Native American Cast Leaves Adam ? Flick: ‘Nothing Has Changed"
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About a dozen Native American actors and actresses walked off the set of a new Adam ? film because they were offended by the script’s insulting view of Apaches and their culture.
The mostly Navajo actors and a Native American cultural advisor for the film, “The Ridiculous Six,” said the satirical western repeatedly insulted women – who are depicted squatting and smoking a peace pipe while urinating, reported Indian Country.
“I was asked a long time ago to do some work on this, and I wasn’t down for it,” said actor Loren Anthony, also the lead singer of the heavy metal band Bloodline. “Then they told me it was going to be a comedy, but it would not be racist — so I agreed to it, but on Monday things started getting weird on the set.”
The movie, a spoof of the film “The Magnificent Seven” written by ? and longtime collaborator Tim Herlihy, also stars Nick Nolte, Steve Buscemi, Dan Aykroyd, Jon Lovitz, and Vanilla Ice.
Anthony told the website that the film’s producers assured him Native Americans would be portrayed accurately and respectfully, but he said the Apache costumes looked more like Comanche.
“One thing that really offended a lot of people was that there was a female character called ? ’s Breath,” he said. “One character says, ‘Hey, ? ’s Breath’ – and the Native woman says, ‘How did you know my name?'”
Actress Allison Young said the producers urged them to leave if they were that sensitive – so they did.
“Nothing has changed,” she said. “We are still just Hollywood Indians.”
Actor and Native American activist David Hill said the producers called them back after the walkout, and he’s hopeful they may listen to their concerns.
“We understand this is a comedy, we understand this is humor, but we won’t tolerate disrespect,” Hill said. “I told the director if he had talked to a native woman the way they were talked to in this movie – I said I would knock his ass out.”
“This isn’t my first rodeo,” he added. “If someone doesn’t speak up, no one will.”
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“We understand this is a comedy, we understand this is humor, but we won’t tolerate disrespect,” Hill said. “I told the director if he had talked to a native woman the way they were talked to in this movie – I said I would knock his ass out.”
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I wish i knew more examples of blacks taking this type of stand against people making a mockery of their culture. But the things we accept for a lil chump change smh...
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CraKKKaz will never learn smh
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Redskin's in they feelings
U for casinos -
Just hire wetbacks
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Tell Me More -
Native Americans had black slaves and don't want to accept blacks as part of their tribe. ? their feelings.
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Native Americans had black slaves and don't want to accept blacks as part of their tribe. ? their feelings.
all of them huh? lol -
Yall are dumb
Black people and natives have so much in common that to be racist and hateful toward them as a people is some white ? -
Native Americans had black slaves and don't want to accept blacks as part of their tribe. ? their feelings.
There were black slave owners too
And tribes that opelny accepted runaway slaves as their own -
Always stereotyping my people
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Stand for something or fall for anything
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Black slave owners were mostly people who were giving the ownership of their own people when the slave master died or felt some kind of way. It wasn't the same kind of situation and blacks normally bought their freedom until white folks put a stop to that. The major Native American tribes does not want to accept blacks now regardless of past acceptance. -
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Enough of them to matter. -
Black slave owners were mostly people who were giving the ownership of their own people when the slave master died or felt some kind of way. It wasn't the same kind of situation and blacks normally bought their freedom until white folks put a stop to that. The major Native American tribes does not want to accept blacks now regardless of past acceptance.
You get tribal membership by degree of blood.
Its not personal its a legal matter when it comes to tribal membership these days.
If your blood has enough native in it your accepted if the native blood is too diluted you dont get membership.
Not having mmbership doesn't stop you from going to the rez and celebrating your culture... you just dont get financial incentives and thats all most care about.
If they accepted anyone who claimed 1/16 native blood tribes would be broke -
Black slave owners were mostly people who were giving the ownership of their own people when the slave master died or felt some kind of way. It wasn't the same kind of situation and blacks normally bought their freedom until white folks put a stop to that. The major Native American tribes does not want to accept blacks now regardless of past acceptance.
You get tribal membership by degree of blood.
Its not personal its a legal matter when it comes to tribal membership these days.
If your blood has enough native in it your accepted if the native blood is too diluted you dont get membership.
Not having mmbership doesn't stop you from going to the rez and celebrating your culture... you just dont get financial incentives and thats all most care about.
If they accepted anyone who claimed 1/16 native blood tribes would be broke
smh. so we back to being half a person again on some Three-Fifths ? ? aight. I don't wanna be down noway. -
Yeah thats not what i said but if you wanna stay ignant i cant help ya
Black slave owners were mostly people who were giving the ownership of their own people when the slave master died or felt some kind of way. It wasn't the same kind of situation and blacks normally bought their freedom until white folks put a stop to that. The major Native American tribes does not want to accept blacks now regardless of past acceptance.
You get tribal membership by degree of blood.
Its not personal its a legal matter when it comes to tribal membership these days.
If your blood has enough native in it your accepted if the native blood is too diluted you dont get membership.
Not having mmbership doesn't stop you from going to the rez and celebrating your culture... you just dont get financial incentives and thats all most care about.
If they accepted anyone who claimed 1/16 native blood tribes would be broke
smh. so we back to being half a person again on some Three-Fifths ? ? aight. I don't wanna be down noway. -
There will be a time of recompense for those shoes cultures have been mocked, subjugated, or destroyed. Let them have their fun while they can....
http://youtu.be/t3RuuEPNQOE -
Black slave masters even helped the confederacy on top of buying slaves....black AND WHITE
Black slave owners were mostly people who were giving the ownership of their own people when the slave master died or felt some kind of way. It wasn't the same kind of situation and blacks normally bought their freedom until white folks put a stop to that. The major Native American tribes does not want to accept blacks now regardless of past acceptance.
http://www.theroot.com/articles/history/2013/03/black_slave_owners_did_they_exist.html -
Yeah thats not what i said but if you wanna stay ignant i cant help ya
Black slave owners were mostly people who were giving the ownership of their own people when the slave master died or felt some kind of way. It wasn't the same kind of situation and blacks normally bought their freedom until white folks put a stop to that. The major Native American tribes does not want to accept blacks now regardless of past acceptance.
You get tribal membership by degree of blood.
Its not personal its a legal matter when it comes to tribal membership these days.
If your blood has enough native in it your accepted if the native blood is too diluted you dont get membership.
Not having mmbership doesn't stop you from going to the rez and celebrating your culture... you just dont get financial incentives and thats all most care about.
If they accepted anyone who claimed 1/16 native blood tribes would be broke
smh. so we back to being half a person again on some Three-Fifths ? ? aight. I don't wanna be down noway.
Aight b. That was harsh. So, You said if they claim 1\16th then the tribes would have issues right? So what's the percentage of blood that you need to join? Sounds discriminatory. -
So where is the line?
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Native Americans had black slaves and don't want to accept blacks as part of their tribe. ? their feelings.
To my knowledge it was only the Cherokee Nation that did this... Not all Native American nations -
Black slave masters even helped the confederacy on top of buying slaves....black AND WHITE
Black slave owners were mostly people who were giving the ownership of their own people when the slave master died or felt some kind of way. It wasn't the same kind of situation and blacks normally bought their freedom until white folks put a stop to that. The major Native American tribes does not want to accept blacks now regardless of past acceptance.
http://www.theroot.com/articles/history/2013/03/black_slave_owners_did_they_exist.html
Very rare when it was economic and malicious. They got down with the confederates on promises on freedom and threats of death. They also helped the British. Can't blame them for taking a chance. -
The cree, cherokee, chicasaw and two other native American nations had black slaves
and most of the black slave owners were mixed race people -
Black slave masters even helped the confederacy on top of buying slaves....black AND WHITE
Black slave owners were mostly people who were giving the ownership of their own people when the slave master died or felt some kind of way. It wasn't the same kind of situation and blacks normally bought their freedom until white folks put a stop to that. The major Native American tribes does not want to accept blacks now regardless of past acceptance.
http://www.theroot.com/articles/history/2013/03/black_slave_owners_did_they_exist.html
Very rare when it was economic and malicious. They got down with the confederates on promises on freedom and threats of death. They also helped the British. Can't blame them for taking a chance.
No they "got down" to protect their interests. No different than the white ones.
