#WhatBlackPantherMeansToMe is definitely overboard and i'm a comic book breh

[TL15]

Low key a side of me can understand why certain types on the right or sympathetic to them speak negatively about so called social justice warriors. The thought pieces on this pending film have been insufferable. It's definitely a cynic's nightmare to see all these low self esteem getting newfound inspiration from a fukkin comic book movie that they haven't even seen yet. I said last year when getting wind of this movie coming down the line that I hope Black folks don't become the new modern white women. I say that cuz it was pathetic seeing all those grown white women crying over the Wonder Woman movie. Please don't let me see photos and videos of Black folks crying cuz "I finally get to see myself on the screen." It's pathetic.

I agree with your point for myself (I don't even think I'll see it in theaters because I don't really like comic book movies tbh )

I do think that it's a good thing for kids to see positive and different images of black people though. When I was growing up, I tend to think I gravitated toward sports because I saw a lot of black people being successful (and actually just DOING it). And I think it's really cool for young black kids to see black superheros on TV and in movies the same way that white kids do. I don't think there's anything inherently wrong with that. I think about when I was a kid and I wanted to be the Green Power Ranger for Halloween because Green was my favorite color and a punk ass white kid told me I should be the black ranger because he was black and the Green Ranger was white. I think the more "cool" things for little black kids to buy into, and apprecaite the better for them

A lot of these adults living through their childhood fandom is a bit sad though. I think it's cool to be proud, but don't LIVE through and find your identity through a movie, just like adults shouldn't live through a TV show, their sports team, etc.

 

[SuperNintendo Chalmers]

Symbolism continues to be our weakness. I don't care how you slice it or rationalize it.

 

[JahBuhLun]

symbolic victories yall.....

Part of that victory, symbolic or otherwise, is the representation of Black people in the media. People weren't tripping when every Black movie that was coming out was a slave movie, or the the lead character is gay, a maid or just some type of tragic/magic negro stereotype. The impact on a young, impressionable Black kid can be huge, even if it's just a comic book movie.

 

[Kiyoshi-Dono]

wow
Snipes carried the Black action star torch that allowed Blade to even get to the screen..........which led to the modern marvel films....

and that's the thanks he gets

(now, Snipes has thrown Black women under the bus in the past, so she might be dismissing him for that)

Michael Jai doesn’t get enough love either..
Spawn gets no love at all

 

[dh86]

Why not let them have that

 

[TransJenner]

I really hate when people put pride in there race
It's the same thing as me putting pride into have green eyes and only talking to people with green eyes


Racism is a endless loop that'll never be solved because we should put pride into things that matter

 

[LoStranger]

Part of that victory, symbolic or otherwise, is the representation of Black people in the media. People weren't tripping when every Black movie that was coming out was a slave movie, or the the lead character is gay, a maid or just some type of tragic/magic negro stereotype. The impact on a young, impressionable Black kid can be huge, even if it's just a comic book movie.

That's true but people are going WAY overboard with this, it's just a comic book movie....

 

[parallax]

I really hate when people put pride in there race
It's the same thing as me putting pride into have green eyes and only talking to people with green eyes


Racism is a endless loop that'll never be solved because we should put pride into things that matter

how many people do you think het descriminated for having green eyes?

 

[philmonroe]

this is definitely overboard. And all the people with top tweets are clearly woke-shea butter twitter bandwagon fans. And I'm saying this as a person that clearly a comic book/movie fan and I'm of that group of people that's just happy to see the movie. I'm just making sure to acknowledge that this is too far. It's just good to see this type of black movie, its not a super monumental shift in power.

Man you gotta blame yourself. If your ass ain't all up on social media you wouldn't know stuff like this. If that's how some feel eh I'm not hear to crap on them because it doesn't harm me in any way.

 

[Azul]

I hate him.

 

[AnotherRoute]

Michael Jai doesn’t get enough love either..
Spawn gets no love at all

And none of these people are pushing for Static to be made and he was a black character created by a black person. The cover with the malcom x hat was one of my favorite covers ever made

 

[Dwayne_Taylor]

Friends that tried to clown me as kids for reading comics are on my timeline acting like Obama's about to have a third term. the bandwagon is real.

 

[Anti-Anime]

Nikka nerds come take this L

 

[philmonroe]

Bruh I feel the sameway too. A woman at work said finally a black man is the star of a Marvel movie. Asked if she has ever seen Blade she said Blade was not a Marvel character then said Wesley Snipes doesn’t count.

Wesley Snipes doesn’t count ?!? I just walked away.

Cats take any opportunity to be some elitist on stuff and star bytching when folks do the same to them smfh. You know that lady probably didn't know shyt stop with the high and mighty stuff.

 

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