Movie review: Am I Racist?

My dear friend The Closet Conservative (AKA: Tim Amyx) has seen Am I Racist? and he loved it. Here’s his review.

Comedy is subjective, so what hits one man’s funny bone will not hit another. I laughed out loud during this movie…constantly.  It’s hard to imagine even those left of center not chuckling from time to time (those left of center who actually attend) Those who are right of center (guilty as charged) will not only find the movie hilarious but therapeutic as well.

In brief, Matt Walsh goes undercover, taking the angle that he himself “may be racist.” He tells himself to attend seminars, reeducation camps, and meetings to understand why he’s a racist. And since too many in the public know Matt Walsh as the “Extreme” Right Wing Conservative, the DEI people refuse to have an honest conversation about his questions.

To fight this, Walsh becomes “Steve,” goes undercover, and asks the same sincere questions about why he’s a Racist. Then, politely and naively, he points out inconsistencies and raises questions that point out the absurdity of the DEI/Anti-Racist movement.

Granted, Walsh and his team may have edited scenes to make those on film seem more foolish than they really are but the movie is funny because we know that these are real people (Real Leftists) saying what they believe.  And, what they believe (me injecting my subjective opinion here) is destroying the gains made in race relations over the last 40 years.

Early in the movie, Matt (“Steve”) takes an online DEI (brainwashing) seminar and receives in the mail a “card-credential” that says he’s taken the class and is now a credited Anti-Racist.  It’s funny because of the absurdity that one can take an online class, receive a card, and think that this is supposed to mean something in a positive way.

At least four other times in the movie after this, “Steve” pulls the ‘card’ from his wallet to show off his certification to fellow leftists, indicating that he’s one of the good guys… “Want to see my card? Look, I’m DEI certified.”  It is simply hilarious every time he pulls out his card. (It reminds me of the houses on my block in a deep blue community, all with Black Lives Matter signs in their windows. Simple virtue signaling.)

Much of the humor and the tone are subtle, sardonic, and low-key.  It’s the kind of humor that may go over the heads of liberals, wondering what’s so funny because, to them, racism is a major modern-day concern and not to be taken lightly. This is not an “in your face, liberals, what well-meaning fools  you are…”  This is more like, “explain that a little more to me, just to show how your sincerity is illogical, and funny”.

The movie goes out with the below quote over a black screen (is that racist?). It’s a quote from Thomas Sowell that I’ve heard many times before, but that can never be said enough to anti-racist hustlers and those infected with White Guilt:

“Racism is not dead, but it is on life support – kept alive by politicians, race hustlers and people who get a sense of superiority by denouncing others as ‘racists” — Thomas Sowell

Go see this movie. You will laugh.