No. That was an excerpt from a 1987 history book about the impact and reception of black American soldiers in Britain. The author is, very clearly, describing the attitude of American generals and politicians towards these soldiers. cigarette is taking ludicrously over-the-top umbrage by treating a matter-of-fact…

First off, African American is wrong because, ah, there are no Americans here. Secondly the comment was a modern day comment about the film, not a quote from within the universe of the film. You wouldn't discuss last year's MAGNIFICENT SEVEN remake and mention "the Negro actor Denzel Washington," either. Or at least,…

No to both. Using archaic terminology isn't proof of anything. Someone could just not be aware.

It depends. I can see Tony Stark not necessarily being "old money," so his background could be probably be changed. Bruce Wayne, on the other hand, should be a scion of privilege in every way, especially visually. You could have a black Batman, but that should be a different character. Bruce Wayne, to me, needs to be…

Another non-sequitur dodge. Yawn.

I mentioned this in another comment, but the story of Subhas Chandra Bose just screams to be adapted to film. https://en.wikipedia.org/wi…

Why do you say he "could have" just written about them?

This goes for soldiers serving in the King's African Rifles, Rhodesian African Rifles, and (West Africa) Infantry units as well.

Yeah it's almost like directors think they can use their clout to pursue projects which interest them personally. What a dick.

Most fans tend to have an idealistic, naive view of the comics industry, and gloss over or just plain don't know how large a role the editorial staff has in planning out stories. It is assumed that if you see a writer's name on a book, the writer 100% came up with everything between the front and back cover.

This argument doesn't really hold up, in comparison with DUNKIRK. The Dunkirk evacuation was a specific historical event, and substantially changing the ethnicity of those involved would erode its verisimilitude. But the Marvel Universe is fictional, and has always had a "sliding history." Once it had achieved about…

I would love to see a WWII film about the Gurkhas! Or even better, an epic miniseries about the Burma campaign. It's been almost totally overlooked in cinema (mirroring how it was mostly overlooked by the world at the time, really), and would make for fascinating drama. Multiple commands, comprised of British,…

Cripes, did someone complain that The Wind That Shakes the Barley was too white? Good grief.

It's only acceptable now when used with capital letters and when referring to specific units. For example, mentioning the 1st Infantry Regiment of U.S. Colored Troops, a Civil War unit, is fine, because that was their actual name. But you wouldn't, in 2017, say that the regiment was comprised of colored troops. You'd…

For reasons which surpass my understanding, "colored people" is archaic and not accepted nowadays, "people of color" is used instead. It seems nitpicky to me, but my opinion as to how other people wish to be referred to is irrelevant. The people themselves get to make that call. So "POC" it is.

The BEF in the Battle of France was comprised overwhelmingly of white combat soldiers. The total British and Commonwealth contingent of Allied forces saw large numbers of non-whites serving in various other theaters - Indians, Rhodesians, South Africans, Malawians, Kenyans, Aborigines, and probably a lot of others I'm…

Such a lazy rhetorical dodge to avoid debate.

Well, what if someone were to ask you a hypothetical question then?

But he clearly wanted to show British civilians jumping to pitch in and do their part, not professional sailors.

To be fair that was the thinking of the British at the time, as well. Or more like, "Let's get as many French out of there, as soon as all of our boys are out."