North Bergen is overwhelmingly Latino. 

Just because you do a thing first does not necessarily mean you are not impressed.

Then why don’t white nerds treat them like everyone else?

This cannot be the first time you’ve heard this word. 

First of all, it’s not an exclusive event. Secondly, events like this exist because of our culture which is still pretty white centric and often leaves POC in the dust. Not on purpose, but there are still plenty of biases.

Same thing for Black History Month and BET. They exist as platforms where representation for…

The last one is key, as well as having the cast support. I know some folks were trying to compare this to Roseanne, but:

You’re the only person I’ve seen on io9 who has made a comment that’s both fair to Gunn and Disney, without letting them off the hook for their mistakes (but keeping those mistakes in proper context).

There’s just so much here. Part of the reason this situation feels so odd and unprecedented is because, as the letter alludes to, this is an extremely nuanced situation that is being handled in the court of public opinion- a court that is famously bad at handling nuance.

The most baffling thing about these witch hunts is that it doesn’t actually seem to be hurting franchises or filmmakers that the conservative “dark web” actually hates. I mean, if they were trying to dig up dirt on Rian Johnson to derail his upcoming Star Wars movies, that’d make sense. But Guardians of the Galaxy? Ric…

Nothing explains Luke’s abilities, his power, his superior fighting skills to that of anyone we’ve seen in these films. or his connection to the force. Nothing. Not. A. Thing. But it’s okay because to call this out subtly suggests some basement-boy consternation with a male lead. Every time it’s brought up, it’s…