This is a clip from "Driving Miss Daisy." While this might just be a historically accurate take on the dynamic between black and white in the Civil Rights-era South, there is more to see here than meets the eye. Morgan Freeman plays an illiterate yet charming man hired to drive Miss Daisy. There is Elvira, miss Daisy's maid, who is also African American. Is this a continuation of a stereotype? Certainly! While this is based on a Pulitzer Prize-winning play and also won the Academy Award for Best Picture, it is hardly politically correct. This movie clearly displays the subordination of blacks to whites. Thoughts?
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