The Provocation and Power of Black Panther (supreme moron alert)

The Atlantic ^ | 2/15/18 | Newkirk

[pabianice]

Blackness invites speculation. The very idea of a global African diaspora creates the most fertile of grounds for a field of what-ifs. What if European enslavers and colonizers had never ventured into the African continent? More intriguing yet: What if African nations and peoples had successfully rebuffed generations of plunder and theft? What if the Zulu had won the wars against the Voortrekkers and the British, and a confederation of Bantu people had risen up and smashed Belgian rule? What if the Transatlantic children of the mother continent had been allowed to remain, building their empires with the bounties of the cradle of civilization?

These are the questions that vibrate beneath the vibranium bedrock of Marvel’s Black Panther, due out in theaters this week. The basic premise of a superpowered king fighting crime in a futuristic feline-themed suit is the kind of fresh-off-the-panel action absurdity that marks today’s comic-book movies. But, on a deeper level, the fictional African nation of Wakanda is the same Atlantean archetype that has always haunted this diaspora. And like all variations on that archetypal story, Black Panther is a fantasy about black power.

[tx_eggman]

What if I could crap skittles ... that would be something.

[Da Coyote]

Another liberal who HAS to butt-kiss anything black in order to prove that he/she/it/whatever is not racist.
The same person lives in an all white neighborhood.
Guaranteed.

[dirtymac]

If it is a comic book story then it must be true.

[publius911]

I will laugh if this movie turns in to a flop...................

I will laugh forever even if it doesn't turn into a flop

What if any tribe in subsaharan Africa invented writing prior to the 7th Century A.D.?
What if any tribe in subsaharan Africa invented the wheel prior to the 7th Century A.D.??

What if frogs had wings?
They wouldn't bruise their butts...

[TheThirdRuffian]

“What if I could crap skittles ... that would be something.”

Eat skittles while sick with a rotovirus. Come right on through. You can even see the letters.

[Demiurge2]

What if the South had won the Civil War and created an advanced technostate?

[N. Theknow]

What is the out-of-wedlock birthrate in Wakanda?

Wakanda wild side

Wakanda matter be?

Wakanda fool am I?

[Architect of Avalon]

U B way woke.

[Hardastarboard]

Alright, alright, I was with you right up until that last totally preposterous comment about the Atlantic writing sane articles. That has never happened, never will.

[publius911]

I think you should see it with a large group of freinds. You should sit in the back row and talk loudly during the entire movie

They best be armed.
Certain subcultures don't do violence-free response to parody well...

[publius911]

I think you should see it with a large group of freinds. You should sit in the back row and talk loudly during the entire movie

You forgot using brightly-lit cell phones all over the place.
And enjoying the little maggot bastards kicking the back of your seat.

Savages...

[Jan_Sobieski]

What if European enslavers and colonizers had never ventured into the African continent?

Answer: The black slavers would have continued to enslave their fellow man like they have been doing for thousands of years. Instead of selling a few to the whites, they would have sold ALL their slaves to Middle East Muslims who would have castrated them. Africa would be more dark and genocidal than it is today...

[a fool in paradise]

And what if Eve had never eaten that apple?

[a fool in paradise]

So basically, what if black people denied immgration and built a wall?

As if no tribes ever went to war or enslaved...

[a fool in paradise]

Are you a unicorn?

#TasteTheRainbow

[cowboyusa]

The villain is an AFRICAN- AMERICAN!