My one problem with the movie

Rating: 10/10 (31 March 2015)

I enjoy this movie and have seen it multiple times. My only issue with the movie is that the character, Red (Morgan Freeman) is not accurate for the time period of the movie. I seriously doubt that Red because of his race would be such a leader of all inmates in the 1940's. And, the "go to" inmate for buying items? I doubt it. Some strong willed white inmate would have corned that market. He might have been a leader of the African Americans in the prison, but not the whites. Now before that starts some race debate about the topic, I only am pointing out how the times were in the 1940's, 50's, etc.
My issue with that topic is that I think we should accurately portray society as it was no matter how ugly it was, not as we wish it had been.