man s important sensitive what he wants us to be. what are you talking about? he just won the academy award. he is breaking down barriers for all of us. by being white. by acting white. sidney poitier is nothing but a rich uncle tom. look at you. all puffed up, your hat on your head, coming here, saying whatever you want. you need to go. what? get the hell out of my house. now, everybody just sit down. i m sorry, mr. butler. i didn t mean to make fun of your hero. everything you are and everything you have is because of that butler. why was that dynamic so important to you? because everything he was because of that butler, you know. you know, i often wonder. i show mid son the movie. i said and he liked it. i was surprised. he gave me props.
because of where we are on the evolution of our nation. first, a clip. forest whittaker stars as a butler who served american presidents and the film show how changes affected his own family. what was the name of that movie, honey? in the heat of the night. in the heat of the night with sydney portier. he s a white man s fantasy of what he wants us to be. what are you talking about? he just won the academy award. he s wraeking down barriers. about being white. about acting white. sydney portier s nothing but a rich uncle tom. look at you. all puffed up. your hat on your head. covering your hair. saying whatever you want. you need to go. what? get the hell out of my house! get on out! i m sorry, mr. butler, i didn t mean to make fun of your hero.
with sydney portier. he just won the academy award. he s breaking down barriers for all of us. about being white? about acting white. sidney portier is nothing but an uncle tom. look at you, all toughed up. your hat on your head, covering your ear, saying whatever you want. you need to go. what? get the hell out of my house! everybody just sit down. i m sorry, mr. butler. i didn t mean to make fun of your hero. everything you are, and everything you have is because of that butler. i spoke at length to forest whittaker and oprah winfrey about the film and about race in america, particularly after the trayvon martin case. here s part of that interview. you talked about this coming at an important time. certainly there has been in the wake of the trayvon martin case
pennsylvania avenue, they re very learned men. they all knew about the emmett till murder, medgar evers. these events happened on their watch. they had to know this was having a deep personal effect upon mr. allen especially in the years that he was serving at the white house before the big civil rights bills. let s take a look at another clip from the movie depicting a huge generational divide between forrest whittaker who plays eugene allen, his inspired character, and his son. what was the name of that movie, honey? in the heat of the night. in the heat of the night with sidney poitier. sidney poitier is a white man s fantasy of what he wants us to be. what are you talking about? he won the academy award, breaking down barriers for all of us. about being white, but acting white. sidney poitier is nothing but
a 360 interview with oprah winfrey. starting tomorrow she s back in movie theaters co-starring with fore forest whitker. more on that in a moment. first a clip on the movie based on a true story. forest whitaker served a president over three decades and how society and white house over that time affected his own family. what was the name of that movie, honey? in the heat of the night. in the heat of the night with sydney sydney pordia is a white man s fantasy of what he wants us to be. what are you talking about? he won the academy award. for being white? for acting white. sydney porter is nothing but original baton. look at you. all puffed up. hat on your head.