A group or racists that call themselves the Council of Conservative Citizens are planning a boycott of the upcoming Thor movie over its use of a black actor portraying the Norse god Heimdall. These idiots believe that Marvel Comics has a left-wing agenda and is furthering its goals by using Idris Elba, a British actor of African descent, to play a mythical god. Uh…okay. The best part is that the group can’t take criticism for its moronic crusade and responds to attacks with lines like:
The left-wing knows that there is no reasonable way to defend re-writing black people into Norse mythology. So they just viciously hurl insults.
Do these people know what fiction is? I’m guessing that these people have a reasonable way to defend rewriting Jesus Christ into a deity with dazzling white skin and sparkling blue eyes.
For the record, I’m happy to viciously hurl insults at stupid people that are receiving PayPal donations to generate hate.
Thanks to my friend Paul for notifying me about these people. Please be careful. You’re Jewish and the Council of Conservative Citizens might lynch you.
Where were these folks when Kingpin was changed!!!!????
Lol
Some people have too much time.
And black Nick Fury too!
and CatWoman!
She's DC though. Not sure if they have a left wing agenda.
bah! technicalities!
They should produce remakes of Spawn and Blade and cast some siberians to play their part.
White Panther!
Um, aren't they re-writing the entire concept of Thor, so that they're more "other-worldly" than "godly," and it's advanced technology that separates the "gods" from the rest of humanity? Maybe a closer look at the supposed script will explain how the change is 100% ok……
The ironic part of all of this, is that this group probably considers themselves "Christian," which means they don't believe in Norse Mythology in the first place. So they actually have no dog in this fight other than to be racist.
I find that most non christians also want christian goodwill and values spread. not picking on your comment it just reminded me of a conversation we had at work a week ago. It started out by us talking about a claim from a white coworker that he was discriminated against. Some of our employees who aren't caucasian believed it was impossible for that to happen. As in racism only goes one way.
weird how that all works huh?
There are a lot of people who consider themselves "Christian" who don't understand Christ's message. And there are a whole lot of people who think "racism" is just a word we use to describe what happens to black people and not about the greater issue of mistrust between differing cultures based on nothing but appearance.
Frankly, I hate the word racism. I also hate the fact we use the word "race" to separate us. It implies an "otherness" that does not exist. We may come from different cultures, but we are all the same race (aka, the human race). Baboons and Chimps are different races. Dolphins and Sharks are different races. Black people and white people are both people.
Amen, brother!
-M
People are people…but not everyone is worthy to play an imaginary deity that guards over an imaginary rainbow bridge to an imaginary heaven…even if it a modernization of a comic-book take on ancient folklore. *snicker*
You know, ironically, in his sarcasm, Stephen Colbert actually has the most "enlightened" attitude towards racism. He sometimes jokes around by asking a black guy; "Now people tell me you're black. I can't tell because I don't see color."
In this joke lies the key to eliminating racism. If someone is truly "colorblind", they cannot distinguish between black, white, red and yellow and thus, must treat everyone the same or at least have the same general attitude towards the population at large.
The modern social problem with this attitude is that if all of us were truly equal, there would be no Black History Month, or Black Congressional Delegation, etc. because that creates a distinction between black and white. You could have an African History Month and an Australian History Month, etc. to celebrate the history and culture of a different group of people that came from somewhere else (we're all Irish on St. Patrick's day, right?)
The other taboo that would have to go is the description of African-American for black people. They are American, period. Just like you, me, and everyone else that was born here. A true African-American (like every other country, or continent, in this case) is someone who has immigrated from Africa at any point in their life. The irony of this is that a white, English-speaking family from Johannesburg can move from South Africa to Atlanta, Georgia and be considered African-American. Can you imagine the son or daughter of that family explaining to their public school teacher (in a British accent) that they are indeed African-American? How about to the other kids in school that consider themselves "African-American" but were really born here?
-M
It blew my mind when I saw Nick Fury black (as Samuel L. Jackson, no less) when I read The Ultimates for the very first time. Up until that point, he was an grizzled, old white guy war hero with an eye patch.
Then I remembered that The Ultimates was a "re-imaging" of The Avengers so I went with it. Besides, Samuel L. Jackson (the graphic novel version) totally suits the Nick Fury character.
-M
Racist confession: whenever I meet a white person from South Africa, I automatically think that they supported apartheid. I think this stems from a tennis coach I had as a teenager. He used to tell me stories about how he and his friends would get drunk, rent elephants, and chase "the darkies" (his term) around. I just looked at him in shock, thinking, "What the hell are you talking about?!?"
WWE connection: in my head Justin Gabriel is a heel because he supported apartheid.