Liars and Legends:The Real West

[Patronus]

Uhhh so they are showing "The Real Lone Ranger" and the write-up says "A profile of Bass Reeves(1838-1910), a former slave who becomes a deputy U. S. Marshall..."

So now The Lone Ranger is black too?

For ****s sake.

 

[BHJ]

Yep the Real old west charachter that the lone ranger was based on was indeed Bass Reeves.
His skin color did happen to be black and he was a real badass with plenty of smarts.

 

[geezer]

Adds a whole new meaning to Kemosabe...Tanto knew....

 

[rtross]

Yep the Real old west charachter that the lone ranger was based on was indeed Bass Reeves.
His skin color did happen to be black and he was a real badass with plenty of smarts.

This ^^^
He was a real cool guy with outstanding character.
He was a great man; his skin color had absolutely nothing to do with it.
Its a shame that a discussion of his color even enters the discussion.

 

[Patronus]

It's a damn shame people buy this ****. Pretty soon the founding fathers will be portrayed as blacks too.