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Race and 'Ray'

By J. Douglas Allen-Taylor, AlterNet. Posted February 25, 2005.


Watching 'Ray,' white America sees a biopic of a legendary performer. Black America sees a film that speaks intimately to a cultural zeitgeist. What does it mean for 'Ray' to succeed – or fail – in the Oscar race?
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J. Douglas Allen-Taylor writes for the Berkeley Daily Planet.


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