"I have black friends, OK? I'm not a racist."

Rating: 7/10 (29 September 2017)

Look, I'm gonna be honest. The movie is good. The story is cool, the cast is good, the acting is very nice. It's not great like my friend told me it would be. But very good. It's a dark story, with tense moments. But what really made cringe were the moments when the white people say stuff like "hey, I like a black celebrity, so I'm not racist, OK?". The plot makes you hate some characters, wishing they'd be run over by a train. Some moments are like "you bastard, you deserve to die!". Because the story grows on you. It's rare to find a moment where you don't feel something. And, in a certain way, I'd say it's a "polite" movie. All the violence happens off-camera. You know what's going on and how, but you don't get to really see it. In part it's bad because you want some characters to suffer a lot more, but then you notice that the focus of the movie is not the "blood violence", but the "mental violence".
But, the morning after I watched the movie, I realized... This movie is racist. Yeah, it's about what a young black dude goes through and the stupid behavior of some white people. But every single white character in this movie is racist. All of them, every where. And Chris (main character) already knew that. Gonna meet my girlfriend's family? Racists. Oh, they have white friends? They be racists. Black people work in a white family's house? Slaves. Obama? Best president ever. Tiger Woods? Not just a golf player, but an icon. Oh, and let's not forget that all white people want to be black. White people copy their style, their "coolness" and claim those as their own. Goes to the point where they'd actually put white people's brain inside black people's bodies. And Chris knows all white folk are racists. He tells his girlfriend that. And he is accustomed. He almost doesn't even mind when it happens. "It's cool. It's alright. My bad. Forget it." he tells his girlfriend. And, in the end, those white people aren't just racists. They're monsters.
It could have been done differently. Actually, it should have. Not so extreme. If you're gonna talk about racism, generalized hatred and prejudice, you can't generalize to the point that all white people are the bad guys. That's not how you talk about things like that.
But, I repeat: the movie is good. The acting is very good. You feel anger and awkwardness constantly, which I think it's cool. Watch it, enjoy it. And never laugh at a TSA agent.