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contestgamer on 03 April 2018
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Wyrdness said:
contestgamer said:

It's an American movie where the black population is 15% yet the production crew is a far higher percentage black for this movie. It is on purpose, the director has spoken as much about it. It's openly praised for being a celebration of black culture: https://www.vox.com/culture/2018/2/23/17028826/black-panther-wakanda-culture-marvel

 

This movie is openly about empowering blacks, black culture and black narratives. That would be fine if it was equally acceptable to do that for whites, but it's not. It happens incidentally, but it would not be considered acceptable if a movie released with the specific purpose of celebrating white culture, having an all white cast in a fictional all white country and then calling it "white panther". It would be considered racist, because frankly it would be. However it should be considered the same when other groups do it.

There is double standard, period.

Movies have been celebrating white culture for decades hell many focus on the hell yeah America type theme, no one bats an eye because it's common as hell at this point you're upset over nothing here as you know what has had all white cast with white super heroes? Pretty much the majority of movies out there this is why people aren't getting your argument here want a white panther you have a number of easy examples to choose from in Captain America, Batman, Superman... the's no double standards here you've literally invented a problem that isn't there that's why it's coming across as you more having a problem that it isn't white then any true issue.

All those examples you included were incidentally white as a result of being filmed in a majority white country. They did not proclaim to be purposefully conduits of white culture or with a purpose of empowering white folk. That's the issue, intent matters. Black panther is clearly aiming to be of cultural significance for a specific group which none of your examples were meant to be for white folk.