Virtually everyone in America has heard of Marvel Studio’s upcoming superhero movie “Black Panther.” The two-hour and fifteen-minute film will officially hit theaters nationwide on Friday, February 16, 2018.
Black Panther and Social Politics
As documented by Breitbart News, many Americans have taken to social media to laud Black Panther. Apparently, the overwhelmingly black cast serves as what some people view as much needed representation. Enthusiasts of the Black Panther movie also expressed great elation and even started the hashtag #WhatBlackPantherMeansToMe.
Some of the tweets which accompanied the preceding hashtag read as follows:
When I saw the cast of women, all my complexion or darker, none sexualized or demonized because of it, and it wasn't a film about slavery or drug addiction, I cried.
— MSOSullivan (@BlyssfulStorm) February 6, 2018
So let me get this right. From what I’m reading on Twitter, black Americans are advocating for a superhero movie explicitly with an all black cast, excluding white people. They basically want NO white people in the movie. Ok, got it.
Seems racist..#WhatBlackPantherMeansToMe
— Mike (@mike_Zollo) February 6, 2018
Finally watching all black cast being centered in blackness without being a victim to it.
— JassyJeanette (@JassyPrinciple) February 6, 2018
My seven year old grandson exclaimed "Superheroes can be Brown people too?! #WhatBlackPantherMeansToMe
— Sheel (@MzSheel) February 6, 2018
However, some Americans have criticized staunch Black Panther fans. One reader of The Daily Wire moreover affirmed that the movie’s main character has traits that left-wingers would despise in a non-black person:
