THE DISNEY MARVEL MOVIE BLACK PANTHER BROKE ALL SORTS OF
RECORDS AT THE BOX OFFICE DURING
ITS OPENING WEEKEND.
UNFORTUNATELY THE MOVIE HAS BECOME POLITICIZED IN SOME
NEGATIVE WAYS, BUT FIRST LET'S START OFF WITH THE POSITIVE.
THAT
IS NICE.
BLACK PANTHER REPRESENTS THE BIGGEST DOMESTIC DEBUT BY A
BLACK DIRECTOR.
THIS IS WHERE THINGS NEEDLESSLY BECOME POLITICAL AND
POLITICIZED.
THE FILMMAKER BEHIND THIS FILM, RYAN COOGLER, A BLACK FILMMAKER.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE CATS, THE
CO-WRITERS ARE ALL BLACK.
AND THERE WERE NO WHITE AMERICANS IN FUTURE ROLES,
THEY WERE IN SUPPORTING ROLES.
IT HAS MADE A LOT OF MONEY SO FAR AND IS EXPECTED TO MAKE
EVEN MORE MONEY.
BUT SOME PEOPLE DECIDED TO TAKE THIS POSITIVE STORY AND TURN
IT INTO A NEGATIVE ONE, WE WILL GET TO THAT IN A SECOND.
>> BEFORE WE GET TO THE MADNESS ON THIS, RIGHT WING WHY WOULD
YOU BE OPPOSED TO THIS?
LET'S BE FAIR NOT ALL RIGHT-WINGERS BUT
OBVIOUSLY SOME ñ IF THERE ARE 1 MILLION MOVIES THAT ARE MAINLY
ALL WHITE CAST, WHAT IS THE DEAL
ABOUT HAVING A MOVIE THAT IS MAINLY A BLACK CAST?
I DON'T
KNOW WHY THAT IS AN ISSUE?
I'M NOT REALLY WHITE OR BLACK, I AM
SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN.
IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE A DIVERSE SET ON THIS SO OTHER
PEOPLE FEEL REPRESENTATIVE.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THE BIG DEAL IS, BUT IT MAKES BLACK
PEOPLE LOOK AEROBIC, MAYBE THAT IS A POTENTIAL ISSUE?
>>I WANT TO BE AS FAIR AS POSSIBLE WHEN COVERING THIS
STORY, AS FAR AS I HAVE SEEN
THERE HAVE NOT BEEN POLITICIANS ARE MEMBERS OF THE GOP, PUBLIC
FIGURES WHO IDENTIFY AS WELL WHEN YOU COME OUT AND SAID
NEGATIVE THINGS, HOWEVER THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF TROLLS
ONLINE WHO HAVE BEEN SPREADING PROPAGANDA ABOUT THE BLACK
COMMUNITY IN REGARD TO THIS FILM.
YOU MAY HAVE SEEN SOME PHOTOS POP UP ON SOCIAL MEDIA,
ESPECIALLY TWITTER, ONE OF THE WORST PLACES ON THE INTERNET
WHERE PEOPLE CLAIM THEY WERE ASSAULTED BY BLACK AUDIENCE
MEMBERS AS I WENT TO GO SEE THE FILM.
ALL OF THESE ACCOUNTS HAVE BEEN DEBUNKED BECAUSE THE IMAGES THEY
USED HAVE BEEN TRACED TO OTHER THINGS THAT HAVE NOTHING TO DO
WITH THIS FILM.
THESE ARE ALL FAKE AND
HAVE BEEN DEBUNKED.
THAT TWEET WAS RETWEETED ABOUT 400
TIMES BEFORE IT WAS DEBUNKED AND TAKEN DOWN BY TWITTER.
SOME PEOPLE ARE BUYING INTO THIS PROPAGANDA BUT YOU CAN'T TRACE
IT BACK TO ANY POLITICAL GROUP.
COULD JUST BE TROLLS LOOKING TO GET A RISE OUT OF OTHER PEOPLE.
BUT THE FACT THAT THEIR MIND GOES THERE SHOULD SAY SOMETHING.
THERE AREN'T PROGRESSIVE RACISTS OUT THERE WHO SAY LET ME START
RACIST MEANS.
THAT IS NOT A PHENOMENON THAT EXISTS IN ANY KIND OF SCALE IN
AMERICA.
OTHER RIGHT-WING RACISTS ONLINE WHO LOVE TO START RACIST MEMES?
YES.
A DIME A DOZEN.
BUT YOU ARE TELLING PEOPLE AND A LOT OF
PEOPLE DON'T KNOW YOU ARE
KIDDING?
IT IS KIND OF A WEIRD BACKWARDS THING IN COMEDY LIKE
COMEDIANS ARE USUALLY SUCCESSFUL WHEN OTHER PEOPLE REALIZE THEY
ARE FUNNY AND THEY LAUGH.
AND REALITY OF THE DON'T REALIZE YOU ARE LYING THEY MIGHT
ACTUALLY REALIZE THAT BLACK PEOPLE ATTACKED A WHITE PERSON.
IF YOU DO IT ALL THE TIME YOU HAVE PURPOSELY SPREAD THIS
MALICIOUS SMEAR AGAINST BLACK PEOPLE IN AMERICA THAT THEY
RANDOMLY ATTACK WHITE PEOPLE.
IT'S NOT FUNNY, IT IS RACIST.
THAT IS THE DEFINITION OF RACISM.
JUST OWN IT.
>>I DON'T BELIEVE ANYTHING ON TWITTER ANYMORE INCLUDING ñ
>>BUT YOU ARE SAVVY ABOUT IT.
YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW MANY PEOPLE BELIEVE EVERYTHING ON TWITTER.
>>OF COURSE I'M NOT GOING TO BELIEVE THIS KIND OF
PROPAGANDA BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY IT IS HARD FOR ME TO BELIEVE
IT IS ACTUAL PEOPLE BEHIND THESE TWEETS.
IT COULD BE A SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT LIKE TO LEAD TO SOME
DIVIDE IN THE COUNTRY BY USING
WHATEVER TECHNOLOGY THEY HAVE TO MAXIMIZE THE NUMBER OF THESE
TYPES OF TWEETS.
>>IT COULD BE THAT INITIALLY IT WAS A COUPLE OF RACISTS HERE ñ
BUT EITHER WAY IT IS THE 3RS,
RIGHT-WINGERS, RACISTS, AND RUSSIANS.
THERE ARE NO PROGRESSIVES SENDING TERRIBLE RACIST MEMES
ABOUT BLACK PEOPLE IN AMERICA.
>>THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER EXAMPLES THAT HAVE BEEN TAKEN
OFF OF SOCIAL MEDIA.
ANOTHER EXAMPLE SHOWED A SWEDISH WOMAN
WHO HAD BEEN ASSAULTED BEFORE BUT THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS
TWEET OUT ñ AGAIN THERE WAS A SWEDISH GIRL WHO WAS ASSAULTED
IN A DIFFERENT INCIDENT YEARS AGO.
HERE IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE.
AND IT GOES ON AND ON.
I'M GOING TO SKIP A COUPLE OF THEM.
ONE PERSON ALSO USED ROB PORTER'S WIFE'S IMAGE TO MAKE IT
SEEM AS THOUGH SHE WAS ATTACKED WHILE SEEING THIS MOVIE.
>> BUT THAT IS PARTICULARLY IRONIC.
THE RIGHT WING USING THE EX-WIFE OF A RIGHT-WINGER WHO HAD
COMMITTED DOMESTIC ABUSE AGAINST
HER.
IF IT IS
THE RUSSIANS OR WHOEVER IT IS, ALL I KNOW IS IT'S ALMOST
CONSISTENTLY DONE TO THE BENEFIT OF THE RIGHT-WINGERS.
WE ARE NOT THE ONES SPREADING
FAKE NEWS ABOUT HOW WHITE
PEOPLE ATTACK BLACK PEOPLE RANDOMLY.
THE GOOD NEWS IS IT WAS WIDELY SUCCESSFUL, HUGE OPENING
WEEKEND.
THE COUNTRY IS NOT ANYWHERE NEAR AS RACIST AS THESE GUYS MAKE
THEM OUT TO BE.
THE FREE MARKET HAS SPOKEN, THEY LOVE THE MOVIE.
SO THIS IS YOU TRYING TO FIGHT BACK IN PATHETIC WAYS.
AT LEAST THERE ARE OTHER THINGS TO CALL YOU OUT.
>>LET'S
MOVE ON TO SOME ECONOMIC ISSUES IN THE US THAT HAVE ENRAGED ME.
>> FOR WE DO THAT DO WE HAVE THE JAYAR JACKSON PICTURES?
JAYAR
JACKSON IS OUR PRODUCER, YOU
GUYS SEE HIM ON CAMERA ALL THE TIME.
HE HAS BLACK SUPERHEROES TATTOOED ON HIS ARMS.
HE HAD THE BLACK PANTHER BEFORE THE BLACK PANTHER WAS COOL.
HE ALSO HAS LUKE CAGE, THIS WAS ALSO BEFORE THE SHOWS OF THE
MOVIES CAME OUT.
>>UPON REALIZING THAT HE WAS INTO BLACK PANTHER PRIOR TO THIS
MOVIE COMING OUT HE DECIDED TO BUY A LOFT IN BROOKLYN, HE IS
ALSO NOW DRINKING ORGANIC TRADE
FREE COFFEE.
>>BECAUSE HE IS A HIPSTER THAT IS ON TO TRENDS BEFORE EVEN
THE TRENDS EXISTED.
APPARENTLY JAYAR JACKSON IS AHEAD OF THE TIMES.
MOVIE PRODUCERS LOOK AT THE REST OF THE TATTOOS, YOU WILL HAVE
YOUR NEXT MOVIE.
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