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Why a Black Man Says No to 'The Butler' and '12 Years a Slave'
At the Guardian, black Canadian author Orville Lloyd Douglas says he won’t be seeing Lee Daniels’ The Butler or 12 Years a Slave because they were created to engender white guilt. Further, the so-called race dramas are unlikely to teach viewers anything new, he writes. Lee Daniel’s new film The Butler is a box office success, already generating…