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Jackson6612 Posted 14 years ago
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Is used intentionally to suggest that the archetype is a racial throwback

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The http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magical_negro, or magical African-American friend, is a supporting http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stock_character in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_cinema, who, by use of special insight or powers, helps the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_people http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protagonist.[1]

African-American filmmaker http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spike_Lee popularized the term, deriding the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archetype of the "super-duper magical Negro" in 2001 while discussing films with students at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_State_University and at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yale_University.[2][3] The word "", now considered by many as archaic and sometimes offensive, is used intentionally to suggest that the archetype is a racial throwback, an update of the "" and "" stereotypes.[4] [Wikipedia]

  

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It's probably used to reference the time frame being discussed.

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  • It's probably used to reference the time frame being discussed.
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It's probably used to reference the time frame being discussed.
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The word "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negro", now considered by many as archaic and sometimes offensive, is used intentionally to suggest that the archetype is a racial throwback, an update of the "
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Because it lets you know immediately that the archetype is an offensive throwback. It's deliberately not using a euphemism.
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