I think what you are missing is his perspective. “Everyone Dies. It’s just life around here” I think he placed and equally low value on all life especially the lives of those he hated i.e. T’Chaka and family. No where in the movie did he randomly and without purpose harm or belittle a woman. He didn’t choke the elder…

What exactly were you expecting when women are prominent characters in an action/violent movie where there is bound to be body count?

Good points, but I felt that his violence against women was more of a result of there being so many women in positions of power and authority in the story, in general. He didn’t pull any punches for Klaw or Zuri, either. Then again, when your name is Killmonger, you’re kind of giving up the ghost with the subtlety,…

This seems like a little bit of a stretch to me. Half or more of the characters in the movie and most of the warriors are black women. Of course if he is killing so many people then some of them are going to be women. He obviously was pretending to care about both his girlfriend and Klaw just so he could get back to…

Maybe. Although, other than his girlfriend, this is partially a function of the fact that Wakandan society is more gender equal than ours. For instance, if you have an all-female praetorian guard, someone fighting your king is gonna do some violence to women. I think this is a bit of a stretch and has the problem of…

He definitely would’ve killed that grandmother if she didn’t do what he said. There’s a difference between him like, fighting the Dora, and him choking an elderly woman. Like one point doesn’t negate the other: Killmonger was abandoned during a shitty time, which led to some problematic, destructive ways, including…

if anything i think Nakia was a better foil to killmonger. when we first see her she’s in nigeria (i think) helping out black women. so wakanda wasn’t completely isolationist. we had this woman who not only wanted to help black people abroad. but she wasn’t interested in being queen either.

...He killed everyone who was in his way, the only problem is, that he only attacks those who are in his way to his plan.

I don’t really buy that interpretation. Seems to me he hurts and kills pretty indiscriminately. The fact that so many of the strongest characters in this film are women - Queen Ramonda, Princess Shuri, the Dora Milaje, Nakia - makes it a natural progression that Killmonger should come up against them. At worst, he…

Not the best place to bring up happy memories of Hilton Head.

But think of the children*!

Tina is simply full of shit. She knows there’s nothing Christian about Trump but her “faith” has her holding on to some backwards misogynistic, classist, prejudices ideas.

She said she voted based on her faith. With that logic, Jesus is comfortable with racism, nationalism, misogyny, sexual assault, greed and a dude who called 2 Corinthians (pronounced “second” Corinthians) “two Corinthians.”

A large part of my agnosticism is due to people like her. Hate Clinton all you like, but to vote for Trump’s fake ass when you had a Methodist...

Johnson appeals to folks who either lack critical thinking skills or are willing to suspend them because he’s saying things they want to hear and he’s black. Because he has “Dr.” in front of his name, a lot of folks are impressed by that alone, and are willing to ignore the fact that his dishonesty and lack of…

My sentiments exactly. He appeals to the disenfranchised, uneducated and or educated but harbor misogynistic, homophobic, and many other outdated and misguided beliefs. He is the psychological enemy of the very people that he claims to be the advocate for, mentally keeping them in the dark middle ages. It’s a shame…

I don’t think he is well spoken, he yells and spit half truths and for those looking for a leader that’s all they need.

thank you, that is precisely what i was thinking whilst reading - i could rewrite the excerpts included above, and with very little change, slide them into any campaign speech of president circus peanut.

One of the biggest dangers is that well spoken crackpots like Umar can seduce the most gullible into thinking that the most irrational ideas are really plausible. Like this author says they exploit the frustrations of people instead of providing real guidance and leadership.

When you understand how people like Umar Johnson can have such a hold on Black America, then you’ll understand how such a man like Donald Trump managed to get a hold on White America.