Replicant Lives Matter (and Robots Debating Humanity’s Future)

Replicant Lives Matter (and Robots Debating Humanity’s Future)

A fellow Patheos blogger, Leah Schade , has shared some thoughts about re-watching the classic movie Blade Runner in our era of Black Lives Matter. She notices things such as the uniform whiteness of the actors in major roles, the one reference to race in Decker’s narrating monologue, the casual shooting of someone who is deemed less than human, as well as the presence of a Christ-figure towards the end of the movie. Here is a sample from the post : My growing awareness of issues around bias, white supremacy, and racial violence has caused me to look at […]

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