Gadot is a great Wonder Woman; she brings humor, enthusiasm, and presence to the character. But her casting is not a triumph for POC representation. And it’s not, really, a triumph for Jewish representation. The Wonder Woman film challenges the idea that only men can be heroes. But it accepts the conventional wisdom that says that, to be a hero, you must disappear into whiteness. That’s a message that hurts people of color. And it’s a message that ultimately hurts Jews who are not people of color as well.
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Snowflakes: Wonder Woman isn't black enough.
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Snowflakes: Wonder Woman isn't black enough.
Epic rant regarding whether Israelis are "people of color." The author even dissects parts of the film to make the assertion that she's white.
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Re: Snowflakes: Wonder Woman isn't black enough.
Were POC this pissy and bitchy back in the '70's? Did they protest against Linda Carter & the Dukes of Hazard? If they did, I'm glad I was too young to understand what was going on.USN_Hokie wrote: Epic rant regarding whether Israelis are "people of color." The author even dissects parts of the film to make the assertion that she's white.
Gadot is a great Wonder Woman; she brings humor, enthusiasm, and presence to the character. But her casting is not a triumph for POC representation. And it’s not, really, a triumph for Jewish representation. The Wonder Woman film challenges the idea that only men can be heroes. But it accepts the conventional wisdom that says that, to be a hero, you must disappear into whiteness. That’s a message that hurts people of color. And it’s a message that ultimately hurts Jews who are not people of color as well.
Read more: http://forward.com/culture/film-tv/3736 ... otherwise/
http://forward.com/culture/film-tv/3736 ... otherwise/
Or did they actually have a sense of humor and were able to handle movies & TV shows like adults? You know, have more important things to worry about other than how white a superhero is?
BTW, has nolan chimed in to mock these snowflakes yet?
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Re: Snowflakes: Wonder Woman isn't black enough.
People who bitch about fictional movie characters are snowflakes.
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Re: Snowflakes: Wonder Woman isn't black enough.
I've relayed this anecdote before - I recall getting a Dukes of Hazzard General Lee from a black friend for my birthday one year. Neither he, his family, nor I seemed to have much of a problem with it at the time. We have hyper-sensitized people to race in this country.UpstateSCHokie wrote: Were POC this pissy and bitchy back in the '70's? Did they protest against Linda Carter & the Dukes of Hazard? If they did, I'm glad I was too young to understand what was going on.
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USN_Hokie wrote: Epic rant regarding whether Israelis are "people of color." The author even dissects parts of the film to make the assertion that she's white.
Gadot is a great Wonder Woman; she brings humor, enthusiasm, and presence to the character. But her casting is not a triumph for POC representation. And it’s not, really, a triumph for Jewish representation. The Wonder Woman film challenges the idea that only men can be heroes. But it accepts the conventional wisdom that says that, to be a hero, you must disappear into whiteness. That’s a message that hurts people of color. And it’s a message that ultimately hurts Jews who are not people of color as well.
Read more: http://forward.com/culture/film-tv/3736 ... otherwise/
http://forward.com/culture/film-tv/3736 ... otherwise/
Weren't all the villains white guys? There's an American Indian who plays a pretty major role.
Unless you want to literally rewrite comic book history and make wonder woman black, this is about the stupidest thing I've ever heard.