CNN: "Isn’t it interesting that some of those calling most loudly for the BOYCOTT of The Woman King ARE BLACK MEN?"

[The Fade]

black women got Nate parker out here

And African women were just as much part of the trade as the men who participated. The whole “black women were trying to stop the black men” is mímetic of how white women claim white men just dragged them along. Outside of Dahomey as well. Tinubu and Nzinga sold slaves as well. Not to mention the women on Osu and those Senegalese Signaire women

There were African men and women who were creating refuge for slaves and fighting slave kingdoms though

The writer of the article is a fool and is a puppet of Imperial Feminism

Once you see the tropes you don’t unsee them

 

[kingofnyc]

"At the beginning of the film, Davis’ character Nanisca admonishes the King for allowing his people – and other Africans – to be involved in the business. She spends the entire film talking about how it is wrong to sell your own people and offers alternatives to the barbaric practice."

this is news to me. i haven't seen the movie but according to some boycott posts it was historically inaccurate. so the movie actually does portray that the tribe was trading slaves, where is the alleged historical inaccuracy

the historical and inaccuracy is the fact that they was told by the British to stop the slave trade and they wouldn’t
its no historical proof that the Viola Davis character nor any other major / minor individuals from the Dahomey tribe tried to admonish King Gehzo about selling his own people

I didn’t see the movie either … with that said
them 2 white female writers through that bullshyt in there to rewrite history - By making this female army be heroes when in actuality they was evil , ruthless , pieces of shyt , devils = fukk em

 

[bourgeoisie tall freak]

its no historical proof that the Viola Davis character nor any other major / minor individuals from the Dahomey tribe tried to admonish King Gehzo about selling his own people

do you really think all people of a community have the same political ideology? i can't name one society that operate like that. just because it may not got to a level of a epic protest doesn't mean all people were for it so for all we know it could be some truth to this plot.

 

[Originalman]

CNN is such a stupid site and network. They just as bad as Fox news with these fake headlines. This heffa happy to write some bull shyt article on this movie when most black folks don't even know this shyt was released.

Second the heffa need to be writing an article on how Lemon got canned (just as she will in a few months) from his CNN show. Folks need to start getting these black slave catching in the media out the paint.

 

[kingofnyc]

do you really think all people of a community have the same political ideology? i can't name one society that operate like that. just because it may not got to a level of a epic protest doesn't mean all people were for it so for all we know it could be some truth to this plot.

are you REALLY serious ?
do you even understand that female army invaded hundreds of weaker villages and beheaded any one who refuse to be enslaved , and you really think V Davis character or anybody within that community would be against it

 

[Uachet]

do you really think all people of a community have the same political ideology? i can't name one society that operate like that. just because it may not got to a level of a epic protest doesn't mean all people were for it so for all we know it could be some truth to this plot.

There were people who wanted to stop the slave-trade in the Dahomey, they were called the fly faction. None of them were a part of the military. None of them were in the Kings group. They wanted to focus on what the British told them to focus on, trading palm oil. The Dahomey only stopped slaving for awhile because they were blockaded by the British. They went back to do it few years later because of all of the pressure on the King by the Nobles who wanted to continue slaving. They started up again, was picking on weaker nations to do it (This is the time period of the movie) and then eventually the King was assassinated and another tribe beat their asses so bad that they could never participate in the slave trade at the same level as they use to again.

That is the true story, not the fictionalized story that makes them out to be heroes. If you want to support that, then have at it. Just respect those who decided that they will not support it too.

 

[bourgeoisie tall freak]

are you REALLY serious ?
do you even understand that female army invaded hundreds of weaker villages and beheaded any one who refuse to be enslaved , and you really think V Davis character or anybody within that community would be against it

read my post above about american soldiers. tldr: not all people agree with wars even though they or their country participate in it. based on this reality and knowing human nature in general (that not everybody thinks the same) it's perfectly plausible that some dahomey werent with the shyt, and that this movie is an embellishment of that POV

 

[AAKing23]

Knew it was a black woman before I clicked

 

[2 Up 2 Down]

I thought the movie was pretty good. What's the boycott about?

 

[Still Benefited]

plus who is to say that some people in that community didn't agree with slavery. look at the US, the rulers do what they do and at least half of the people don't agree with it. even american soldiers don't agree with the wars they participate in. at some point in time soldiers didn't even have much of a choice if they were drafted. That doesn't stop people from the outside looking in thinking that all americans are trash.

people love to one way tf out of things lol

Right,and not only that. Some of the people the Dahomey captured also were involved in the slave trade. Meaning some of those warriors who got captured by the Dahomey, were involved in the same slave trade they hate the people in this movie for.


So just think of the implications when you are saying "They sold my people into slavery". Better be careful because "your people" that got sent off may have done their share of enslavement and trading prior to taking that L


And like you said,some of them may not have agreed. But did what they had to,or were simply born into believing slavery was normal and okay.

I guess on the brightside the movies opened people up to discussing the nuance of a complicated subject.

 

[Tair]

read my post above about american soldiers. tldr: not all people agree with wars even though they or their country participate in it. based on this reality and knowing human nature in general (that not everybody thinks the same) it's perfectly plausible that some dahomey werent with the shyt, and that this movie is an embellishment of that POV

• Perfectly plausible that some Nazi soldiers didn't agree with Hitler. So let's create a movie about those righteous Nazi soldiers.
• Perfectly plausible that some slavemasters were benevolent to their slaves. So let's create a movie showing those righteous slavemasters.
• Perfectly plausible that some members of the KKK didn't agree with burning Black people in the town square. So let's create a movie showing the righteous folks of the KKK

 

[AJD]

Since BMs youth we got some form or entity tryna put their foots on our necks to make us fall in line. I think that why I and others just grew up with that rebel, fukk what you saying mentality.
These idiots gonna learn brehs ain't some stupid toddler they can just manipulate and control. If brehs don't fukk with something then motherfukkers don't fukk with it..

 

[bourgeoisie tall freak]

• Perfectly plausible that some Nazi soldiers didn't agree with Hitler. So let's create a movie about those righteous Nazi soldiers.
• Perfectly plausible that some slavemasters were benevolent to their slaves. So let's create a movie showing those righteous slavemasters.
• Perfectly plausible that some members of the KKK didn't agree with burning Black people in the town square. So let's create a movie showing the righteous folks of the KKK

They have created these movies

it's probably one of the most popular plots in storytelling.... show the nuances of someone who's fukking up i see it all the time in black hood movies. shyt, goodfellas is my favorite movie, they made henry hill cool (up untll the choppers showed up )

 

[bourgeoisie tall freak]

Right,and not only that. Some of the people the Dahomey captured also were involved in the slave trade. Meaning some of those warriors who got captured by the Dahomey, were involved in the same slave trade they hate the people in this movie for. So just think of the implications when you are saying "They sold my people into slavery". Better be careful because "your people" that got sent off may have done their share of enslavement and trading prior to taking that L And like you said,some of them may not have agreed. But did what they had to,or were simply born into believing slavery was normal and okay. I guess on the brightside the movies opened people up to discussing the nuance of a complicated subject.

mayne there's probably some kid soldier in africa right now chopping their cousins head off in the name of whatever tf is going on there, not because they actually want to do it lmao. as usual all logic and nuance goes out the door when feelings are involved. i'ma let em cook and just let nip sing.

 

[Bushmaster69]

Why is a MAINSTREAM OUTLET putting out a narrative like this?

Exactly.

Peep the PsyOps.

I don't know why Black men pretend this shyt isn't happening. If all media is owned, and all modern media, especially mainstream media, are owned by the few rich and powerful, and they control what is spread to the masses, why is it far-fetched to think there is an attack on black men?

It isn't far fetched. It's happening.

Right before our eyes in 3D.