Posted on 12/13/2015 2:22:13 PM PST by Kaslin
On her eponymously named Sunday morning show, MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry went into a mini-rant about racism in Star Wars as she complained about villain Darth Vader being "totally a black guy" when he was "cutting off white men's hands" who did not "claim his son," but then became a white man after he "claims his son and goes over to the good."
MSNBC's Harris-Perry Gripes Over 'Totally Black Guy' Darth Vader as Evil Character
During a segment about the upcoming The Force Awakens sequel, after a discussion about Princess Leia's slave girl costume from the 1980s at 11:44 a.m., the MSNBC host admitted to having mixed feelings about the popular movie series:
I know why I have feelings -- good, bad, and otherwise -- about Star Wars. And I have a lot. I could spend the whole day talking about the whole Darth Vader situation.
After panel member Wesley Morris of the New York Times wondered, "Really? You could?" Harris-Perry took issue with a black actor voicing the iconic evil character rather than rejoicing at James Earl Jones getting such a high-profile career opportunity as she elaborated:
Yeah, like, the part where he was totally a black guy whose name basically was James Earl Jones, who, and we were all, but while he was black, he was terrible and bad and awful and used to cut off white men's hands, and didn't, you know, actually claim his son.
As if it would have made sense for an obviously white leading character to have had a father who was not white, she then griped:
But as soon as he claims his son and goes over to the good, he takes off his mask and he is white. Yes, I have many, many feelings about that, but I will try to put them over here.
sounds about right......(:
Previously, the race-baiters objected to the fact that Darth Vader was physically acted by a white man but voice acted by a black man.
This woman must enjoy a really, really great life if this is all she has to complain about.
Vader is Anakin Skywalker and he's pretty white.
It's just a movie!
This woman has serious psychological issues. Her hatred for white people is beyond insane. Don’t know what happened to this woman when she was a child but she despises white people, wears tampons on her ears and thinks “Hard work” is racist..now she has issues with a MOVIE, Hey Melissa..its a MOVIE GET A LIFE, GET LAID, DO SOMETHING PRODUCTIVE
At least he is not a guy dressed in black that lithsps
She was raised by white Mormons.
Hawwith-Pewwy? A professional tv pundit with the worst lisp I’ve ever heard?!
James Earl Jones however was the voice of the character.
It shows you how ignorant that left-wing lunatic is.
The commie skank bitch looks a bit different without her female plugs hanging from her ears. She also lectured us once on how the State owns your children to raise and teach, not us.
AHHHH!!!!
He looks cray cray~
Plus, they can’t shoot worth a damn.
Her occupation- Negro.
Next she’ll discover that the black keys on a piano are shorter than the white ones.
But underneath the black facade, it’s a white dude, kinda like blackface was decades ago. Rush with this Melissa. Be on the wrong side of 2M kids with computers, feelings a Twitter/Facebook feeds.
For some reason this line made me chuckle.
Perhaps finding offense where none was given is her only real talent. She is at least engaged in an activity she is good at. How many of us could sincerely be offended by something so ridiculous? Let her do what she does people! Its a far better occupation for her than something that might impact all of us. We have all seen what happens when you put a hyper-offended complainer in the white-house....not good.
Sorry princess Melissa, Darth Vader was all black when you were nothing but a twinkle in some guy’s eye. Grow up! If you don’t like it, don’t go see the movie, ditz! Or you can compare yourself more with Jar Jar Binks and disassociate yourself from the all black guy.
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