Dear Fellow White People: Go See “Black Panther” [medium.com]

Alicia Doktor 2/22/184:00 AM

In case you’ve been living under a rock, Marvel has finally picked up on the rumblings-turned-shouts-in-the-streets for better representation in their tentpole movies, and releases Black Panther this weekend.

I saw it. And fellow white people… you gotta see it too. Us, especially.

I’m addressing my fellow pasty brethren because already, some of us are shaming our damn ancestors (or, let’s be honest, making them proud) by posting racist, and eye-rollingly easy to debunk, crap on Twitter about showings of Panther. One subset of white folks wants to be “woke”; the other subset is whining about one movie that’s not about us. We can split into liberals and conservatives, or Republicans and Democrats, capitalists and social justice warriors. Whatever. I’m talking to all of us.

[For more on this story by Lauren Shields, go to https://medium.com/@ljshields0...panther-6a93ab946c42]

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Carey SippFormer Director of Strategic Partnerships

I was moved to tears by the hope Black Panther evokes. Loved everything about it, save (spoiler alert!) the loss of a few characters, though that’s the story and it wouldn’t be a drama without some people not making it.

The “epilogue” is remarkable. I love that it heralds the beginning of a more trauma-informed, gender-equal world. Now to make THAT a reality!

2/25/186:11 PM

Gail KennedyMember

LOVE THIS MOVIE!!!!!

2/25/183:25 PM

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