Black movie goers know which movies are for us and which films aren’t. We really don’t like our stories being made into films that center (and humanize) people that hate us. The filmmakers/studio know that by naming the film “The Green Book”, black movie goers...
\u201c...the movie exists almost exclusively to allow white moviegoers to nod sagely about \u201chow far we\u2019ve come\u201d before calling the cops on their black neighbors for not waving hello.\u201dhttps://t.co/reMFmRtH6F via @Jezebel
— Reagan Gomez (@ReaganGomez) November 18, 2018
The homie @BrookeObie wondered, "When will Hollywood stop centering white people in Black stories? If the much-lauded Peter Farrelly film 'Green Book' is any indication, no time soon."https://t.co/TSeshZpqGG
— Britni Danielle (@BritniDWrites) November 17, 2018
If you're interested, here are Black folks writing about #GreenBook: @battymamzelle called it "a film about a racist white man making a black friend because he is suddenly given a financial stake in that man\u2019s well-being."https://t.co/Jr2BdJK40P
— Britni Danielle (@BritniDWrites) November 17, 2018
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"If only someone would tell me how I can get a startup to notice me."
Make Products.
"I guess it's impossible and I'll never break into the industry."
MAKE PRODUCTS.
Courtesy of @edbrisson's wonderful thread on breaking into comics – https://t.co/TgNblNSCBj – here is why the same applies to Product Management, too.
"I really want to break into comics"
— Ed Brisson (@edbrisson) December 4, 2018
make comics.
"If only someone would tell me how I can get an editor to notice me."
Make Comics.
"I guess it's impossible and I'll never break into the industry."
MAKE COMICS.
There is no better way of learning the craft of product, or proving your potential to employers, than just doing it.
You do not need anybody's permission. We don't have diplomas, nor doctorates. We can barely agree on a single standard of what a Product Manager is supposed to do.
But – there is at least one blindingly obvious industry consensus – a Product Manager makes Products.
And they don't need to be kept at the exact right temperature, given endless resource, or carefully protected in order to do this.
They find their own way.