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Beck, Bernard – Multicultural Education, 1995
Criticizes the movie "Schindler's List" as portraying the Holocaust in a profane manner. The author suggests Schindler is a bad choice as a protagonist because his story distracts the audience from the real victims. He views the choice of a non-Jew in a heroic portrayal of this type as one culture's way of popularizing another culture's…
Descriptors: Characterization, Criticism, Cultural Education, Ethnic Stereotypes