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To Whoever Runs AmazonVideo’s IG Account, Your Comment on the Underground Railroad Was Highly Offensive

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I don’t watch slave movies.

I don’t like seeing white people play slave masters. I feel like the white actors enjoy saying “nigger” too much. I know that’s not true, for the most part, but still. The way it rolls off their tongues seems too easy - like they were just looking for an excuse to use the word with a sly slavemaster smile.

I don’t like the soun…

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