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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Leila Latif

Whites Only: Ade’s Extremist Adventure review – a woeful failure to challenge racism

Ade Adepitan in front of a collection of busts of Afrikaner leaders and symbols in Orania, South Africa
Ade Adepitan on Monument Hill in Orania, home to a collection of busts of Afrikaner leaders and symbols. Photograph: Channel 4

Not every attempt at documenting real events ends up fulfilling its intended purpose. Capturing the Friedmans started as a sweet tale about clowns and ended up lamenting harrowing crimes. Metallica’s Some Kind of Monster was planned to be a couple of infomercials, not a nuanced portrait of the poisonous effects of fame. Tom Cruise went on Oprah to chat on the sofa and discuss his love for Katie Holmes in a totally normal way.

In the case of Whites Only: Ade’s Extremist Adventure, Ade Adepitan’s attempt to see if “racial separatism can ever be justified” becomes a cautionary tale for black people who think they can one-of-the-good-ones themselves out of white supremacy.

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