Posted on 03/12/2017 4:22:42 PM PDT by Zakeet
With a new movie about King Kong coming out, a whole segment on NPR was devoted to proving that the fictional King Kong monster is actually a commentary on black people. The show interviewed Robin Means Coleman, a professor of Afro-American studies at the University of Michigan who specializes in studying King Kong.
Yes, you read that right: a professor of Afro-American studies whose specialty is ... King Kong.
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This is ridiculous. Yes, in the past, some racists have compared blacks to monkeys. But that does not mean that all portrayals of monkeys are about black people.
In the original Planet of the Apes movie, the main chimpanzee was played by Roddy McDowall, whose voice was obviously very white-sounding (and more than a little gay). No one said the Planet of the Apes movies were about black people.
In Star Wars, the character of Chewbacca is obviously monkey-related. But no one says Chewbacca is a slur on black people.
Is Disney's Jungle Book racist for having a monkey in it? Is Tarzan racist as well? And what about computer games like "Donkey Kong"? Is "Donkey Kong" a game made by racists who want to give white people the ability to make black people jump in the air repeatedly?
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
This is all ridiculous. Without any real racism to talk about, "professors" like Coleman have to justify their pay by making this stuff up. The ridiculous part is how the liberal media takes this seriously. And the most ridiculous part is how taxpayers are forced to pay for idiots like Coleman and Libtard organizations like NPR.
If they really wanted a rise, they should have suggested that zombie movies are about black people.
You know what's not racist? Disney. To prove it, Thor has a new love interest, on the right
Question: Who thinks of African Americans when they see apes?
Answer: Democrats
If the Left says that something is racist, it is.
So, everything is racist.
Now I’ll enjoy the movie that much more! :)
I love how the protected classes line up to claim victim status.
We could widen this and say Kong is an attack on all men by feminists. Women used to , probably still do, call men apes and brutes.
Actually Disney’s Jungle Book is pretty racist. Just saying.
looks like Thor’s set for a threesome. Are you sure this is disney?
Hmmm, wasn’t King Kong created by white folk?
Toxic little bubbles of racism are boiling up from the people who have declared themselves immune. Stay armed.
I’m thinking the white woman is evil- it’s Disney, after all
Gorillas are aping black people?
Someone should pass a law to end this monkey business
Does that mean that Godzilla represents Asians?
Does this mean a new holiday celebrating King Kong struggle is in the works? I hope they pick my birthday!
if the BGI wants to complain, why have they let "Africanized" bees get in the vernacular....lol
King Kong Blvd.
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