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Ford v Ferrari is about white guys, and that’s OK

By Madeline Fry Schultz
Published December 2, 2019 4:51pm ET
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Ford v Ferrari is about white guys, and that’s OK
Christian Bale, left, and Matt Damon arrive at a special screening of "Ford v Ferrari" on Monday, Nov 4, 2019, at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles. | (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

Ford v Ferrari is a biopic about white guys, yet some people are complaining that it contains too many white guys.

The film tells the (fictionalized) true story of car designer Carroll Shelby and driver Ken Miles, who collaborated to help Ford beat Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1966. They were both white guys, and this is a problem for Bloomberg writer Hannah Elliott.

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