The Blind Side News

'The Help' shows good stories have no color barrier

By Javier E. David

5:01 AM on 08/12/2011

OPINION - Cinematic history is replete with examples of movies that spark ire over the racial composition of the team behind the camera...
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Ravens' Michael Oher tells his side in memoir

By theGrio

12:39 PM on 02/08/2011

Sitting at a conference table at the Ravens' training center just outside Baltimore, Oher, 24, is ready to reintroduce himself to the world with his own memoir, I Beat the Odds: From Homelessness to The Blind Side and Beyond (Gotham, $26), co-written with veteran sports writer Don Yaeger...
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Real life 'Blide Side' mom meets Sandra Bullock's baby

By theGrio

12:53 PM on 05/17/2010

"He's the most beautiful little baby," Tuohy says. "I just had lunch with them Saturday. He's got eyes that have wisdom. I could just stare at him all day." ...
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This year's Oscar nominees are rich with racial themes

By Clarence Haynes

8:18 AM on 03/07/2010

OPINION - From 'Avatar' and 'District 9' to 'The Blind Side' and 'Precious', this years Academy Award nominees both directly and indirectly grapple with issues regarding race...
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'The Blind Side' an obvious appeal to white guilt

By Christopher Chambers

8:52 AM on 11/20/2009

OPINION - First is the buzz over Hollywood's usual alternative to the raw black pathology selling "Precious:" the "feel good" paradigm for portraying African-American woes...
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