Movie-lovers in Portland, Oregon took matters into their own hands after a local organization planned to open a drive-in movie series with the 1990 comedy
is only a movie. So are, but we recognize films like those are not ‘good family fun,’” she wrote. “They are relics of how pop culture feeds racist assumptions.”
“Because despite what the movie shows,” she continued, “in reality, schools don’t transform cops. Cops transform schools, and in an extremely detrimental way.” A spokesperson for NWFC told the outlet they decided to make the change not only because of Leveen’s remarks, but also because of “a dozen others, including Black community members who asked us to consider opening the Drive-In with a different movie.” In a statement to the, Leveen pushed back against the organization, criticizing them for their insensitivity and lackluster response.
“I have been a Silver Screen members for years, and an NWFC patron even longer, and I know how seldom their screenings attract substantial numbers of BIPOC audience members,” she wrote in an email. “When a white-dominant institution cannot honestly admit their error and insensitivity, it does not suggest they will avoid similar errors and insensitivities in the future.”as an undercover detective who works at a school in order to catch a drug kingpin.
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