I wish Adolph Reed Jr. had a movie column: "The Real Problem with Selma"

FromThe Real Problem with Selma | nonsite.org:

...the specific sensibilities that carry the spate of slavery/Jim Crow-era costume dramas are those around which the contemporary black professional-managerial class (PMC) converges: reduction of politics to a narrative of racial triumph that projects “positive images” of black accomplishment, extols exemplary black individuals, stresses overcoming