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(The Root) -- A still from Lee Daniel's latest movie, The Butler, is causing a bit of a ruckus on Twitter. The movie is about Eugene Allen, who retired as head butler of the White House in 1986. The photo shows Mariah Carey as a slave working in a cotton field with two other darker-skinned (assumed) slaves in the background.
The picture raised questions in some folks' minds about the historical accuracy of the film: How likely would it be that someone of Mariah's complexion would be working in the fields on a plantation?
It seems that most people think that light skin meant you were working in the house, and that dark skin invariably put you in the fields, which is untrue. I'm going to try to decide whether we should blame movies or our failing educational system for this. In the meantime, check out part of the conversation below.
http://www.theroot.com/blogs/grapevine/mariah-carey-photo-causes-stir
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Their were light skin slaves in the field as well as dark skin people serving in the house.....
? in america need to take their heads out of their ? and have a problem with this cluster ? of a film and not each others skin tone -
Who cares
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She might just could have possibly worked in the field.......Once the mixed breeds was born they was sent to the fields. HouseNIgga jobs were not aplenty. all you had was a Butler a couple maids a few garden trimmin' ? . the rest had to pick cotton. light or dark getcho ass in dem fields ? says the white man.
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So.... ? is set tripping bout who belongs on the field now?
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? would have been in the house.....Light-skinned slaves might've been in the field, but a Mariah Carey lookin slave woulda been gettin ? in the house everyday...
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So ? so the trailer and was cool with it?
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? would have been in the house.....Mariah Carey prolly 25% black.
I didn't say light-skinned blks were only in the house.
That would be stupid. -
? would have been in the house.....@zombie......
Some light skin blacks in the fields some in the house. -
This is stupid I don't care.
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that slave could get the ?
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She might just could have possibly worked in the field.......y'all need to take African American History 101
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plantation owners let in whoever they felt like in this house.
In this case, slave Mariah is fuckable, she'd probably get let in the house. Unless ? is ? or some ? .
Maybe that's why it's inaccurate. -
? thread!
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She might just could have possibly worked in the field.......
Oh ? brother @Bambu look who return again the Pagan Occultist Sophia wanna be Egyptologist used to be a Hebrew, but then Cursed the father but turn around curse the Messiyah @beenwize.
I remember it was this time last year when u was getting beat upside your head by I, Bambu and the gone but not forgotten brother @JudahXulu -
She might just could have possibly worked in the field.......There is powerful beef stirring in here.