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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

Beck, Bernard – Multicultural Education, 1996
Examines the movie "White Man's Burden" and, by its reversing of social ideologies and stereotypes, the questions arising from it about race relations in America. The author addresses the movie's shortcomings in dealing with race relations in part because it leaves intact ideologies and moralities based on class without defining…
Descriptors: Characterization, Content Analysis, Cultural Differences, Film Criticism