“...as a writer, I am God. As a
writer. And all these characters are mine and they're me and I'm
telling the truth. And you know what? He (Spike Lee) might not like
it, but there's a hell of a lot of black guys in Compton saying
'nigger' all the goddamn time. You know, in Carson, in Inglewood,
that's where I'm from. Not everybody, but there’s a hell of a lot
of guys.” - Quentin Tarantino
Thank you, Quentin Tarantino. If not
for your latest film The Hateful Eight I wouldn't know that as a
Black man that I am supposed to not only use the word nigger every
few words but that I am supposed to be okay with it being said by
anyone. Thank you so much for teaching me what it means to be Black
as well.
The thing people don't realize the way
you do and have shown me through your movies is that being Black is
about not trying to be better than your environment, but wallowing in
it. Everyone around me saying nigger? Well, hell. I might as well
too. And it feels so good when I'm sitting in a theater hearing it
said to the only Black man in the film, Samuel L. Jackson. And as an
actor his is fine with it so its fine with me because Black people
all agree on everything! Jackson recently said “Once again, I'm
sure there will be people who want to nitpick this whole nigger
thing. But it ain't like that ain't the time.” Exactly. Historical
accuracy is what Tarantino films are all about!
