The Sopranos - The portrayal of Blacks

[NSSVO]

Him coming back for the doctor was a step forward. I didn't like a lot of the shyt, how they portrayed us earlier on. They got the hint and eased up.

 

[DaRealness]

They tried to make Bokeem's character look like a clown but it didn't work. LOL @ jewish Hesh getting the battery in his back to talk shyt to him about "your people painting their faces and chasing zebras" because he knew he had Tony behind him.

LOL @ old ass Paulie trying to act like he wanted to step when one of them would have fukked him up easily.

 

[Kilgore Trout]

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I think the only "positive" black characters were the priest and that dude who runs the HUD scam with Tony and Ralph. Positive in that the mafia guys treat them with respect. But overall negative because both of them cause harm to the black community, the priest for taking kickbacks in exchange for calling off legitimate protests about racist hiring practices, and the HUD guy for defrauding a government program that's supposed to help low-income families

they called the HUD guy a poverty pimp

 

[Erratic415]

no matter how mad meadow got at Tony, she stayed on code. I’m sure Rosalie, Meadow and even Carmella knew Jackie wasn’t murdered by drug dealers. But that’s the way it goes.

Meadow definitely knew, she tried to play dumb when Jackie's sister said it was other Mafia who did it, but she let Tony know she knew the deal. Carmela probably know. Rosalie, I think she knew deep down, but stayed in denial and wanted to believe the lie.

 

[Dave24]

yeah i feel meadow knew

 

[Devilinurear]

God damn Tony was racist

 

[Devil Plisken…CMS]

There’s a lot of valid arguments in regards to this show

It still might be the GOAT however

 

[wire28]

This was a classic thread. Still smh at defending the racist actions of the characters while missing the point that it has nothing to do with the racist, stereotypical portrayal of black people by the writers.

 

[///Vega+++]

Never watched this show or GOT
and never felt like I missed out on anything

 

[Devilinurear]

Watching the Columbus ep. God damn these people are full of so much shyt.

 

[thaKEAF]

Been going through the series and this is definitely one of the things that stuck out. Some pretty offensive shyt said but I chalked it up to Italians really being on that type of shyt.

 

[DaRealness]

I'm guessing we gonna see even more when that movie Many Saints of Newark comes out.

The other character I forgot to mention was the black cop played by Charles Dutton. It shows you how white supremacy works, cos he was right to issue Tony a ticket, but his higher ups decided to punish him for it as a favor to Tony and show him who is boss. I'm glad he had enough self respect to give Tony the when when he was being patronising offering him money, the same thing the black doctor did.

 

[R=G]

Been going through the series and this is definitely one of the things that stuck out. Some pretty offensive shyt said but I chalked it up to Italians really being on that type of shyt.

Pretty offensive stuff said by Santino Corleone in Godfather..by Tommy in Goodfellas....

 

[louisvandross]

Cmon. Y’all are coming up with the same weak excuses that always get brought up when we talk about racism in gangster movies. It’s not about “bad guys being depicted as bad guys” it’s about black characters being depicted as stereotypical caricatures.

Every other character on this show, even the minor one offs like Bobby Baccala’s father is a “bad guy” but they are written with nuance and humor and given real personalities and their existence is usually related to the larger theme of the show...why can’t the exact same writers put that effort towards a black character?

I loved the show but I see no reason to defend an obvious flaw...

This was a classic thread. Still smh at defending the racist actions of the characters while missing the point that it has nothing to do with the racist, stereotypical portrayal of black people by the writers.

There are at least 8 different black characters on the Sopranos who are written decently and not as caricatures

1. Massive Genius- his portrayal was type goofy but ultimately he was never intimidated by the Sopronos and took Hesh to court over the royalties. He had the Chopper suit on before it was hot
   
2. Rev. James Jr
   
3. Rev. James Sr
   
4. Ray Ray
   
5. Ray Ray's daughter
6. Father Obosi
7. Officer Leon Wilmore
   
   
   
8. Dr Stokley Davenport
9. Maurice Tiffen
   

Now lets dead this tired ass argument that the Sopranos portrayed most of the black characters negatively when in fact the opposite is true. Im sure there were racist writers on the show, but David Chases' objective for the series was to examine and condemn the modern day mobster, and on a macro level modern day society.

 

[dat aint da same sandwich]

There are at least 8 different black characters on the Sopranos who are written decently and not as caricatures

1. Massive Genius- his portrayal was type goofy but ultimately he was never intimidated by the Sopronos and took Hesh to court over the royalties. He had the Chopper suit on before it was hot
   
2. Rev. James Jr
   
3. Rev. James Sr
   
4. Ray Ray
   
5. Ray Ray's daughter
6. Father Obosi
7. Officer Leon Wilmore
   
   
   
8. Dr Stokley Davenport
9. Maurice Tiffen
   

Now lets dead this tired ass argument that the Sopranos portrayed most of the black characters negatively when in fact the opposite is true. Im sure there were racist writers on the show, but David Chases' objective for the series was to examine and condemn the modern day mobster, and on a macro level modern day society.

No

This nikka really bumped an old thread to write some dissertation in defense of this racist ass show.