What is your opinion on black people playing the tech person in movies and tv?

[DaddyFresh]

I never noticed but now that I think about it it’s unreal how often that is the case

 

[Lord_nikon]

The OG

 

[Jello Biafra]

Anthony Edwards wasn't in transformers.

Also i'm not seeing this trend at all. Most tech guys in any movie are a lil quirky regardless, and when its a black person it usually comes off as cool or charming or its just a regular dude.

Ving Rhames in Mission Impossible series, Luda and whats her name in Fast and Furious, homeboy from Terminator, the various other examples already posted in this thead, none of them were clowns or simps or whatever...

I meant Anthony Anderson.
Now that I think of it...isn't Anthony Edwards the white dude from Revenge of the Nerds?

 

[Wargames]

The OG

Was just about to post this

Back then this casting was against type. It would have normally been a white or Asian guy.

 

[Wargames]

I have noticed that big blockbuster movies tend to make the black tech guy into a clown or a simp. Prime examples are Anthony Edwards in the first Transformers and Justice Smith in Jurassic World 2.

To be fair Anthony Anderson was a straight Clown/c00n that whole film and his replacement was a funny looking black chef in the sequel and robots who couldn’t read and have gold teeth….

Which is crazy because Bay made Bad Boy 1 & 2 but he might have had more creative freedom with Transformers for the racism to shine through…..

Either way Michael Bay ain’t shyt…. A black man in tech isn’t a bad look at all.

 

[Hostile]

The GOAT

 

[Art Barr]

They need to gon tha fukk on,....
with that worst than bionic six black token iq.
meets galaxy rangers the black guy is always on the ship bullshyt.


shyt is as old as 1985.

Do not stand for that emasculation bullshyt.


Art Barr

 

[jeh]

Sometimes it doesn't work, example is 50 cent in the Escape Plan movies

 

[Breh the HitMang]

Oh you want black people to be portrayed one way huh

 

[Stoop Kid]

The Matrix had 2 different black characters on the main ship that were the computer guys lol

 

[Bruce LeRoy]

The OG

Then he went on to be Chuck Norris sidekick in Walker Texas Ranger.

 

[Jean Jacket]

Light pandering.

 

[nieman]

The trope exists no matter who is in the role - Techie - cool black, quirky girl, quirky white guy, asian
The tough guy - big black, small crazy white, lean asian guy/girl,
The mouth - girl (black or white)
The comedic sidekick can be any one of these or another character.

It's a plug-n-play role, so while you may notice one type, there are millions that notice another type.

 

[Master Teacher]

Light pandering.

No it's not, because black people are really the smartest and best in that field

The guy who invented Skynet was Black In Terminator 2, black people have always been scientist and experts in movies because it's reflective of real life

the best surgeon in America is black, the highest paid robotics engineer in the world is black

 

[Geek Nasty]

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