M.O.N.E.Y.
No lie
You have to realized why would a white publication would even allow a black female to publish anything concerning black men while not being detrimental to them.
It is because this article IS low-key c00ning
She is celebrating and ENCOURAGING black men in major films, to be COWARDLY. That's why the editor ran the piece.
No, in this day in age, black men CANNOT be cowardly.
She mentions racists were mad because Finn was black. Then she said that PEOPLE (IE black people) were mad because he wasnt a strong black male. What she omit to mention is that the racist WERE NOT mad when Star Wars came out because he was portrayed as the total opposite of what they FEARED.
Look at Gotham. The lead protagonist, Det Gordon, is a white male who takes chances, brazen, bold, not afraid to push the ladder, threaten corrupt superiors, go after the bad guys, and go against the grain of the corrupt police force, EVEN IF HE IS ALONE IN DOING SO. Not to mention his MULTIPLE love interests. I dont think he ever cried in season 1. As idealistic and one sided this character is, THAT IS THE POINT OF HIS PORTRAYAL. THIS is what Black males should be portrayed as. NOT LIKE FINN who was seen as a buffoon, running away, looking up to other people, and chasing a girl who was NOT interested in him.
Her reasoning of Finn being scared is ASININE. Of course humans become scared. But to make a driving point in a major action picture is stupid. If he was white, he would have been portrayed much differently.
Yes, she is low-key c00ning. She doesnt like the masculine, high-testosterone black male action stars of yesteryear. SHe is encouraging MORE portrayals like Kevin Hart and Finn and even a feminized Jaden Smith. Nah b, I'll take Michael Jae White characters in action movies over cowardly Kevin Hart movies in a heartbeat.
This is a problem. Why can't we have both? Why is it always a binary with one side demanding hyper masculinity, and another a gumbel type clown?
I don't understand the criticisms of Finn. Dude is a youngin who was scared, yet still stepped up. What would you rather have had? A denzel who is automatically ready to scrap? Guess what, theres plenty of films with those black characters. Finn was different because he was a black man that got to play a normal, non-stereotyped character. He was great because i could see a white person playing him just as easily. We need more of them, rather than characters being rewritten simply to incorporate a black actor.
What black people need in the media as much as hero fantasy tropes is to be normalised. For too long we've either been hyper masculine, or goofy scary movie cowards. It's time we get to be in middle like everyone else.
