Like I said, you don’t want to take me at my word that was not my intention, so I don’t know how to move this forward.

Okay, you go ahead and claim there was no racism in the golden age of Hollywood because there were a handful of successful black actors.

Um, you do know I was talking about movies made today and not TV shows from the 60s, right? Which Marvel Superhero headlining a movie in the 2010s is black? The answer is: None of them.

I never said they weren’t. I think Lena Horne is white? What gives you that idea?

Well again, all I can say is that was not my intention, but if I said I’m sorry you took it that way, that would sound like a non-apology, so I’m not really sure I can respond to this properly.

I see, you’re just going to ignore what I respond with and paste that picture at me like it means something. Whatever floats your boat, I guess.

You do know how incredibly rare (and risky from a business perspective because you were basically kissing distribution in the South goodbye) scenes like that were, right?

In a sense... but I’m more on the planned rat parenthood side. I think we should be encouraging rat contraception.

Still waiting for you to quote where I defended “whiteness.”

Eh, once you have a toddler with a hand that can reach crotch level, this is nothing.

I wouldn’t let rats eat cake. That much sugar in their diet is very bad for their health.

Well I do admit I find the white fluffy ones cuter than the grey ones with the matted hair and the fleas... so you could have a point.

Okay, if you want to insist I was dismissive of you even though I told you point blank that I wasn’t being dismissive, there’s nothing more I can say. I was enjoying the conversation with you until then, but if you’re not going to accept me at my word, there’s nothing more I can do.

Oh for fuck’s sake... *I* wasn’t discounting them... I was saying THE STUDIOS discounted black people who WEREN’T singers and dancers. My whole point is THEY were the ones doing it.

When did I “defend whiteness?” Please quote me.

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And neither of them were things I actually said, so I know what to tell you: How about not putting words in my mouth?

Rats can be cute. Rats can be adorable. I’ve owned rats who were cute and adorable.

And you seem pretty insistent that there shouldn’t be any people of color in the movie.

So “you implied having any PoC could potentially be anachronistic” means the same thing as “a fictional movie has to have white people only in order to not be completely anachronistic?”