Reply #26: Genuine spiritual values are the province of minorities

[DrBB]

Kind of a corrolary to Hero's Sidekick Is a Native: if genuine, non-hypocritical spiritual/religious values are to be represented, the character HAS to be an indigenous person or ethnic minority. This is what black people are for. They are there to validate the Destiny of the White Guy, through their contact with Deep Mysterious Wells of Spiritual Wisdom. We white guys don't know what it is, but them black folk just have DMW of SW oozing out of 'em. Our own religious professionals are all hypocrites, so we're kinda caught off from this otherwise.

The Matrix films are an exceptionally egregious example. Morpheus, The Oracle. Couple of superb black actors compelled to play--let's face it--this same damn role.