The debate over Precious
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The new movie Precious is the story of a 350 pound, illiterate, mother of two, sexually-abused, 16 year old black girl from Harlem. It’s raised some complicated issues about race and class – in filmdom and the real world. We talk about Precious with writers ERIN AUBRY KAPLAN whose commentaries on the film were published on Salon.com and Chicagotribune.com and RAINA KELLEY of Newsweek.
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