Comments on: Does ‘Avatar’ Soar Past Stereotypes Or Does it Peddle Ye Olde White Savior Stuff? http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/02/09/does-avatar-soar-past-stereotypes-or-does-it-peddle-ye-olde-white-savior-stuff/ A civil rights blog promoting informed discourse on issues of race, justice, equality and democracy. Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:11:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: saadat http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/02/09/does-avatar-soar-past-stereotypes-or-does-it-peddle-ye-olde-white-savior-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-2724 saadat Thu, 11 Feb 2010 05:55:17 +0000 http://www.thedefendersonline.com/?p=12276#comment-2724 UNTIL INDEPENDENT EBONY FILM MAKERS CREATE THEIR OWN STORIES, THERE WILL ALWAYS BE EXCLUSIONS OF PEOPLE THAT THE AUDIO,VIDEO & PRINT MEDIA HAS EMPOWERED THEMSELVES FROM. CASE N POINT THE FACT THAT AFRICA IS AS MODERN AS ANY CITY IN THE U.S. & IT'S NEVER SHOWN IN THAT CONTEXT. NAIROBI KENYA, ACCRA GHANA, CAIRO EGYPT, BOTSWANA, CAMEROON & LUANDA ANGOLA I MEAN THOSE WHO ARE FLEXING THEIR TALENT HAVE TO USE THAT AS A MEANS TO KEEP STATUS QUO. OUR TALENT, THOSE OF US WHO ARE OF A DIFFERENT COMPLEXION, WANT THE OPPORTUNITY TO AT LEAST BE ON A EVEN PLAYING FIELD IN HOLLYWOOD, OCTAVIA BUTLER WAS ONE OF THE GREATEST SCI-FI WRITERS IN AMERICA AS AN AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALE SHE HAS YET TO BE RECOGNIZED. SHE COULD HOLD AN INTELLECTUAL DEBATE ON SCIENCE WITH ANY SCHOLAR. AVITAR, WAS CAMERON'S BABY, I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHERE HE GOT THE IDEA THAT ONLY WHITE PEOPLE AND BLUE BEINGS WERE THE ONLY LIVING HU-MANS IN SPACE. HERE'S MORE MODERNIZATION IN AFRICA CHECK THESE SPOT'S OUT AND YOU TELL ME IF THE WORLD SAW THIS IN MEDIA WOULD OTHER RACES FINALLY BE RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO CIVILIZATION. JOHANNESBURG SOUTH AFRICA, CAPE TOWN, PORT ELIZABETH, PRETORIA, ADDIS ABABA ETHIOPIA, KAMPALA UGANDA & YAOUNDE CAMEROON THINK ON IT WHY DO THEY ALWAYS TELL HIS-STORY? BECAUSE JUST LIKE NATIVE AMERICANS DEPICTED AS UNCIVILIZED WE EBONY& BROWN PEOPLE HAD BONES IN OUR NOSE AND GRASS SKIRTS, NOT THAT WE TOO ARE "REAL". WE HAVE TO GO THE TYLER PERRY ROUTE AND FINANCE OUR OWN FILMS & TELL THE STORY THE WAY WE WANT ALSO, THE CHARACTER'S IN OUR FILMS SHOULD REFLECT THAT PERSPECTIVE TOO. GUESS WHAT THOUGH IF IT AINT FUNNY, COMICAL, BAFOONARY YUK-YUK, MEDIA & FILM CRITICS WON'T RECOGNIZE THE MANY TALENTED ARTIST IN FILM AS THEY SHOULD!! GOOGLE THOSE CITIES AND WATCH HOW AMAZING IT IS THAT YOU DON'T SEE THAT AFRICA ANY WHERE IN TELEVISION OR FILM. HE'S JUST ANOTHER PRODUCT OF "FAKING & SHAKING" TO KEEP STATUS AS USUAL. BY THE WAY GOOGLE SOPHIA STEWART & SEE WHO REALLY CAME UP WITH A CAMERON FILM CALLED "THE TERMINATOR!! UNTIL INDEPENDENT EBONY FILM MAKERS CREATE THEIR OWN STORIES, THERE WILL ALWAYS BE EXCLUSIONS
OF PEOPLE THAT THE AUDIO,VIDEO & PRINT MEDIA HAS EMPOWERED THEMSELVES FROM. CASE N POINT THE FACT THAT AFRICA IS AS MODERN AS ANY CITY IN THE U.S. & IT’S NEVER SHOWN IN THAT CONTEXT.
NAIROBI KENYA, ACCRA GHANA, CAIRO EGYPT, BOTSWANA, CAMEROON & LUANDA ANGOLA I MEAN THOSE WHO ARE FLEXING THEIR TALENT HAVE TO USE THAT AS A MEANS TO KEEP STATUS QUO. OUR TALENT, THOSE OF US WHO ARE OF A DIFFERENT COMPLEXION, WANT THE OPPORTUNITY TO AT LEAST BE ON A EVEN PLAYING FIELD IN HOLLYWOOD, OCTAVIA BUTLER WAS ONE OF THE GREATEST SCI-FI WRITERS IN AMERICA AS AN AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALE SHE HAS YET TO BE RECOGNIZED. SHE COULD HOLD AN INTELLECTUAL DEBATE ON SCIENCE WITH ANY SCHOLAR. AVITAR, WAS CAMERON’S BABY, I’D LIKE TO KNOW WHERE HE GOT THE IDEA THAT ONLY WHITE PEOPLE AND BLUE BEINGS WERE THE ONLY LIVING HU-MANS IN SPACE. HERE’S MORE MODERNIZATION IN AFRICA CHECK THESE SPOT’S OUT AND YOU TELL ME IF THE WORLD SAW THIS IN MEDIA WOULD OTHER RACES FINALLY BE RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO CIVILIZATION. JOHANNESBURG SOUTH AFRICA, CAPE TOWN, PORT ELIZABETH, PRETORIA, ADDIS ABABA ETHIOPIA, KAMPALA UGANDA & YAOUNDE CAMEROON THINK ON IT WHY DO THEY ALWAYS TELL HIS-STORY? BECAUSE JUST LIKE NATIVE AMERICANS DEPICTED AS UNCIVILIZED WE EBONY& BROWN PEOPLE HAD BONES IN OUR NOSE AND GRASS SKIRTS, NOT THAT WE TOO ARE “REAL”.

WE HAVE TO GO THE TYLER PERRY ROUTE AND FINANCE OUR OWN FILMS & TELL THE STORY THE WAY WE WANT ALSO, THE CHARACTER’S IN OUR FILMS SHOULD REFLECT THAT PERSPECTIVE TOO. GUESS WHAT THOUGH IF IT AINT FUNNY, COMICAL, BAFOONARY YUK-YUK, MEDIA & FILM CRITICS WON’T RECOGNIZE THE MANY TALENTED ARTIST IN FILM AS THEY SHOULD!! GOOGLE THOSE CITIES AND WATCH HOW AMAZING IT IS THAT YOU DON’T SEE THAT AFRICA ANY WHERE IN TELEVISION OR FILM. HE’S JUST ANOTHER PRODUCT OF “FAKING & SHAKING” TO KEEP STATUS AS USUAL. BY THE WAY GOOGLE SOPHIA STEWART & SEE WHO REALLY CAME UP WITH A CAMERON FILM CALLED “THE TERMINATOR!!

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