\u201cWhat is wrong with black\u2062 people?\u201d These are the first words spoken in\u200d the captivating Netflix “documentary” Stamped from the Beginning<\/a>. Adapted from \u2064the bestseller Stamped\u200c from \u200cthe\u200c Beginning: The\u200c Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America<\/em> by self-proclaimed antiracist \u2064”intellectual” Ibram X. Kendi, this film \u200ctakes viewers on a thrilling journey through six centuries of racism to uncover the origins \u200bof “anti-blackness.” Critics have hailed\u200b it \u200das “heart-poundingly\u200d persuasive,” “radical,” and “well-paced and affecting.” However, despite the accolades,\u200c the end product\u2062 is shockingly terrible.<\/p>\n

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Radical Black Women \u2064Only<\/h2>\n
One of the major issues with the film lies\u2064 in its choice of experts. Kendi himself serves as the primary \u2063narrator, accompanied by a lineup of \u2064 hard-left activists<\/a> and professors, all of whom\u200b are black women.\u2063 Director Roger \u2062Ross Williams intentionally\u200d selected this group to reinforce the\u2062 film’s\u200c message,\u2063 stating\u2063 that “Black women were always at the forefront of the resistance movement\u2064 and, in my eyes, never get their\u2062 due.” Reviewers have praised their candidness, but their biased statements, such as calling Thomas Jefferson “full of \u2064sh-t,” do not\u2062 lend credibility\u2062 to \u2062the historical claims made.<\/p>\n
The \u2063roster\u2063 of commentators includes esteemed figures like Dorothy \u2062Roberts<\/a>, Imani Perry<\/a>,\u2062 Elizabeth Hinton<\/a>, Lynae Vanee<\/a>, Brittany Packnett Cunningham<\/a>, Honor\u00e9e Fanonne Jeffers<\/a>, Brittney \u2063Cooper<\/a>, Carol Anderson<\/a>, Cori Bush, and the influential Angela Davis<\/a>. These women possess\u200c numerous graduate degrees, have authored multiple books, and even have vice presidential candidacies under their\u200b belts. However, it is important to note that Davis has also faced criminal charges related to\u2064 terrorism. Despite\u2062 their\u2064 accomplishments, their\u200c lack of objectivity is evident in their \u2063statements.<\/p>\n
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The blatant \u200cbias of the presenters is just one of the many\u2063 flaws in “Stamped \u200dfrom the Beginning.”<\/p>\n
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Lies, Errors, and Distortions<\/h2>\n
For a film presented as a straight\u2062 historical\u2063 documentary telling the real truth about anti-blackness, it is chock-full \u2062of factual errors, historical misrepresentations, and deliberate \u2062lies. <\/p>\n
The famed Portuguese supporter of exploration, \u2062 Prince Henry the Navigator<\/a>, is said to have been motivated primarily by the \u200cquest for slaves and\u200b invented anti-blackness as a rationale for enslavement. This is untrue.\u200d <\/p>\n
Not only would Henry\u2064 not need a justification for slavery\u200d \u2014 \u2064something \u200cviewed as unproblematic in \u200bthe 1400s \u2014 but \u200bhe\u2063 was not\u200d looking \u2062for bodies to exploit. He was \u200dmoved instead by his religious desire to combat Muslim foes and \u200dconvert others, the \u2063potentially lucrative trade in gold, and the importance of prestige through knowledge\u2062 generation in 15th-century\u200c Europe.<\/p>\n
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\u201cStamped\u201d\u2064 heavily misrepresents Bacon\u2019s Rebellion, the 17th-century\u2064 uprising<\/a> that presaged the American Revolution. The film argues that this colonial Virginia insurrection, \u2064which seriously threatened the\u2063 stability of English rule in its oldest \u2064American colony, was a \u200cmultiracial fight \u2064against inequality and the oppression\u200c of slavery and indentured servitude. It\u2062 is\u200d compared directly to the 1968 race riots, Occupy Wall Street, and 2020\u2019s summer of violence. <\/p>\n
In reality, the rebellion was a complex combination of an internecine elite \u2064feud, broad revolt against unfair mercantilist economics, and an anti-Indian crusade for land.\u200c Were both black and white people involved in \u200bthe action? Yes. Was that at all the purpose\u2062 of said action? Certainly\u2062 not.<\/p>\n
The \u201cMyth \u2064of the Black Criminal\u201d segment contains myriad omissions\u2063 and\u2062 distortions that obliterate its central contentions \u2014 that modern policing is the equivalent of\u200c lynching, that white violence is ignored while black violence is exaggerated, and\u200b that blacks are being \u201cmassacred\u201d \u200bby the forces of \u201cwhite supremacy.\u201d <\/p>\n
The greatest issue here \u2063is the complete absence of population-adjusted statistics on crime. When one\u200c sees \u200bthe numbers, it is clear\u200c that black criminality \u2014 and, concurrently, \u200c black victimhood<\/a> \u2014 \u2062is highly disproportionate to population size<\/a>. African Americans comprise\u200b about 14 percent of the population<\/a> but account for 26.6 percent\u200b of \u2063arrests<\/a>. This includes 51 percent of murder arrests,\u2064 53 percent of robbery arrests, and 27 percent of\u200c rape arrests. \u200dThese are decidedly inconvenient facts for the experts\u2064 in \u201cStamped,\u201d so\u2064 they disregard them.<\/p>\n
Another malicious falsification or \u200cegregious error\u2063 is the discussion\u2064 of \u201c King Kong<\/a>\u201d as a racist film that dehumanizes blacks. In a montage of\u200b purportedly anti-black propaganda, a poster\u2062 is displayed, showing an angry black\u2062 ape holding a partially nude white woman with the \u200btext \u201cDestroy this mad brute.\u201d The problem\u2063 is that this cartoon is not anti-black but \u2063anti-German. It is an American WWI recruiting \u2064poster<\/a>, as can be seen in the full image. The ape is sporting a Kaiser mustache, wears a Pickelhaube<\/em> marked with \u201cMilitarism,\u201d and holds a club labeled Kultur<\/em>. The word \u201cEnlist\u201d rests below. One could see this \u2063as a hilarious mistake, but the cropping of the \u2063poster is quite suspicious.<\/p>\n
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Claim<\/th>\n	Reality<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Police disproportionately target black individuals<\/td>\n	Crime rates are higher in \u200bpredominantly \u200bblack neighborhoods,\u2062 leading to \u200dincreased police presence<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Police use excessive force against \u200cblack individuals<\/td>\n	Police encounters with black individuals \u2064are often a result\u2062 of resistance\u2064 or non-compliance<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The criminal justice system is racist<\/td>\n	The\u200d criminal justice system is complex and influenced by multiple factors, including crime rates and socioeconomic disparities<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n The \u200bfilm also \u200bneglects to mention\u200b the numerous initiatives and\u200c reforms that have been implemented in recent years to address \u2063concerns around racial \u200dbias and police misconduct. These include the \u200bimplementation of \u200cbody \u200dcameras, increased training on de-escalation techniques<\/a>, and the establishment of oversight\u2063 boards to hold law enforcement accountable<\/a>.<\/p>\n Overall,\u200c “Stamped from \u2062the\u2064 Beginning” \u200cfails to provide a balanced and accurate portrayal\u200c of the issues it examines. Its biased selection\u200b of experts,\u2063 factual errors, and distortions \u2064undermine its credibility and detract from any \u2062valuable insights it may offer. It is important for viewers to approach this \u2063film \u2062with a critical\u200d eye and\u200b seek additional sources of \u2063information to form\u200c a more\u2064 complete understanding of the complex issues surrounding race and racism in America.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Conclusion<\/h2>\n While “Stamped from the Beginning” \u2062may\u2062 be lauded \u200dby some critics for its provocative and\u200c confrontational\u200b approach, it ultimately falls short in delivering an objective and \u2063comprehensive account of \u2062the history and contemporary\u2062 manifestations of racism. By relying on biased experts \u2062and presenting misleading \u2064information, the film undermines its\u2062 own credibility and fails to provide the \u200dnecessary context\u200d to understand \u200dthe complexities of the issues at hand.<\/p>\n To truly engage with the topic of racism and work \u200dtowards a \u2062more inclusive and equitable society,\u200d it is essential\u2063 to seek out diverse perspectives, critically evaluate information, and \u2064engage in open and \u2062honest dialogue. \u200d”Stamped from \u200dthe \u2063Beginning” may serve as a starting\u200c point for discussions, but \u2064it should not be taken as the definitive source on the\u2064 subject.<\/p>\n As viewers, we must challenge ourselves to critically analyze the media we consume and actively seek out a broad range of viewpoints and sources. Only\u200b by doing so can\u200d we\u200b gain a deeper understanding of the complex issues \u200bof race and racism and work towards meaningful change.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/body><\/html><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" What’s the issue with black people?” This is the opening line of Netflix’s “Stamped from the Beginning,” a documentary based on Ibram X. Kendi’s acclaimed book about the history of racist ideas in America. Directed by Roger Ross Williams, known for his work on Hulu’s series<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1373,"featured_media":2111779,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2111778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2111778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1373"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2111778"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2111778\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2111779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2111778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2111778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2111778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}

Lies, Errors, and Distortions<\/h2>\n For a film presented as a straight\u2062 historical\u2063 documentary telling the real truth about anti-blackness, it is chock-full \u2062of factual errors, historical misrepresentations, and deliberate \u2062lies. <\/p>\n