dangerous crap

'freedom writers' documents the heroic struggles of a noble white teacher in the belly of the beast: an innercity high school classroom teeming with black and brown gangbangers.

sound familiar? probably because its one of hollywoods favorite cliches. the movies title references the civil rights movement. so hillary swank is like a white mlk? as if our white brothers and sisters havent received enough credit for their community work. i, for one, have little patience for people who appropriate struggle, feign humility and then grab the reigns and reinforce oppression under the guise of "social justice".

in my experience as both a student and as an education consultant, a more compelling (yet never told) tale follows the intrepid brown teacher who is humiliated by an affluent, suburban, predominately white private school where institutionalized isms abound, and bitchy bored moms in tracksuits run amok. id pay to see it.