Quentin Tarantino Responds to the Criticism of Using the N-Word in "Django Unchained"
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The legendary, Quentin Tarantino stopped by Sway in the Morning recently to speak on all things Django Unchained - an honest movie reflecting the times of slavery starring Jamie Foxx, Samuel L. Jackson, Leonardo Dicaprio and Kerry Washington.
Although Sway called the movie his "personal favorite movie in 5 years," critics had something else to say about the N-word being used 109 times. Quentin responded to the criticism, while speaking on advice that Sidney Poitier gave him.
"He told me to 'man up. It sounds like you're afraid of your own movie. Everyone knows what you're doing, we're all professionals.'"
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Quentin's N-pass is the item in the briefcase.
Shining in gold, indented letters saying “Quentin Tarantino can say nigga. Signed, Quentin Tarantino”
“We happy?”
“VINCENT!”
“We happy?”
“Oh, we happy!”
Vince we happy?
*sees n-word pass*
We happy
If I'm being honest I besrly watched pulp fiction like a month ago and now I am in love with Quenin Terentino movies
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A film that says the N-word 109 times? Sounds like a middle school COD match in 2012.
Calthecool hard r always
EDGY that Tarantino.
Calthecool the good days
LMFAOOOOOOOO
Calthecool you are a legend
"The blood in the grass, the flesh in the trees, and the ghosts of the ancestors bearing witness." That was hauntingly poetic of Quentin to say.
Fr😢
he talks like the screenplays he writes
Dude has a higher IQ than the whole Kardashian Family combined, what do you expect? He is a Genius!
It was.
"Quentin is the only guy I know who needs cocaine to stop talking."
-Brad Pitt, 2020 NYFCC Awards
Quentin is the only white guy to just say the n word with absolutely no hesitation and not get a single backwards look
@@ryanweeks287 what part of NJ are you from? I'm from Monmouth County and I've been here 34 years. At no point in my lifetime, or anywhere in my travels throughout the state, have I ever heard white guys use it freely. From Paramus to Cape May, Lincoln Tunnel to the Ben Franklin, literally not once.
@@topspot4834 I'm a white guy in mexico, and belive me here, THEY ASK YOU TO SAY IT.
@@topspot4834your not far south enough, down here in SC they use it more than black folks do it’s crazy
@@ransomweslock2007 Really? Like just regular white people? I'm Puerto Rican and I just moved to Asheville, NC and haven't heard anything yet
@@the_real_boulder yeah dude it was like a tick they all had at my highschool and college, some people would use it every other word
He created the movie to give black Americans a western hero. To call him racist because he wants to make the movie authentic is absurd.
Heartstung he said this in other interviews
They already had one. Sheriff Bart.
That's not how he makes movies. He tries a find people evil enough to justify a mass killing scene, such as Nazis and slave owners, and only then writes a plot to lead up to it.
Danilo Nunez and your dumbass believed that.
@@travis5125 what's the evil in kill bill?
Disliked, no Quentin Tarantino freestyle, 0/10 video
José Cappuccino you sir are a comedian
10/10 comment
Creasin
Was almost waiting on Tarantino to say... you gonna drop a beat?
😂😂😂
People more offended by a word than people being slaves
I wouldn’t necessarily say more offended, though there does seem to be a disconcerting lack of concern for the plight of modern day slaves in the U.S. Fucking insane that about $90 can “buy” you a human in 2023. America’s beset by a demonic spirit, that’s for sure. The evil is there waiting, as Kerouac wrote
Literal clowns to get mad at a word, well not saying is cool to say the hard R but damn people are way too salty on actual idiotic things.
@@Daniel-jz9td See that? There are many slurs. But those slurs died down. Every slur accept the N word died off. And it’s unfortunately because Black people don’t wanna kill that word by getting rid of it in their lingo.
@@anti-hiphop1933 lol?
@@nicholasviggiano3330 Think about it. How many times do you hear people say beaner or terms like squaw? Even anti black terms like jigabou are rarely ever used. Why is that? Because those words aren’t marketed and advertised. Black ppl need to get their act together.
I’ve never met a person that didn’t love Django. It’s just such a satisfying, stylish movie. Maybe some people just don’t like Tarantino’s stylized dialogue and violence, but the movie just works on such a fundamental level. You can’t help but root for the hero trying to save his girl from the literal worst people in this nation’s history.
we got idiots like Spike Lee, who refused to even watch the movie cause he said it would disrespect his ancestors. And Will Smith, who turned down the role of Django cause he didn't think violence was the answer and thought it should be more centered around love instead of vengeance (the irony of Will using violence over a joke at the Oscars). I don't know how much more "love" he wanted in the film, the whole driving force for Django was his love for his wife, the story is centered around a whole ass love story. And even after Will turned down the film, he went on to shade the film in various ways.
I didn’t love it.
@@janetuss6496 is everyone an idiot if they have different opinions to you?
@@janetuss6496 will Smith didn't like how django like the fact he didn't get to kill Calvin candy
@@janetuss6496 Spike Lee has made some boring movies. His best movie was Do the Right Thing but I think he is an overrated director
The day Tarantino makes a movie with no backlash, it's the day he makes a bad movie
Did once upon a time in Hollywood get backlash?
Dan Wells his Bruce lee depiction
Well put.
@@danwells4088 oh yes, every thing on the Bruce Lee side, to having sharon Tate portrayed, lots of backlash
Dan Wells Too bad, it’s definitely his worst movie
Tarantino deadass gave himself the N word pass and as a black dude I am perfectly fine w that
EDIT: I just checked the notifs for this comment 11 months later I ain’t readin 200+ replies my bad y’all
He definitely has earned it
As a human being I'm disgusted by the fact that you're so racist you need to control a whole race of people and make sure they don't say a word
S14 how racist are you
@@ggmm2480 Right on
You're not black..
"It's impossible for Tarantino to be racist"
- Samuel L. Jackson.
i actually gained respect for the man
years after the release, I respect the fuck outta him. once removed is bullshit and I'm super glad he had someone to tell him that. good on you Quentin, i know it was hard but courage doesn't come from those who have no fears
Quentins middle name is Jerome, so he can say the N word at least twice a year.
That's fuckin funny ....... altho Jerome is more a white name to me but thats bc im Dutch.
My dad’s middle name is Jerome, and he’s the whitest. But he’s progressive, so it’s cool.
Or 109 times in 1 film
@@mikebryant4743 lool fax
@Nicole Jessica sup logic
Isn’t this equivalent to claiming that a ww2 movie is anti Semitic because there’s nazis and Swastikas in it?
Bubbles 105539 wtf
Bubbles 105539 essentially, people just get mad at the word and forget the context around it. It’s part of the time period
@@zoongideewin4333 its a fair point
Thomas Garrison ikr?
I bet they did say that about Inglorious Basterds lol. Outrage culture should be ignored and put aside so actual adults can have conversations again.
Tarantino is just such a passionate director. The way he just brushes off any criticism is truly amazing. I’d love to sit with him and just talk about Django
30 years ago he was just a broke movie geek working at a video store. Got his big break in the indie scene and has been killing it ever sense. I'm sure he never imagined people would love his movies this much.
You would sit down with Tarantino and all you wanna talk about is django?
"I was hoping they would be honest in how people were being treated at the time of slavery". Exactly. No one likes hearing that word but removing it would detract from the film's authenticity.
It would have been weird and lame to tiptoe around it for the whole movie, like, "look at me, I'm being sensitive and inoffensive" rather than just facing the reality of it
QT: _writes slave movie without n-word_
Media: "OMG so inaccurate"
QT: _writes slave movie with n-word_
Media: "OMG so racist"
J bruh I’m weak even truer after all these years aye shits getting messy hope I get drafted and bombed in ww3
ant the moral of the story is.. fuck the media
Exactly.
Trying to find something to attack, everything is so hostile and always expecting the worst
@@sipsimies1588 meanwhile all our rites are being taken away and we're about to have a nuclear warhead shoved up our ass.. yeah..
Movie says n-word 144 times
Everyone: *outraged*
12 year old White kid: "Those are rookie numbers"
I can vouch for that, I said it 400 times in the 8th grade
@@elgrandosmoke7365 that’s my daily average
@@elgrandosmoke7365 bro chill my girl uses this app
@@iam_burrito you say that with a roblox pic? Big Cringe
@@edwardbonjovi9336 roblox
9:02 love how he just says it 😂😂
are u ok with white ppl besides Tarantino using the n word? Or can only he say it and it be ok
QT breaking out the blaccent for this interview lol
There are 2 things I don't understand
1. Why is this on my recommendations
2. Why is this on my recommendations *6 Years* after it was uploaded
Same
New Tarantino movie releasing over the weekend is probably the explanation for that
Because tarantino is trending right now with him just releasing a movie
Same
Lmfaoooooooooo
It's a movie about racism. Of course there would be some racist words. That's how racism works.
@hi there daddy I yeah, I know about that stuff. But the movie is about American slavery, and so was my comment
@hi there daddy I I'll edit ze comment to say racism instead of slaveey
hi there daddy I if you need the American distinction when referencing slavery depiction while talking about an American movie made about American slavery then perhaps you are forever lost
hi there daddy I lol you’re mad, if you really need the clarification then you’re dumb as shit. Also keep liking your own comments lmao
hi there daddy I tf is your name.
Great film, covering a very sad time in our history. Quentin Tarantino is an awesome writer, producer and director. All his films have been world class.
This is actually a great video, sway is way beyond cool, he has so many people on his show. Awesome for you Sway, a master at work.
Like Samuel L Jackson said I don’t understand how you could call Quentin a racist when everytime he makes a black person a main character they’re almost always the smartest person in the movie. And to my knowledge he’s never killed off a black main character
@edthehead916 they shot his big black dingus
edthehead916 that doesn’t count cuz everyone pretty much dies
Warren got killed in Hateful Eight but it’s still a statement against racism because st the end, the only two that can trust each other are him and mannix (Black union major and confederate soldier respectively).
Ordell (Jackson) is killed in Jackie Brown, but it is exceptionally rare.
Sam several times
if you think tarantino is racist, you have never experienced racism in your life
Well said fella
So you don't see anything suspicous that his movies almost always have gratuitous use of the N-word? It's not like it was only 1 movie that used the N-word
@@micperez819 it's called being realistic..people in America both white and black do in fact use the n word quite often lol
@@brandonchan8667 Realistic? Yeah, what part of Inglorious Bastards, Once Upon a time in Hollywood or Kill Bill realistic? One thing Tarantino movies are never called is realistic. You a 🤡
@@micperez819 why wouldn't the n word be in Django unchained? It would make noooo sense of it wasn't. U have to understand that right?
Incredible film director/writer made a masterpiece of a film.
Quentin Tarantino's dialogue in Django Unchained, told the story, perfectly.
Divide and and conquer is for the birds.
Tarantino is an artist.
He has you laughing about that guys wife that made the bags with the holes in them. Everyone couldn't see.
He plays with your heart throughout his films and knows when to smack you with a gruesome scene.
He had Samuel Jackson character just crazy. I loved seeing Leo and Sam on screen together
Imagine making a movie ab an ex slave gettin revenge in his slave owners, and then being called racist
It's kinda crazy. Both sides cant win. Lol. I love QT. Even the ones with the n words. Especially this one
ChrundletheGreat the crazies constantly call him racist for say the n word.
He is a classic anti-racist which doesn’t vibe with people who disregard context. For example he casually says the n word in this interview.
Pep facts
Pep speak louder
Pep oh I forgot u can’t
"as a white guy?" " No as a human"... To real! I rate it
@Lord Kek condescending much?
@Lord Kek Calm down. One miner speling. / grammer error isnt not going to destory the worlddd
@Gavin James wow im a miner and i find this offensive
@Lord Kek lol so your the type of person to call someone out for a 1 word type, then get called out and not even respond? BETA
SuperIsSarcastic they teach the Aztecs more than Grammar nowadays
I just rewatched it the other day, and I have no idea how people watch this movie and think it's somehow disrespectful to the history of racism and slavery.
It's literally a movie about how horrible the slavers were and a slave rising up, fulfilling his potential, killing every racist asshole he can find, and riding off into the sunset with his dignity and wife reclaimed.
To me it's much more powerful than modern movies and TV shows that spend half their runtime rehashing left wing talking points. I just saw the new Ms. Marvel show as well, and they literally have the evil white cops cackling about how they already have all Muslim gathering places under surveillance, because they are probably all terrorists. It's such a poor caricature and only stupid people would find stuff like that compelling.
Fvfuu
It's like a sick grounded fairytale that's done so purposefully. The story of Django mimicks the legend of Brunhild(a) and part of that fact is pointed out in the movie itself. That mixture of fantastical story in a grounded world is what helps make Django's success feel even more epic in scale. Django absolutely does walk through the hellish wall of fire for Brunhilde.
Quentin really enjoyed this interview!
Good job
Wow an actual interview with Quentin. Instead of the interviewer just insulting and condescending him about his movies.
+Lt. Col. Frank Slade haha yup. hes such a cool guy actually
+Lt. Col. Frank Slade Whoo-Ah. To interview Quentin you need intelegence, of which most have none. Ha.
So true.
+Lt. Col. Frank Slade Sway's interviews with Quentin are some of the best ones.
headknocker2020
Exactly
Why does Django still feel like a new movie even though it came out 9 years ago.
Tarantino.
Good flicks always do
Specially with the right size tv and a decent sound system
Because it's a great movie
Timeless movie
I always love when QT trys to get down in the interviews. Gets me everytime.
The problem I've found with the way history is often taught is that it's presented as a series of events and/or eras with clear beginning and end points often without much discussion about how the the previous eras/events affect subsequent history (and the present). This is why so many people learn about slavery, Jim Crow, etc., but walk away thinking it's all in the past.
You can’t criticize Quentin for being historically accurate with the use of the N-word.
BobbyKing Nefertiti?
It’s like saying you can’t show nazi imagery in a ww2 movie.
@@Bubbsmaster LOL What the hell xD
Daniel Smith it’s kinda true, I know it’s not a movie but call of duty world war 2 did this exact thing
@@slowed8394 cod ww2 didn't show very much tbh, they blocked out the nazi patches and rape, of woman childeren, i can go on
Love him or hate him. He gave us a white female samurai and a black cowboy that saves the day.
And he did it all without making it seem forced, its not diversity for the sake of diversity but just a damn good story with some damn good actors.
@@VPraetorian yes, its not "oh we need a black guy in this scene" *throws random character written in 5 minutes into script* "bro why does no one like my character, they must be racist reeeee"
Holy fuck he did it so smoothly I never even made that connection. He's even more progressive than I thought
@@charliec.3518 you don’t need a reason to put people of color in a scene, they aren’t plot devices.
People always forget about Jackie Brown too
Great interview. Best Regards, Michael M. Kamau, Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa, 27th November 2023.
I watched this movie 2 months ago, and as Black South African I say he could have made it better by including all of the deleted scenes. I feel like he dumbed it down because he knew some wimps would still cry about it. Notice that there was not one black person getting hung, no black women raped by white masters and no racist songs like 12 years a slave, because that actually happened during slavery. They treated our people like trash and they wanted them to be reminded day by day. But anyways this has to be the greatest film I've ever seen in my life. Django Unchained is a classic. Happy 10th anniversary.
I remember a scene where Leonardo said “send him to nigga heaven” and had dogs eat a black dude alive. I’d say that’s worse than showing em hung or racist songs 🤣 great movie tho 10/10
i agree with what you say. but in this case i feel it would be unneeded. it didnt shy from the darkness but at the end of the day your suposed to leve feeling good. rooting for django to win and root for the racists to all die. its not 12 years a slave that make you leave angry at the injustice. thats why they poke fun and make jokes about such a dark theam. because with out that it becomes to heavy a film to enjoy the way he wanted it to be enjoyed. so adding more darkness of the slave trade while true, wont bring about the flow that the creator wanted.
@@keyboardcommando7000 but it wasn't actually shows on camera if I remember correctly.
@@tijgertjekonijnwordopgegeten Correct, at that point the camera was tracking Monsieur Candie who was using this opportunity to focus 100% on Doc Schulz and Django, looking for any sign of recoiling from the atrocity. He had already seemed suspicious of these two gentlemen that claimed to be newcomers to the slave fighting rings, and if they couldn't handle this sight maybe he was right and they were not who they claimed to be.
You black Africans sold the African Americans 🤣
Urinal cakes should be made of unflavoured real edible cakes, so you can enjoy stranger’s piss-flavoured cake whenever you desire. You can even play a game of “guess what the person before you drank to make the cake taste like this?” My favourite is Asparagus and Beets Burrito.
I read this in a British voice for some reason
Every Tarantino movie use the N word, slavery or not.
IN the Disney remake they will have walkie-talkies instead of whips.
Nice profile
Fuck accurate depictions of history am I right
They blurred Sway but straight let Quentin say the n-word
I would bet it was sways decision, he doesnt use that word ever he doesnt believe in using it
@@VOH_Billy i fully respect that decision
I dont agree with blurring words when debating their use, but it is his call to make.
well you gotta make the white man look bad right
I think that probably the word Sway used was the the one with the hard ‘R’ and Quentin said what everyone who uses it says, nigga
I love listening to rap songs every morning filled with that word to start my day. Keeps me grounded.
I have the Django movie poster hung up in my home theater, it’s by far one of the greatest movies I’ve ever seen still almost a decade later. It’s in my top 5 for sure,. Maybe top 3
You must have only seen five movies then.
@@garrybaldy327 different people have different tastes, no need to rude about it, god bless.
Spike Lee always mad because Tarantino’s films are way better...
Except for Do The Right Thing. On par if not better than anything Tarantino's done. And I love a lot of Tarantino's movies.
Sean Kelley no
He got game was pretty good
*Except for Do The Right Thing. On par if not better than anything Tarantino's done.*
And Miracle at St. Anna. That film is surprisingly great, you'd be shocked to find out Spike Lee was behind it!
@Anthony Rodriguez two different styles but spike lees films are timeless and important. Dont disrespect
Quentin Tarantino has more street cred than Soulja Boy.
quuuuuuentiinnnnnn????????
@@baileys5673 🤣🤣🤣
Hominus Nocturna genuinly laughed!
@David A. Its more of a jab towards soulja boy rather than a genuine compliment to Quentin. In other words, congrats, you got the joke.
everyone does
You could feel the love in this interview. Great stuff.
When people complain about people like Tarantino, I'm like "that dude is so far beyond you, you dont even understand what he's saying."
It's funny how Quentin just comes across like a huge fanboy of his own movies 😅
He’s said he makes movies that he would want to watch. That’s why he’s one of the best film makers of all time (my favorite personally).
Lol yeah "Jackie Brown is beloved!" Haha I love it
Chris Redfield jackie brown is beloved what
He enjoys his crafts
It's called passion bruh
Quintin managed to say the N word and no one bats an eyelid
Noticed that aswell xD
Do you use it?
Who gives you authority to dictate my choice of words when you are not concerned so much with the word but who says it?
Furthermore who told blacks misspelled words makes 1) you sound respectful and 2) it okay to use ever?
Why would they? It's a word..... who gives a fuck.
Bad word . We get it however we're free you're free . It's a word has no power unless you give it power.
@@jeffreyspector648 Literally never heard of that word until now 0.o
@@saltybulldog3241 when you're Jewish you hear it a lot🤷♂️
This is one of the best interviews. You can tell there really isn’t enough time, everyone wants to keep talking.
Django Unchained is one of the greatest movies of all time. Nothing has ever made the evil of American slavery feel as real to me as the mandingo fight scene. It made me cry the first time. When you realize how depraved and evil the culture of the southern elites in the early to mid 1800s was, it makes you appreciate how far this country has come. Nothing like it has happened anywhere else in all of history.
@@aaayyy1953 ancient slavery, American slavery, and modern slavery are three different things. Ancient slavery was usually what we now call employment. American slavery and modern slavery are very similar. Some forms of ancient slavery resembled American slavery. What is particularly unique about the US is that the free population fought a war against each other to free the enslaved population and even went so far as to fully integrate them.
Slaves who built the pyramids had it worse... Sorry. They could dye by the hundreds or thousands and the ones above them could care less because they were replaceable. Slave owners in the south only had a handful and needed to keep them alive if they wanted the work to be done.
@@LambertBowden56 it's not about who had it worse. The key point that makes slavery bad is when the people in the system don't have a choice, which hasn't always been the case historically. Also you're dangerously close to the argument that American slavery apologists use: "some slaveowners were kind and treated their slaves well".
@@paul_warner idk if that’s “apologist” if it actually happened. Is that in the same argument like as “Nazi apologist?” That some treated Jews nice? Not saying any of it is good obviously but right? Or what
@@kylerk343 the whole point of Schindler's List is that he was WORKING AGAINST HIS PARTY holy shit dude you do not need to jump on this grenade
The whole movie’s concept is to show how absurd racism is. The entire setup, roles, costumes, basically everything is constructed solely for this purpose alone. Then to argue that he uses the N word in an context when it was regularly used, just show how dumb some people are and that the movie is too sophisticated for their minds.
No joke no lie
Facts. In reality we know it was much worse too.
Evan Walley Maybe
My favorite scene was when the mob don’t like the sacks they’re wearing on their faces
Thanks Scooby Doo
If the N word wasn’t used pages like Buzzfeed would write articles like “Here’s why Django Unchained is historically wrong” or “Why didn’t Tarantino capture the harsh reality of slavery”
I mean its realistic fiction but for the most part it is fiction in a historical time frame and if buzzfeed really said like why this isn't accurate they really wouldn't have a lot to say tbh cause some of it is fiction so I think It would make more sense for them to say something like django needs to correct some of the things that are wrong you know but your on the right path
@@sammymp4650 his comment was spot on, at least with the second example about capturing the harsh reality of slavery.
Fck buzzfeed man
Exactly
Fax!
Great interview.
“We don’t talk about slavery much in this country.”
I disagree, it’s all we talk about these days.
Literally. We need to move on from that sh!t
I like how the n-word was distorted every time the interviewer said it but when Quentin said it it wasn't distorted.
grfff3 Yeah noticed that as well, a bit odd, either censor all, or censor none.
I think it's cause he said it too quick.
Its cos its a white mans word and we are taking it back!... :)
Bob Eeir Nice troll attempt. 1/10
@@Gobackto4chan that's not trolling...
LMAO they censor the word nigga when Sway says it but not when Quentin says it LOL
+szalma94 I noticed that too! Can anyone make sense of it, or is that just really weird? Or maybe they didn't expect him to say it. Idk.
i think sway's under contract so he can't say it unless he's reciting lyrics or something
Ah, I bet that's it. Good call!
+szalma94 Sway probably used a hard "r" instead of saying "nigga".
+szalma94 Nobody but Quentin Tarrantino can say nigga.
Love that Sydney Poitier helped Tarantino to inspire making this in the US! As a black woman, I love that Tarantino made this incredible movie - definitely one of my favorite films
Nice interview
I love how Quentin Tarantino says nigga and no one bats an eye lol
lol.He has the Pass. We LOVE him!
Randy Vargas plus he's not saying it out of disrespect, he's using it as a piece of history I mean he is a producer for movies that cover that part of history so he has to respect it you know? I personally don't use the word but what I'm trying to say is that there's some people who are aware of the past and actually respect it but there are some that use the term as some sort of insult which of course I would understand why can offend people. It's all about being aware but most of all respecting.
the way he says it in context is more natural then beatin around the bush. i dont beleive the word should hold no voldemort power when they are debating it in this way.its like its turned into a lingual drawing of mohammed
Farzaan Ali Anyone can say anything, just gotta deal with the consequences
It's because of the context and the way that he says it.
"Being a white man? No, being human"
Thats the mark of someone who doesn't see race as something to identify you by. I think that was awesome.
In the core, we are all humans. In the surface, we are short, tall, fat, slim, blonde, brunette, and, of course, white, black, asian, african, euro, whatever...
Phisical/visible traits are a useful, practical features to identify people by, that's just the way it is.
Now, since those traits are external features, they can only, logically, serve as a medium to external identification of someone.
By themselves, those traits have no possible manner to significantly refer to any non-supperficial characteristics a human may have.
Then it comes history, and we get to have some knowledge about what certain race or region or culture or country or village or whatever reunion of individuals has been doing for the last x ammount of years/decades/centuries/milenia and we get to notice their behaviour, we get to notice certain patterns, and we also notice that they combine certain external traits with certain internal features (culture), which combined makes them unique among all the other groups and thus diferenciate them.
That's when we can make the asociation and it would be a valid one, because it is supported by truth: white/conquerors/capitalism, black/slaven/hunters, asians/technology/smartness, muslins/religious/radicalism, jews/big noses/business, you name it.
Up to this point, this categorization-so-to-speak has nothing to do with racism, or at least that's what I believe.
Racism emerges when someone prejudicely takes a person's external trait as an innequivocal sign of some of that same person's internal features (personality, character, culture, believes, whatever...), by so ignoring that one does not logically determines the other; ignoring that while the external traits of every person are absolute since the day they are born, his/her internal features are circunstantial and bound to experiences.
That, you could call harmless racism: just an assumption which is, to some extend, founded in history, by facts
Now there's a harmful racism too, which takes place when someone deliverately acts to downplay the human quality of another person, based directly on their harmless racism conceptions (this is: based on the prejudices they already have in their minds about this or that skin color, this or that nationality, this or that religion being an innequivocal sign of what's in the core of any given person (personality, character, culture, believes, whatever...).
In other words, racism can be seen both as an act of prejudicial belittleling (by which one person downplays the human quality of another person based in previous conceptions, right or wrong ones) and as a work of intellect more or less based in facts (an associaion of a group of both internal and external features of any given person, directly influenced by what we know or we believe we know historically about that particular person).
This is how racism is forever linked to history, and I think I have also made clear how it might not necessarely be ill-intentioned all the time, for it could be just an act of mere practical referencing, and it could be rooted with real malicious intentions.
Slimnooze we didn’t need an essay
@@DK-gl3ih I made your homework, boy, you should be grateful...
@@slimnooze This identifying by external features can be innocent but the shadow it casts is a big one. Let us not forget racism not only stems from a social animalistic instinct (believe it or not, packs of wolves will often abandon wolves who do not look like them) but from human fear. Those who use racism based off fear are ultimately angry, confused delusional beings who are afraid. If someone truly believes every person of a certain skin color is bad they are not only delusional but probably not bright critical thinkers to begin with.
@@Goofballhero Absolutely agree.
“We don’t talk about slavery much in this country”. Not sure what country you experience, but I hear it talked about all the time. Heard about it a lot when I was In school, hear about it a lot now. Amazing how people can be from the same country, but have very differing experiences of it.
Fantastic movie on so many levels. My favorite scene has to be Dicapro’s monologue during the dinner scene. When I found out that him cutting his hand and what he did after was entirely unscripted it blew my mind. So far as Jamie Foxx’s SNL monologue is concerned, he was making a joke. He is a comedian as well as an actor. Some jokes hit, some miss. Either way he was making light of a dark situation which is basically the basis for most comedy.
Tarantino makes great movies. He makes movies he wants to see and therefor puts in the effort to make something great. That is cool and respectable.
I just love it when Quentin is interviewed respectfully and treated like a person.
He’s a super nice guy, he’s only ever lost his cool when it was absolutely justified
trueee
Yeah unlike the channel 4 interview.
yea i love when they dont bring up the whole HARVEY business.
@Wetwork they do though he even had a whole conversation about it with Rogan
03:29 Being a white man, is that why? "No-no-no, being a human." 🙏
Troy sway abit ignorant for that
3:39
Carl I agree. I was like, “what?!” It’s just an inhuman thing to do 😖
Y’all in these replies just wanna say the word with no backlash. His logic is damn it’s a bad word let me say it instead of having the blacks say it - 300 iq bruh dumbasf
Carl I don’t think it was ignorant, he was asking Quentin directly if his discomfort stemmed from him being white and not wanting to appear a certain way, not saying “well no shit you can’t say it cause you’re white”
Wow… great interview
Yo Sway, this is the best you ever did!
My favourite scene:
Sam Jackson: I count six shots
Jamie Foxx: I count two guns
I count two guns nigga
“D is silent, hillbilly”
"you really want me to shake your hand?"
"I insist!"
Glad I live in the timeline where both of those sentences are punctuated by the word "nigga"
@@BrendanBrown1 well if you insist 🔫💥
The man writes a movie about a slave fighting back against racism and oppression and all people can focus on is that a racist character we’re not meant to like said a word that was historically used by slave owners and racist people.
Those same people are now protesting statues that people stopped noticing 50 years ago.
I find it funny how people only focus on that lmao.
Thats an elaborate way of calling them retards.
Catcher Freeman
What's Uppo that’s not fair I’m liberal and I love his movies and I can use logic and reason to see when something is actually problematic or not
Love his transparency.
You can tell why hes great...hes true to his vision thats been informed by a century of cinema that hes studied. He can recreate many old directors styles and thats not easy.
In this case, Haters are Quentin Tarantino’s motivators.
Good, I clicked disliked this video.
Wasn't hating on Quentin, just this interview.
People think there's no good of that word, but Samuel Clemens used it a lot in his novels... For the good of "the blacks" and their plight.
Or the director who directed his staff to all call Oprah that word to get a real reaction in the color purple.
Big fudging whoop, call me what you want... Joker, cracker, honkey... They all have their own connotation and meaning, ask me if I care...
I've been saved from real violence by black men, been in the ghetto, yet people respected me because I respected them.
Never had a problem, never cracked a whip.
As for that word, the opposite of what Chris Rock said, fe fi fo figure, lord I love a that word.
If you have a problem, go love yourself.
@@Impericalevidence what
@@michaelrosa9593 I really don't know, hi.
@@Impericalevidence lol
@@Impericalevidence he wouldn't understand he has fortnite in his name
Only weak minded people are offended by his racial lines in movies
How can you be offended if he just wants to make a realistic movie?
Clearly you guys haven't seen the movie American History X
Thato Sehularo Lol I’ve seen that movie atleast 8 times so fuck off. You are missing the point idiot
Jae Zuko-Mee Wohendum true
I thought we were supposed to be entertained. Not offended. 😔
I still rewatch this movie yearly, it's one of the greatest stories and overall movie of all time for sure.
"that makes you a modern day slave master" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I was half-expecting Childish Tarantino to drop a hot freestyle
I chuckled
He's probably waiting until he launches his rap career to do that...
Americansikkunt if he is a rapper, one entire album wouldnt have 'nigga' in it more than his movies do
Bobby Tarantino *
Best comment (of this thread)
He straight up just dropped the N bomb and everyone’s chill. He actually has an N pass
Nigga
timestamp?
@@oskarjensen8883 I think around 8:00 idk might be before or after
@@StarWarsTalkShow yh
@@StarWarsTalkShow ty
Movies are everything to Quentin. It shows in every interview and in his craft
I’d like to state, I’m a Jewish woman. My 2x great grandmother survived the Holocaust. And much like in the case of films such as Schindlers List and Inglorious Bastards, I think we should applaud QT for his bravery in making this incredible masterpiece of a film, in that the way in which he made it, in my humble opinion, showed the greatest respect and honor to the actual victims of slavery in depicting it as it actually was for African Americans in that deplorable time in our history.
This film is brutal. But because those times themselves WERE BRUTAL. Horrific torture and suffering was inflicted on an entire race of people by another race of people who systematically dehumanized those people, labeled them as property, and stripped them of every God given right there is, inflicted immeasurable numbers of atrocities on them, and that’s the truth. And we must stop turning away from that, and attempting to just ignore America’s past. We must all get honest.
And honesty in filmmaking is not only crucial for truly good storytelling, it’s important in the context of facing America’s shameful past and reckoning with the deplorable atrocities committed during times of slavery. Why? Because in new ways, atrocities to minorities are still happening to this day. We cannot truly end that, improve the present and the future, and ensure the safety and respect of ALL Americans by those in positions of authority and power until we have honestly understood, discussed, faced, accepted and made reparations for our past. Weeding out those who carry racism in their hearts and minds and intentions, and GET THEM OUT of those positions of authority.
And what I loved most about the film? In the end, QT gives the victory, liberation and vengeance to the historically oppressed. He allowed for triumph, something few and far between for African Americans in the time of slavery. But, a reminder that even in times of extreme oppression, in the real life history of slavery, there were triumphs by the oppressed and enslaved. People possessing incredible inner strength, intelligence, bravery and determination rose to be leaders and fight back in ingenious ways against the oppressors and torturers, saved many lives, and changed history. The brave warrior Harriet Tubman and all she did comes to mind.
We need more transparency such as in this film, not more Hollywood sugar coating of shameful pasts. I for one, stand with Mr. Tarantino.
What a comprehensively thoughtful and analytical comment - possibly the best I’ve ever seen in the kilometres of CZcams comments over the years 👍🏻
Fucking loved Inglorious Bastards.
You say "get them out" of positions, but ill lay money you voted for Biden, one of the most virulently racist politicians of the last 50 years, only exceeded by his best bud and mentor, Robert Byrd.
@@jadedandbitter Its not like there were many great options. It was deciding between a bunch of cunts. I guess people decided he was the best of the worst. This coming from a Kiwi.
I was expecting Tino to drop a fire ass freestyle.
WeirdozChannel underrated comment
Meehar he’s no Bobby Tarantino
😂
I would have died...for real
@@jakepettegrew6692 you do realize logic uses that because hes a fanboy of Quentin
Lmao they censor sway saying the word but not Quentin that’s actually hilarious
So people can see that tarantino used it and start a war in comments lol.but i think they censored him because he used the hard R
Sway doesnt use it he censors himself
@@10oner Yeah, he stops himself
Sway dropped the hard R, Q used the A..
No, Sway actually speaks like that. lol
Quentin Tarantino makes bold movies, straight to the point, this one also is and I suspect that he wanted some part of the audience to feel uneasy with the brutality, violence, and obviously racism.
Sometimes you have to be that bold to have your spectators open eyes.
I hope teens will watch this movie in the classroom and be able to discuss what they saw, and work over it.
It's so interesting hearing how school curriculum is different in different parts of the country. they say slavery was like 1 page or just a few paragraphs. while me in WI spent easily if I tallied K-12, would easily be 3/4 a school year or more. They must have grown up in Southern states or Western states.
"... Using the N-word in Django" is about as outrageous as finding out that your hands have fingers.
This is legitimately now in my top 5 sentences ever spoken by a human being. You are now in the list with Epicurius, Teddy Roosevelt, and an unassuming and incredibly not famous Engineer from Texas named Curtis Rogers who once spoke the words out loud, and I quote "I just got donkey-punched by a guy riding a giant golden rocket dildo".
Wait they do?
Its like having finding nemo with no nemo. Two hours of some fish swimming the ocean for no reason
Dude.
they have? 😳
Tarantino is actually so intelligent, its too rare to see good interview with him because usually interviewer is being an ass, but not this time this was good interview.
Dude go rewatch Pulp Fiction and listen to what Samuel Jackson says.
@@elias8092 Like all of his lines?
@@fpkblast8465 I don't know what I've written there. Complete bullshit tbh😂
@@elias8092 😂 this reply had me dying. I'm gonna listen to his lines anyways lol
@@elias8092 wtf ... are u on drugs? lol
If we are in a society that evolves, we cannot forget the errors on the road that lead us there.
Quinton is a Man for all Men, especially the people that work for him and how he treats everyone on set equally. Pulp Fiction, Django, the Kill Bills, Once Upon a time in Hollywood, plus other unbelievable films he created with his masterful genius and evil mind!!! Love him directing and playing/acting some of his small funny parts he had in his movies. One movie that will always be one of my top movies called "Death Proof." He had the time/decade down to a T plus amazing actors playing parts in his movies. Kurt Russell was absolutely amazing being bad guy/scared guy lol of Death Proof. It had amazing visual effects, top notch stunts and crazy scenes that were top notch scary and crazy scenes that made "Death Proof," an on/over the top classic movies that changed his life. It still, to this day is one movie that stays fire 🔥 .
Robert Rodriguez did death proof i think
Damn Quentin rich as hell but he still wears shirts bought from a Mexican yardsale
GenCloud Superior Marketing Hey there May 2019 viewer
lol
I have the same shirt. Was excited to see it. I brought it from a thrift store tho.....
Genius's don't wear nice clothes
Friend 2019 it’s mostly Indians and blacks that wear expensive stuff, flaunt and show off.
Having ignorant, broken, characters use racist language, is always an anti-racist act.
Absolute facts ! Its why I like outlandish comedy, highlighting a ridiculous scenario to speak on a real topic is the perfect light for it
It's like how most war films are technically anti war films
Especially since most of the characters that do that are portrayed as the villains!
Absolute truth.
You mean like the classic Blazing Saddles written by Mel Brooks with Richard Pryor’s assistance.
That’s so weird, when I grew up we learned about slavery in great detail from probably 4th grade until I graduated high school. Honestly I learned more about that subject than anything else. I’m always shocked when people act like it is a hidden history. It was quite literally the most emphasized thing in the 1980s and 90s
True. But it will never be enough for some until it's the singular only thing taught in schools. And even then, it probably won't be enough. Funny, I have a Turkish friend. He was never taught about the Barbary slave trade. Not one mention of it in school or society... and that completely dwarfs the Atlantic slave trade
Depends on the school and teachers. Some place don't teach it much
Not in my era at school and not in most red state schools. I’m glad your school did address it. Now the right wing racist apologists want to prohibit any education about Black history.
@@cz2165 Slavery is a standard part of US History in all states.
@@benbirch2393
Yeah. Let’s continue only to teach about white males. ( not)
Wow look at that. 10 years ago we were able to explain our opinions & reasonings without being shouted at as a Racist. Yes he faced backlash back then but it wasn’t to what the level it would be today. Tarantino has balls & I respect that
if he didnt make them say it as much people would have accused him of trying to make the white people look good. no, making those actors say the word so much makes you feel uncomfortable, because its SUPPOSED to. the whole point is to show how shocking it is and how we in the modern age can take it for granted how bad it was, and tarantino went easy!
Weyoun VI definitely the most truest comment here!
Weyoun VI it was also bad for the whites in Ireland and before the blacks came over.
My nigga wtf is up with ya profile pic 😂😂
Watch true romance he wrote that and it was racist for no reason. Remember it app comes from his mind what he's thinking about. Love the guy and his movies and hope he's not racist but watching this movie made me think.
Pray for Harambe It was shitty for the Irish. They were discriminated against (partly for being Catholic). Common Misconception, they were not slaves. They were however what is known as indentured servants. Indentured Servitude is kind of like Slavery. It’s pretty much where an “indenturee” works for laborer, it could be debt, a punishment, etc., it’s almost always unfree labor (unfree as in Liberty, not monetarily free, although they probably wouldn’t be paid either), and the laborer can sell the indenturee’s contract off to a third party or whoever for a price. Anyway the Irish were always hated in Early America, something they adopted from the British, until they weren’t that is. Irish were mainly able to change their image by assimilating, working and joining the army and pushing the hate onto another immigrant group, Like the Italians! So the Irish weren’t once hated, but not anymore. Except if you’re like an old Italian person. 🤷♂️.
Dude: “They have no shoes on?”
Quentin: “Oh yes, correct”
Me: (Thinking more and more about Quentins foot fetish)
Bradford Brenner sameeee lmaoo
HE GLANCED AT THE CAMERA WHEN HE SAID THAT
You know, i just watched once upon a time in hollywood and i saw so many peoples feet and i looked at my girlfriend and said “jesus quentin has a fetish.” Glad im not the only one who thought that😂
That's not "dude" lol, that's Sway
@@mikepatterson3168 its been confirmed lol
Why do white people just instinctually put some "flava" on their voice when talking around black people.
Im Italian/Irish was locked up as a kid, I'm from NY, grew up listening to rap music I had a certain amt of slang. Then i lived with 200 black kids for 18 months. My voice/accent changed while gone but only by proxy, kind of like someone moving down south. Ever since I returned home (17 years ago), I can vividly hear the differences in peoples speech tones, whether they're faking ebonics etc. It's so cringe, and Tarantino went off the rails here hahah.
Yh it's weird. He changes his vocabulary too. Almost like he is trying to do an old school 80s impression of a black person or something.
@@DrFearfall HAHAHAH. I don't even know if it's the 80s, I was born in the 80s! It's like he's half a century behind with his schtick. He's talking like he's in a prohibition era speakeasy.
This was cathartic 👍🏾
Tarantino with an excellent comment there, he was asked if he felt trepidation because he was a white man doing that, Tarantino responds, no I felt trepidation as a human doing that. Legend.
Legend
Legend.
Forsure legend
I would like to add that I feel he is a legend here as well. Because I don't think it's been stated enough.
Legend
"The movie's gotten a lot of BACK LASH." Pun intended?
+zamardii12 oh god haha
+zamardii12 AAHAHAHAHHAAAA
lol the way Sway said it, it seemed like he understood what he did there
+zamardii12 savage
+zamardii12 I scrolled across this right as he said it, fucking perfect timing.
Thank you! That was great!
Right On!!! I like when he is saying the n word a bunch of times to Samuel Jackson’s face in Pulp Fiction. He says it because he doesn’t care. And he shouldn’t.