Michelle Rodriguez: Black People Should Stop Stealing White Superhero Roles Update: She Apologizes

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45 million African Americans in this country and ya worried about having or not having allies from other races

This is true but it needs to made own and clarified that by and large latino be they Caribbean part African or mestizo are our rivals and our friends or allies.

 

[Uncle Trill]

im done with superhero movies tbh...only thing im really fiending for is the next star wars but this was on repeat back in the day gassed

The golden lords had so much swag

 

[Mowgli]

Too late fukk fast and furious.

bytch acting like we are the ones who cast these roles

 

[GoPro]

I actually agree with her

Black comic book geeks have been saying this for years. The problem with her statement though is that she doesn't address the lack of financial and social support for comics and movies to feature non-white characters. I'm sure there are plenty of unsolicited manuscripts and scripts for comics and films featuring non-white superheros.... in trash at some white studio.

Cats just wanna be angry, not realizing she's 95% correct (I wouldnt call it stealing, but whatever). Stop piggybacking off the white man's shyt. We need to develop and promote our own superheros. Why didn't Hancock become a franchise?

 

[SAJ!!]

Spike is a knicks fan, he clearly suffers from depression.

True Dat.

 

[Northern Son]

Jesus

 

[*L*E*G*A*C*Y*]

I think her context/how she articulated herself initially was terrible. Blacks should look to creating their own content and stories instead of being dependent on Whites to give us roles.

Black people are too dependent on whites and other races for way too much. It's pathetic.

 

[*L*E*G*A*C*Y*]

im done with superhero movies tbh...only thing im really fiending for is the next star wars but this was on repeat back in the day gassed

Meteor Man!

 

[Gains]

I
With bond, instead of changing the race, why not have bond with a male black side kick and give the other spy a big role in the film,another 00? The strikes me as more original and also more plausible . . .

they did that with Halle

 

[Apollo Creed]

Black people are too dependent on whites and other races for way too much. It's pathetic.

I think it would have been better if she said minorities should create their own independent stories instead of begging for whites to accept them/fit them into their stories. If Blacks had their own media content the propaganda and racist crap major media puts out would be a non factor, and we would not care about dumb crap like not winning grammys as if that will end racism. At the end of the day the Civil Rights gen corrupted blacks where we will die to hear a white say "I accept you" as if the opinion of a white matters and as if they were our lords and held the key to heaven.

 

[*L*E*G*A*C*Y*]

Yep. But there are new ones being made every year that no one is even reading or buying.

If black people aren't willing to support black people ...who will?

I think it would have been better if she said minorities should create their own independent stories instead of begging for whites to accept them/fit them into their stories. If Blacks had their own media content the propaganda and racist crap major media puts out would be a non factor, and we would not care about dumb crap like not winning grammys as if that will end racism. At the end of the day the Civil Rights gen corrupted blacks where we will die to hear a white say "I accept you" as if the opinion of a white matters and as if they were our lords and held the key to heaven.

As much as I agree with this I agree with what was said about dropping the minority label usage amongst ourselves. This is how we lose and get the short end of the stick while other groups get more from trying to be inclusive. Our struggle is unique and not like any other groups and we'll always be at odds given white supremacy and racism. It's time to stop wanting to be accepted and to just support and fight for blacks only.

 

[*L*E*G*A*C*Y*]

Cats just wanna be angry, not realizing she's 95% correct (I wouldnt call it stealing, but whatever). Stop piggybacking off the white man's shyt. We need to develop and promote our own superheros. Why didn't Hancock become a franchise?

Black people are adamant to support other blacks and see us being "accepted" by the dominant society as a "sign" of progress when it's not. Just because a couple of brothers and sisters are thriving while the rest are poor, dying, and barely considered human is not progress. Just because we got some black folks on TV, in movies, and as professional athletes don't mean a goddamn thing has changed especially when we barely have any control or power in those industries. This is what happens when rather than supporting something new that's black owned and operated you'd rather just integrate and be rare unicorn status in an already established white or non-black institution. We lose and call it a win. You'll never understand how sick and tired I am of talking about this on the coli.

 

[Apollo Creed]

If black people aren't willing to support black people ...who will?

As much as I agree with this I agree with what was said about dropping the minority label usage amongst ourselves. This is how we lose and get the short end of the stick while other groups get more from trying to be inclusive. Our struggle is unique and not like any other groups and we'll always be at odds given white supremacy and racism. It's time to stop wanting to be accepted and to just support and fight for blacks only.

I only say "minorities" in the context of what she was saying she she can't speak on black issues, but at the end of the day blacks need to make their own stuff. Blacks love consuming, at least we can consume our own stuff so that money circulates. Asians probably dont give a damn about the media because you never see them complain about lack of roles,awards, etc. they are too busy making money, so if blacks think Entertainment and such is such a big issue then at least we can make our own stuff as it benefits us on both sides of the spectrum, our consumers have something to consume, and people in our communities are building wealth opposed to all of the money we have leaving the communities and never coming back.

 

[FLATOP]

never liked this woman

 

[Apollo Creed]

New minority comic book characters are made all the time. There is no "laziness" at all. It's just that none of those characters are getting a damn movie any time soon. Disney bought Marvel to make movies about famous Marvel characters, not to give some obscure one a chance just because they're a minority. That's why changing the race is necessary.

Funny thing is that this such a Marvel-centric debate because WB and Fox are already raceswapping left and right. Marvel better get with the times

As long as these characters are created under the umbrellas of White companies what does it matter? Blacks still have no control over it and dont build wealth. They can make a movie with a Black Tranny Superhero and blacks could be pissed and white media will say we are homophobic and be like "well you guys wanted a black hero, whats the problem? "