1. Modern Day Race Relations and
At one point mid-film, he even argues that there aren't any good Black quarterbacks. ... Russell also does a good directorial job of showing that even though Ice Cube's character is "part of the team-, he is still distanced from the other White soldiers. ... Yes, racial slurs and innuendoes are made in the movie, but a closer look parallels the soldiers to mass society, and the Iraqi soldiers to mass media. ... After the skirmish is over, the soldiers agree to escort the Arabs to safety. ... We have seen biased soldiers become culturally literate. ...
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