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.
But, Darth Vader’s troops dressed in WHITE plastic. Was that another micro-aggression?
These people are insane.
These imbeciles would say that God is racist cause he made snow white. In a sane world these perceptually offended a-holes would have the Obama slapped out of them
exactly.
Liberal stupidity is truly a bottomless pit.
Anakin Skywalker(aka Darth Vader) is White.
A racialist looks for racism under every rock...
Does anybody really care what this overrated, over educated nitwit who has the maturity, both emotionally and psychologically, of a twelve year old has to say about anything? Really? No wonder I don’t watch the news on national television.
Did this bitch breed yet?
Insane is way to mild
This stupid woman is so ashamed of being raised by white people that she devotes her life to seeking out “racism” where absolutely none exists. She should have been fired for the tampon earrings, but, hey, it’s MSNBC. They’re probably scared of her.
It must be tough for them to dwell in the land of the perpetually offended. I just wish their attitude weren't being force on the rest of us.
I guess the ‘dark side of the force’ is racist, too? LOL!
So Luke Skywalker should have had a black father? What about Lando? He ran the entire Sky City and Bespin Mining operation. He also became a General and destroyed the 2nd Death Star.
who cares what the perpetually offended creeps say anymore? Didn’t even read what she said- not worth 2 minutes-
She looks at EVERYTHING in a racial context and sees racism in almost as many things as the "Rev." Al.
A pseudo-intellectual brain dead leftist.
I have a dream that one day people will be judged by the content of their character rather than by the color of their skin.
Someone ought to inform the nitwit that it is only a movie ... I know it might shatter what little interface with reality that she possesses but it must be done!
These hard-core race obsessed people must get up in the morning,look in the mirror,see that they’re still black-————and march off to wage war.
What a way to live.
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