups with a limelight agenda.

 

[herakles]

That's faulty logic.

Yes Asians outnumber Europeans but you don't see alot of "yellow supremacy" groups do you?

IT IS obvious you havn't been to Asian owned store and resturants that diden't like non-Asians! I've felt that I wasn't liked by Asians before when I was in an ASian owned store! They where rude and ignored me and my friends while fellow Asians got star treatment! We excerised our right to spend our money at a Asian owned store who likes us and we left!

Racism is NOT monopolised by any single ethnic group!!! Anyone can be racist!!!!!!!!

 

[blind_fury]

Actually, THAT'S faulty logic. One doesn't have to belong to a group to be racist.

I believe most people are racist to different varying degrees. It's more human nature, more of our inherent superiority that we as an individual are more important -- and thus better -- than everyone else. Men think they're better than woman, dogs think they're better than cats, blacks think they're hipper than whites, blah blah blah....

Whites are easily targetted as being racist in this country because of their political, numerical, professional and financial dominance. I think a lot of people mistake racism for plain old grumpy human nature, and the racism problem in this country is NOT nearly as bad as it is made out to be, espcially by certain individuals and groups with a limelight agenda.

Whites having a reputation for being the most blatant racist has little to do with "dominance" and more to do with history (slavery, nazism, KKK, white supremacy ideology, apartied). If asians did all those things instead of whites they would have abigger reputation for being racist.

Not to say other races can't be racist but whites are the ones to turn racist ideology into major historic events/tragedies most often.

 

[ILikeYourCoat]

That "reputation" is just repetition from the media, which has an anti-White agenda. The media could easily be used to portray Asians are the most racist, or blacks as the most racist. You just fell for the anti-White propaganda you get from the liberal media and educational institutions.

 

[herakles]

Whites having a reputation for being the most blatant racist has little to do with "dominance" and more to do with history (slavery, nazism, KKK, white supremacy ideology, apartied). If asians did all those things instead of whites they would have abigger reputation for being racist.

Not to say other races can't be racist but whites are the ones to turn racist ideology into major historic events/tragedies most often.

Go ask all the Asians/People/Ex-POWS about the Japanese!!!! Koreans/Asians have been accused of racism by people in Watts!
Arabs have been accused of Racism asswell by Filopinos have worked in the Middle East! Racism is everywhere! Maybe you think this way because of the media who likes to focus on the European aspect! Or is it why because of the so-called white quilt some people/media feel? Or is it because you live here in the US?????

 

[blind_fury]

That "reputation" is just repetition from the media, which has an anti-White agenda. The media could easily be used to portray Asians are the most racist, or blacks as the most racist. You just fell for the anti-White propaganda you get from the liberal media and educational institutions.

Next you'll be telling me that race-based slavery, the holocaust, Jim Crow and Apartied never happened.

 

[blind_fury]

Go ask all the Asians/People/Ex-POWS about the Japanese!!!! Koreans/Asians have been accused of racism by people in Watts!
Arabs have been accused of Racism asswell by Filopinos have worked in the Middle East! Racism is everywhere! Maybe you think this way because of the media who likes to focus on the European aspect! Or is it why because of the so-called white quilt some people/media feel? Or is it because you live here in the US?????

Yes the Japanese look down on just about everyone but that's due to rabid nationalism more than anything else. But historically they haven't done half as much racist crap as Europeans and white Americans did in the 20th century alone. I'm not saying whites are programmed to be more racist than Asians, but whites have earned the reputation of being the most racist from the vast scope and impact of their racist policies.

You can pretend Jim Crow, Nazism, Apartied, 400 years of slavery never happened but the historical facts speak for themselves. Like I said, if Asians did these things they would have the bad reputation instead of whites and be the ones claiming it's the anti-Asian media that makes Asians look bad.

 

[ILikeYourCoat]

Next you'll be telling me that race-based slavery, the holocaust, Jim Crow and Apartied never happened.

Of course slavery happened. Slavery was going on in Africa looooooooong before any Whites stepped foot there. Also, 1 million Whites were slaves to the Barbary Pirates, dark-skinned people. And those White slaves lasted only a few months before they died due to the harsh treatment they received, unlike black slaves in America who lived long lives.

Of course the holocaust happened. Attila the Hun just walked into European villages with his group and killed everyone. That holocaust happened. Japan walked into China during WWII and killed 20 million Chinese. That holocaust happened. Communist countries like China and Russia killed off 100 million of their own people in pursuit of their political agendas. That holocaust happened.

The only slavery and holocaust you see on the media and in schools being talked about over and over are the ones committed by White people, but the ones that were committed by non-Whites, you hardly hear about. Why the unfair, one-sided treatment of slavery and holocaust?