Saturday, December 25, 2010

ARTICLE: ‘Planet of the Apes’ May Be a Classic, But It Was Racist


The apes in the films have names, but they also have something else: A racial hierarchy. The blonde-haired orangutans are at the top, ruling the roost. Next in line are the chimpanzees, depicted in the films as having brown hair and light-skinned faces. At the bottom are the gorillas, who have black hair and – yes, you guessed right – black-skinned faces.


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