With all of the hype surrounding the movie Precious, it is easy to overlook many of the inferences and smaller messages that are being presented. Many times it is the things that go without saying but remain understood that have great effects on our social norms in society. These casted examples of reality are registered by our subconscious, which in my opinion can be more detrimental to our cultural interactions because they often remain unaddressed. Throughout the film, every person who cared about the character Precious was a person of color with light skin. I hate to separate people of color by skin-tone, but it is still a reality that light skin is associated with whiteness and therefore beauty, power, and education. Historically many of the saviors of young Black misguided children represented in film have been White. So I was wondering, is having all light saviors a step forward from all White saviors, or is having only light heroes further enforcing the cultural divide of skin tone on a subconscious level?
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