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04-04-2006, 10:33 PM
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Well, I haven't seen Lawrence of Arabia (???), if that's where the quote is from.
Out of context it is definitely racist. Maybe in context of the movie it would not seem that way? Let's examine: T.E. Lawrence: So long as the Arabs fight tribe against tribe, so long will they be a little people, a silly people - greedy, barbarous, and cruel, as you are. 1. If Arabs were not called Arabs then, why does he say that? 2. If his point is that if the people of the area want to do something great they need to stop fighting amongst each other and get organised, calling them little, silly, barbarous, and cruel is not only uncalled for, but still racist. (Especially the last three.)
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