Fabbs
12-16-2012, 11:59 AM
As "Whip Whitaker", just as he is about to get off all charges he confesses to sniffin and drinkin while on the job (and 98% of the rest of the time).
He goes on to give a speech in prison saying his prison sentence is fair and that while he is incarcerated this is the 1st time in his life he has felt truly free.
Q. With a sadly large percentage of Afro American men in prison (no racist), was/is it Denzel and producers intention by this ending statement to get them to own up to their behaviors and come out of prison for the better?
For you racists-Would-be-Strawmen respondents, certainly this would and could apply to any race person in jail. Also i am not talking to the poor souls who were framed and in jail unjustly. Or those doing completely unfairly long sentences ie Cracker Law that dealing two tons of coke by Whitey got them probation while Afro Amer firing up some crack rock got 10 years.
Another caveat would be the facility Whitaker is depicted in is modern, his room is a livable space looks like 12 X 14 or so and clean. The indication is given that he has access to education and equipment. So i am not refering to prisons where the prisoners are stacked on bunk beds and have no access to tools to better themselves and corrupt prison guards butt ram them. The people who run those prisons are disgusting.
He goes on to give a speech in prison saying his prison sentence is fair and that while he is incarcerated this is the 1st time in his life he has felt truly free.
Q. With a sadly large percentage of Afro American men in prison (no racist), was/is it Denzel and producers intention by this ending statement to get them to own up to their behaviors and come out of prison for the better?
For you racists-Would-be-Strawmen respondents, certainly this would and could apply to any race person in jail. Also i am not talking to the poor souls who were framed and in jail unjustly. Or those doing completely unfairly long sentences ie Cracker Law that dealing two tons of coke by Whitey got them probation while Afro Amer firing up some crack rock got 10 years.
Another caveat would be the facility Whitaker is depicted in is modern, his room is a livable space looks like 12 X 14 or so and clean. The indication is given that he has access to education and equipment. So i am not refering to prisons where the prisoners are stacked on bunk beds and have no access to tools to better themselves and corrupt prison guards butt ram them. The people who run those prisons are disgusting.