Dwayne Johnson to Be Honored by the American Black Film Festival

[DrexlersFade]

I thought he wasn’t Black

man, how can you not be black when your name is fukking "dwayne johnson" ????

Where’s the c00n vibes yall getting from him


He’s never spoke down on black people and has said Black Lives Matter before in a video


And also said he’s proud to Black just as he is proud to be Samoan in a tweet before


I’m I missing something

The dap fishing is outta control in this thread nikkas Od'ing

 

[Devilinurear]

Where’s the c00n vibes yall getting from him


He’s never spoke down on black people and has said Black Lives Matter before in a video


And also said he’s proud to Black just as he is proud to be Samoan in a tweet before


I’m I missing something

He also had a show about his life that featured his black father in a main role.

 

[CHICAGO]

This ain’t it. He’s playing a character that acknowledges that he’s Black. Give me something he said in real life that acknowledges that he’s Black

I think he has political ambition, so he has to lean in to his black side that he never acknowledge previously.

THE ROCK IS FUNNY STYLE
BUT WE'RE REALLY PRETENDING
HES NEVER ACKNOWLEDGED HIS BLACK SIDE?

HE DIDNT EVEN BECOME
"THE ROCK" UNTIL HE JOINED
"THE NATION"


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[Belize King]

When he was the only Nation Of Domination member to not wear a Kufi, I knew what time it was with him.

 

[Tyrantus]

He wants to be the the new T'Challa. I see the play here

 

[Toe Jay Simpson]

Y’all got to look into his family. He’s from the famous Anoai family in wrestling. I don’t even know how may of them there are but like 70 of them are famous. He’s definitely more into his Samoan roots but he’s always big upped his father and acknowledged the racism he had to overcome

 

[TRUEST]

If don can be a president this nikka ought to be an emperor. Notice I didn’t say king. Yes. I’m arrogant as fucck but gentle like a god.

 

[CodeKansas]

...


For what?

 

[ThrobbingHood]

See how he was the last one to raise his fist? Almost hesitant, out of synch you might say. The evidence is damning.

“Do I look urban enough? Oh gosh, this is hard. Oh wait, I forgot to raise my fist. It’s the left one right? No, the right one. Oh there we go. Gee wiz. How much longer do I have to hold it up there for?”

 

[R=G]

Where’s the c00n vibes yall getting from him


He’s never spoke down on black people and has said Black Lives Matter before in a video


And also said he’s proud to Black just as he is proud to be Samoan in a tweet before


I’m I missing something

These dudes are mixed Lavar Ball types...they just mad hes been ultra successful this whole time out...Will Smith out here looking stupid with his wack ass concerts and gay ways...Rock is basically worshipped...his tequila success alone the last 3 years is next level.

 

[IsThatBrothaMouzone?]

@Soldier

@Scustin Bieburr

@IsThatBrothaMouzone?

@murksiderock

@Piff Perkins

Yup read about that in his book. Could only imagine how bad it would have been if he looked like Warren Sapp or Russell Maryland.

White Latinos got this try-hard racism that's different from Anglos.

Euros hate Muslims but Latinos get along with em.

 

[The Phoenix]

The Rock was in a Tyler Perry movie? Now I've seen everything.

 

[Yaboysix]

Oh Shyt! I never had any interest in watching this movie, but from this clip the Shyt look good!

 

[IsThatBrothaMouzone?]

Where’s the c00n vibes yall getting from him


He’s never spoke down on black people and has said Black Lives Matter before in a video


And also said he’s proud to Black just as he is proud to be Samoan in a tweet before


I’m I missing something

It's because he was so busy working and Rock spent more time around the Samoan kinfolk. Pops is from Nova Scotia and left as a teen, so Rock likely didn't spend as much time around the Black side of his fam.

Then throw in the fact wrestling has a very conservative lean. How many wrestlers are loud & proud liberals? They mostly stay neutral or got a conservative, "bootstraps", support the troops vibe. Not particularly pro-Black or Black church or Black culturally.

Then.....Rock doesn't exactly code as Black. If we knew nothing about him, I wouldn't even know what racial category to place him in. Codes as ethnic or multiracial, maybe Polynesian but ain't no one thinking Black/African the first time they see him. Think he's proud of his heritage....it's just he's treated like something different than a Black man.

It's why he leans into the Samoan more than the Black....and he was with his mom and Samoan grandma a lot more. He acknowledges his heritage but I never thought he really identified as Black.

 

[™BlackPearl The Empress™]

Yeah no.