What a great story, ultimately spoiled by schmaltz... why oh why does American storytelling of true events have to always spin real historical events in this way?
A man that worked so hard to achieve what he did against such odds and undoubted prejudices that still existed in America at that time doesn't deserve to be portrayed as someone who repeatedly pronounced such a level of victimhood.
If the writer's intention was to highlight and reinforce the modern narrative that black men are always confronted by obstacles that other men don't also face, then they do a huge disservice to the real life heroes like Jesse Brown that were fully accepted as brothers in arms by those who stood next to them.
Please, please give it a rest.
A man that worked so hard to achieve what he did against such odds and undoubted prejudices that still existed in America at that time doesn't deserve to be portrayed as someone who repeatedly pronounced such a level of victimhood.
If the writer's intention was to highlight and reinforce the modern narrative that black men are always confronted by obstacles that other men don't also face, then they do a huge disservice to the real life heroes like Jesse Brown that were fully accepted as brothers in arms by those who stood next to them.
Please, please give it a rest.