Black Panther's message for Black Americans, Africans and Racist.
Black Panther portrays an image of Africa that some Africans will love to see in real life. Wakanda is certainly a country everyone will like to be part of. But my opinion here is not fully on the movie but rather what impact or message the movie has for the black community.
Black Americans now feel like a movie of theirs is going to be hitting hard on the box office where they are not represented as thugs, slaves, or the bad ones. Is this a positive move for or by Hollywood? I think so. I believe we all should embrace Black Panther for the morale of the film is super cool. Given that most black Americans do not usually like to be associated with Africa, their love for this movie shows that they cannot run away from their roots.
The word racism for most people in general often gives a demarcation between whites and blacks and it becomes funny to be a black and deny or refuse to be reminded that you are linked to Africa. How funny this is can be demonstrated by the love shown towards the Black Panther movie in which almost everything has to do with being African from the culture to the ascent and characters in it.
You go on Twitter, Facebook, and other social media platforms, many people are talking about how great the movie Black Panther is and though a few people among the black community still see this as a form of mental slavery too, I do see otherwise. It is understandable for some people not to like to be associated with Africa because it has been portrayed as a very poor and suffering continent but we are together in this world as humans and we all want love to lead.
For people to continuously try to group themselves as blacks, whites, or whatever does not help the fight against racism but instead ameliorate the differences that exist. I am black and you are white but we both are humans. So let us all keep our differences aside and see together that we make the world a better place.
Black Americans now feel like a movie of theirs is going to be hitting hard on the box office where they are not represented as thugs, slaves, or the bad ones. Is this a positive move for or by Hollywood? I think so. I believe we all should embrace Black Panther for the morale of the film is super cool. Given that most black Americans do not usually like to be associated with Africa, their love for this movie shows that they cannot run away from their roots.
The word racism for most people in general often gives a demarcation between whites and blacks and it becomes funny to be a black and deny or refuse to be reminded that you are linked to Africa. How funny this is can be demonstrated by the love shown towards the Black Panther movie in which almost everything has to do with being African from the culture to the ascent and characters in it.
You go on Twitter, Facebook, and other social media platforms, many people are talking about how great the movie Black Panther is and though a few people among the black community still see this as a form of mental slavery too, I do see otherwise. It is understandable for some people not to like to be associated with Africa because it has been portrayed as a very poor and suffering continent but we are together in this world as humans and we all want love to lead.
For people to continuously try to group themselves as blacks, whites, or whatever does not help the fight against racism but instead ameliorate the differences that exist. I am black and you are white but we both are humans. So let us all keep our differences aside and see together that we make the world a better place.
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