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I can't agree with this article's positive spin on the Rosa Parks episode of Dr Who. It's the only episode I've seen in years and I stumbled upon it by accident and thought it was awful. Rosa Parks' action, a well planned act which she had prepared herself for as part of a civil rights campaign, was reduced, in this Dr Who episode, to an accidental act of defiance by a tired woman on her way home from work. The Doctor and co have to ensure that she gets on the right bus and when she wants to stay on to get some work finished, they have to orchestrate a means to ensure that she gets on the right bus. She has no idea that she is part of any movement. It's actually the "white" Doctor who knows all, and ensures that the Black Civil Rights Movement gets underway. Rosa is an unwitting pawn in the whole "white run" event. I think the entire episode was embarrassing and a huge missed opportunity to actually tell the story of Rosa Parks. The fact that Dr Who has had a tradition of anti-racism doesn't mean every writer for the show has a good perspective. John On Tue, Mar 26, 2019 at 3:58 AM Kevin Lindemann and Cathy Campo via Marxism <[email protected]> wrote: > ******************** POSTING RULES & NOTES ******************** > #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. > #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. > #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. > ***************************************************************** > > > https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/f/dr-who-leftist > > > Sent from my iPhone > _________________________________________________________ > Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm > Set your options at: > https://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/johnedmundson4%40gmail.com > -- The law locks up the man or woman Who steals the goose from off the common But leaves the greater villain loose Who steals the common from the goose _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: https://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
