Current Events > John Boyega (Finn from Star Wars) blasts Game of Thrones for lack of diversity

(+) Yeah! (+)

There are hardly any white people in the Madea movies. Its mostly all black. Almost no diversity!

See? Two can play at this stupid game.

I don't agree with him on this one.
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Al-Uzza posted...

Lorenzo_2003 posted...

On a scale of 1 to US college student, how triggered were you by that episode?

Not triggert by White Savior Narrative. It's just kind of embarrassing to watch, somewhere along the lines of yellowface. I'm sure as shit not going to let it ruin my love for the show.

I high-five you, then. I'm not white either and that story does not bother me. It's still a good show.
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Does this idiot get pissed off by the lack of black people in medieval Europe, too?
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EnragedSlith posted...

Does this idiot get pissed off by the lack of black people in medieval Europe, too?

Don't worry, the liberals can rewrite them into books on medieval history. Liberals don't mind changing the Civil War in history books so this shouldn't be a problem for them to attempt.

AcFan87 posted...

EnragedSlith posted...

Does this idiot get pissed off by the lack of black people in medieval Europe, too?

Don't worry, the liberals can rewrite them into books on medieval history. Liberals don't mind changing the Civil War in history books so this shouldn't be a problem for them to attempt.

wat
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The coolest culture in the entire known universe of ASOIAF happens to be nothing but black people tho

They just never visit Westeros because like..... who tf wants to go to Westeros, like really
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this is why liberals suck. well one reason.

if a movie or show or book doesnt include every SJW topic of the day, in this case diversity, then said story sucks by default nevermind whether or not the SJW topic of the day would be relevant in this story.

in this case.....it would be very illogical to have black rulers. the storyline literally displays this and shows why everyone is white and it explains why the one non-white group is oppressed(slavery).

does every damn show on TV have to have a diverse cast of every race conceivable? also do we need to pass laws to make sure every show has at least 20 gay couples?

seriously there is reason liberals and SJW are mocked openly.

John Boyega demands more Ed Sheeran
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kayoticdreamz posted...

this is why liberals suck. well one reason.

if a movie or show or book doesnt include every SJW topic of the day, in this case diversity, then said story sucks by default nevermind whether or not the SJW topic of the day would be relevant in this story.

in this case.....it would be very illogical to have black rulers. the storyline literally displays this and shows why everyone is white and it explains why the one non-white group is oppressed(slavery).

does every damn show on TV have to have a diverse cast of every race conceivable? also do we need to pass laws to make sure every show has at least 20 gay couples?

seriously there is reason liberals and SJW are mocked openly.

And rants like this are why conservatives are mocked openly

You guys take shit on the internet way too seriously lmao
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kayoticdreamz posted...

this is why liberals suck. well one reason.

if a movie or show or book doesnt include every SJW topic of the day, in this case diversity, then said story sucks by default nevermind whether or not the SJW topic of the day would be relevant in this story.

in this case.....it would be very illogical to have black rulers. the storyline literally displays this and shows why everyone is white and it explains why the one non-white group is oppressed(slavery).

does every damn show on TV have to have a diverse cast of every race conceivable? also do we need to pass laws to make sure every show has at least 20 gay couples?

seriously there is reason liberals and SJW are mocked openly.

This whole arent they influenced by European history and literature as a defense for hiring 95% white people is nonsense. If the story was set in Northern Europe or some shit yes that makes sense. But it's set in a fictional place. Where every character could be fucking purple.

The fact is that GRRM is a white dude and when he imagined it up it was full of white people and that when they produced the show they could have added more minority characters but if course the producers are white dudes.
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So, not counting essos, 7 different kingdoms with different cultures, value, genealogy, ideology and leadership arent enough?

SJWs really are racist, see they judge people based on skin color and clump them into one category: white, black, etc.

Lets take european. Different nationalities with different history, culture and identity: white, and so on.

German and french are totally different people, and so are brits and scots. They are the same as koreans and chinese for example. Totally different culture and identity, yet clumped into one category based on skin color.



These fucking idiots are just too blinded so they dont see how ironic they fucking are.
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iosifsvoboda posted...

This whole arent they influenced by European history and literature as a defense for hiring 95% white people is nonsense. If the story was set in Northern Europe or some shit yes that makes sense. But it's set in a fictional place. Where every character could be fucking purple.

The fact is that GRRM is a white dude and when he imagined it up it was full of white people and that when they produced the show they could have added more minority characters but if course the producers are white dudes.

Oh fuck off. Westeros is one continent in a large fantasy world. Of course it's almost entirely one race.
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EnragedSlith posted...

Does this idiot get pissed off by the lack of black people in medieval Europe, too?

but its not Medieval Europe is Westeros.

Elder Scrolls is the only one thats really gotten it right honestly
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You fuck off it's a goddamned fantasy world for christs sakes no one is going to nitpick the fucking evolutionary model of fantasy land.
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You're right. So it doesn't matter at all.
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In modern times, diversity quote > meritocracy.
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John Boyega talking trash? All he did in Star Wars was huff and puff in the desert and tried to get Rey to be his girlfriend

dont worry

Boyega will be busy playing the new call of duty

where he can play a black female axis soldier or something
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Here's the full quote that isn't from lol Breitbart

hen the stormtrooper took off his helmet in Episode VII, it didn't just matter that there was a real person under there. It mattered that the face you saw belonged to John Boyega, son of Samson Adegboyega and Nigeria and Peckham. “There are no black people on Game of Thrones,” Boyega says. (To be fair, there are, like, three.) “You don't see one black person in Lord of the Rings.” (That is true.) And though Star Wars had featured a few black characters—Billy Dee Williams as a smuggler, Samuel L. Jackson as a peripheral Jedi—they were less represented in the galaxy than Ewoks.

“I ain't paying money to always see one type of person on-screen,” says Boyega. “Because you see different people from different backgrounds, different cultures, every day. Even if you're a racist, you have to live with that. We can ruffle up some feathers.”

When we watched that first moment of the Episode VII teaser trailer, we didn't see who we were expecting to see. We got someone who simultaneously understood his insignificance in the scope of the multi-billion-dollar franchise he was inhabiting and could blow up everything we thought we knew about it. Han Solo is the obvious choice for that trailer—Harrison Ford is the icon in the movie. But Abrams re-introduced Star Wars through Boyega because Boyega's performance was the one that defined his movie.

But, yeah, Star Wars is bigger than Boyega. So are Hollywood and fame. There's racism in film, and in the world, and in Peckham. And obviously nobody in Hollywood is bigger than Ford or Robert Downey Jr. But Boyega is at peace with his place in a much larger system—it's probably not a coincidence that he's religious. This sense of smallness, this humility, brings him the kind of joy that spurs spontaneous red-carpet dancing and allows him to hold the weight of the galaxy on his shoulders.

Boyega struggled to his feet in the desert, sands shifting beneath them, thighs burning as he got his back up and came into shot. And in that moment, his life changed.

Well, it did and it didn't.

“People were saying that,” he says. “But it truly didn't feel that way. It just felt like this would give me the opportunity. To make stuff happen. To make my dreams come true.”


To use the film to do it himself. Let Star Wars be the star of Star Wars. John Boyega can take it from here.

I think he was talking about film/TV in general and just spouted it out as an example.
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Boyega's performance defined Force Awakens? Lolwut
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Darmik posted...

I think he was talking about film/TV in general and just spouted it out as an example.

but he was absolutely wrong about it

game of thrones has multiple black characters.


and what about other races? he only cares about blacks being in movies?

he's just like elizabeth banks when she said spielberg doesnt make movies with female leads...... like the color purple.
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J E S U S posted...

Darmik posted...

I think he was talking about film/TV in general and just spouted it out as an example.

but he was absolutely wrong about it

game of thrones has multiple black characters.


and what about other races? he only cares about blacks being in movies?

he's just like elizabeth banks when she said spielberg doesnt make movies with female leads...... like the color purple.

Yeah it's a poor example.

He talked about other races and backgrounds immediately after.
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John Boyega sounds angsty like those white altrighters on the internet.
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Anyway, depending on what they choose for a spin-off it could very well go the complete opposite direction and have almost entirely minorities as the main characters. All depends on where they choose to set it.
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dj4242 posted...

DezCaughtIt posted...

I'm not reading a Breitbart post

UnholyMudcrab posted...

dj4242 posted...

http://www.breitbart.com

Looks like I'm gonna find something better to do with my time

If either of you knew how to read you would see that Boyega's direct quote comes from an article with GQ. This was just the first website to come up after I googled it so find something else to complain about.

And as already stated in typical Breitbart fashion they cherry picked quotes and took them out of context.

It's almost as if *gasp* they have an agenda.
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I'm glad Westeros is mostly white so we don't have to deal with fucking racism.

Misogyny in this world makes sense, but do we really need Walter Frey telling a black Rob Stark that he cannot marry one of his white daughters or some shit?

Tbh in the VII trailer I was just surprised we got to see a storm trooper's face. Didnt really occur to me him being black was a big deal. >_>
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DarthAragorn posted...

Boyega's performance defined Force Awakens? Lolwut

Droid please
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EnragedSlith posted...

Does this idiot get pissed off by the lack of black people in medieval Europe, too?

I mean...I'm pretty sure there were a fair amount of black people there. And in every continent at all times. They just don't get mentioned a lot.
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iosifsvoboda posted...

The fact is that GRRM is a white dude and when he imagined it up it was full of white people and that when they produced the show they could have added more minority characters but if course the producers are white dudes.

Why does skin color matter so much? The actors fit for the roles got them, so the fuck what if they're white?

Fuck off with your diversity quotas
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http://www.thewrap.com/game-of-thrones-showrunners-confederate/

just gonna leave this here
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Butterfiles posted...

http://www.thewrap.com/game-of-thrones-showrunners-confederate/

just gonna leave this here

lmfao, that timing tho.
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smh boyega
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Mernardi posted...

DarthAragorn posted...

Boyega's performance defined Force Awakens? Lolwut

Droid please

Roger
Roger
Please
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Does he not know how much racism has been in Star Wars? He seems to have no problem with that....
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He's not wrong. Practically every black person in the series so far as been either A) a slave or B) some unsavory type (pirate, slavemaster, whatever Xaro Xhoan Daxos was). If he doesn't want to watch a show like that he doesn't have to.

I'm still gonna.

Butterfiles posted...

http://www.thewrap.com/game-of-thrones-showrunners-confederate/

just gonna leave this here

Oh hey, I was wondering when someone would make something like this, with how successful Man in the High Castle is.

I'm a necromancer
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