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Darth Vader Matters: Harrus-Perry says DV wears black armour therefore Star Wars is racist

 
 
 
Metaphor said:
You couldn't make it up.

MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry made the argument Sunday that “Star Wars” is racist because Darth Vader is black.

“I know why I have feelings — good, bad and otherwise — about Star Wars. And I have a lot,” Ms. Harris-Perry said during a segment on her eponymous talk show discussing race and gender in the upcoming Star Wars film. “I could spend the whole day talking about the whole Darth Vader situation.”

“Really? You could?” The New York Times’ Wesley Morris asked incredulously.

Ms. Harris-Perry responded, “Yeah, like, the part where he was totally a black guy whose name basically was James Earl Jones, who, and we were all, but while he was black, he was terrible and bad and awful and used to cut off white men’s hands, and didn’t, you know, actually claim his son. But as soon as he claims his son and goes over to the good, he takes off his mask and he is white. Yes, I have many, many feelings about that.”
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I suppose, with a sympathetic teacher, this thesis would have gotten a passing grade in a Year 10 English class.
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What thesis?
 
hurtinbuckaroo said:
So, the old movies where the Black Knight was the bad guy were racist too? Got it. Whiskey Tango.
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Yeah, good point. Not to mention Batman, he's a hero, and he wears black in the movies. He may have also worn grey in some of his earlier incarnations, but I don't recall him ever wearing white.
 
Well...as a massive Star Wars fan I've had other criticisms of Star Wars that I felt had racist leanings, but this was never one of them. The Emperor also wears black.

My problem was always with Lando. He's like the one black guy in the original trilogy and he ends up betraying all of the white heroes in Empire Strikes Back. Granted he makes up for it...sort of...in Return of the Jedi...but I always felt that the Lando character being black in the first place was a bit racist. I mean, why not make Wedge a black guy? I don't know enough about Corellia to know for certain, but I'm pretty sure that there are black Corellians.

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Metaphor said:
You couldn't make it up.

MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry made the argument Sunday that “Star Wars” is racist because Darth Vader is black.

“I know why I have feelings — good, bad and otherwise — about Star Wars. And I have a lot,” Ms. Harris-Perry said during a segment on her eponymous talk show discussing race and gender in the upcoming Star Wars film. “I could spend the whole day talking about the whole Darth Vader situation.”

“Really? You could?” The New York Times’ Wesley Morris asked incredulously.

Ms. Harris-Perry responded, “Yeah, like, the part where he was totally a black guy whose name basically was James Earl Jones, who, and we were all, but while he was black, he was terrible and bad and awful and used to cut off white men’s hands, and didn’t, you know, actually claim his son. But as soon as he claims his son and goes over to the good, he takes off his mask and he is white. Yes, I have many, many feelings about that.”
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I suppose, with a sympathetic teacher, this thesis would have gotten a passing grade in a Year 10 English class.
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I guess a chocolate cake can be racist.
 
I know why I have feelings — good, bad and otherwise — but mostly good, about Star Wars. I mean, people really take a long look at the ethics in Star Wars and I think that's pretty good. One of the confused feelings I get is from the newer Star Wars movies when I hear the accents, I'm like um, is Jar-jar Binks Jamaican? Is the trade federation speaking with a Chinese accent? Is there some kind of political point underlying any of these accents? Clearly, the team would have been smart enough to make up entirely new accents like other sci-fi movies or like the originals. So, hrm?
 
I dunno, it all kinda makes sense. The country is abuzz about Star Wars so MSNBC is aggrieved about Star Wars racial grievances.

Also, some of my best friends are Chocolate cakes...
 
Can you imagine being a white person, and having MHP as a friend? You'd be walking on eggshells 24/7, trying to avoid getting her panties in a wad about some stupid twisted, madeup racist shit:

"Are you hungry Melissa? I am. Let's get some lunch. There's a Kentucky Fri... I mean, a McDona....I mean.... I guess I'm not all that hungry afterall."

"Look at those guys fixing the powerlines from yesterday's snow storm. They've been at it for 16 hours straight. They're some real hard worke... I mean, uh...it sure is taking them a long time."

"Did you watch Cosmos last night? Neil De Grasse Tyson was talking about when a star collapses, it creates this thing called a black hol... um...actually, I forgot what they call it...I'm getting things mixed up."

"I watched a really good movie last night with Samuel L. Jackson...no, wait, it was Laurence Fishb....uh, actually it wasn't that great of a movie. Look, there's a squirrel!"
 
thebeave said:
Can you imagine being a white person, and having MHP as a friend? You'd be walking on eggshells 24/7, trying to avoid getting her panties in a wad about some stupid twisted, madeup racist shit:

"Are you hungry Melissa? I am. Let's get some lunch. There's a Kentucky Fri... I mean, a McDona....I mean.... I guess I'm not all that hungry afterall."

"Look at those guys fixing the powerlines from yesterday's snow storm. They've been at it for 16 hours straight. They're some real hard worke... I mean, uh...it sure is taking them a long time."

"Did you watch Cosmos last night? Neil De Grasse Tyson was talking about when a star collapses, it creates this thing called a black hol... um...actually, I forgot what they call it...I'm getting things mixed up."

"I watched a really good movie last night with Samuel L. Jackson...no, wait, it was Laurence Fishb....uh, actually it wasn't that great of a movie. Look, there's a squirrel!"
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Why don't you ask her mother how she does it?

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thebeave said:
Can you imagine being a white person, and having MHP as a friend? You'd be walking on eggshells 24/7, trying to avoid getting her panties in a wad about some stupid twisted, madeup racist shit:

"Are you hungry Melissa? I am. Let's get some lunch. There's a Kentucky Fri... I mean, a McDona....I mean.... I guess I'm not all that hungry afterall."

"Look at those guys fixing the powerlines from yesterday's snow storm. They've been at it for 16 hours straight. They're some real hard worke... I mean, uh...it sure is taking them a long time."

"Did you watch Cosmos last night? Neil De Grasse Tyson was talking about when a star collapses, it creates this thing called a black hol... um...actually, I forgot what they call it...I'm getting things mixed up."

"I watched a really good movie last night with Samuel L. Jackson...no, wait, it was Laurence Fishb....uh, actually it wasn't that great of a movie. Look, there's a squirrel!"
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So how much effort did it take to come up with that?

Yes, what she said was inane, but seriously, there are talks about closing the doors with Muslim immigrants (supported in majority by right-wingers), and we are going to concentrate on the banal?
 
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