Sure it does. Your biases will lead you to discriminate, consciously or not. Just admit you’re a racist and try, consciously, to do better.

Everyone’s racist. Whenever someone tries to control a conversation by accusing you of being racist, agree with them and watch them lose control of the conversation. Works every time.

An old cartoon! I’ll reference it! No one will ever know!

Some people enjoy themselves by reading comics they like, and skipping comics they don’t like.

For those wondering about Manly Guys Doing Manly Things, it’s a reference to a classic Chuck Jones Cartoon. I’m actually sorta impressed.

Again I feel like a lot of this interpretation is simply looking for a message you wish to be found.

Ugh... I hate to think I might be defending someone defending the slave trade but... I don’t think that’s what this person was trying to say, at all?

Soo...yea...not true. I hate the idea of slavery on multiple levels, but this is a straight up lie. When Europeans landed in Africa, they pretty much took advantage of a system that was already in place. Yes, we cranked it to 11 with little regard for anything but profit and efficiency as we are wont to do, but we…

I would admire a Japanese studio doing an manga adaptation where all the characters are cast with actors of the intended nationality.

We were meant to be going after the son?

Denzel Washington would make me like Reed Richards.

You touch on important point. China. Modern tent pole movies depend on China. The Mandarin was whitewashed because Marvel Studios can’t risk a Chinese villain. They won’t risk a ban on the film because China makes up a third or more of worldwide revenue.

Or a black Peter Parker.

Zero reason he needs to be white.

Big summer blockbusters are always going to move slowly. There’s too much studio investment to take big risks. Think about it, a lack of diversity hasn’t stopped Marvel films from printing money worldwide. They’re successful everywhere. There’s no monetary impetus to change anything and, in the end, the bottom line is…

Of course those cookies exist. They’re called “revenue.” Support the things you agree with. Don’t give money to things you don’t agree with.

I agree, but that’s not how the big money model works. It’s precisely why we get homogenized, safe for everyone cinema fare; creators need to feed the beast and keep the money making machine going.

Check out this instagram post Lena wrote AS HER DOG explaining what an amazing person Lena is. It’s absolutely incredible.

Maybe reinforcing good behavior instead of punishing bad behavior might be more beneficial. Hollywood learns all the wrong lessons based on what people pay money to see and what gets acclaim. This is why we have the “never win” attitude, because no matter what happens, people find fault. It’s also why we have a sudden…

Please help me unpack this. (Black person here, btw). Is the upset centered on the fact that:
- Spiderman wasn’t black. (sorry but Donald Glover is too old to play high school)
- The costars weren’t more flushed out.
- The romantic leads were the usual Hally Berry types.

I feel like you could have boiled this whole article down to: