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.
She is too stupid to live absent machine life support
Does she sometimes come across to you as a version of Guilda Radner’s Emily Latella character?
How does this woman have a tv show?
This is hilarious.
Another borderline black trying to ante up her street cred.
It’s MSNBC or as Mark Levin calls it “MSLSD”
So she’s saying that black is the new evil. Hmmm .....
annikin skywalker was white.
You’re half black - get over it.
And stop with the pretentious hyphenated last names already.
From her on-line bio:
* - Melissa Victoria Harris-Perry born October 2, 1973; formerly known as Melissa Victoria Harris-Lacewell.
* - An American writer, professor, television host, and political commentator with a focus on African-American politics.
* - Harris-Perry hosts the Melissa Harris-Perry weekend news and opinion television show on MSNBC.
* - Harris-Perry was born to a white mother and black father in Seattle but grew up in Virginia.
* - Her father was the first dean of African-American Affairs at the University of Virginia.”
It’s the light-skinned (mixed race) blacks that are always the worst. They have to overcompensate to try to kill off the “White” inside of them.
Too funny. You must miss a lot of creeper threads discussing movies. I only wish most would say it’s only a movie. The faux outrage is owned by both sides.
Harris Hyphen Perry perpetuating racism whenever she can. These people need to lighten up.
Harris Hyphen Perry perpetuating racism whenever she can. These people need to lighten up.
Anakin was black after he became a crispy critter on mustafar.....
Im a geek...
She is inflicted with CPRS (Chronic Perceived Racism Syndrome).
Er, the authentic “black guy”, Lando whathisname, ended up being a good guy...Get. A. Life.
She seems to have the same white-mommy anguish that we see in Barack Obama.
And she seems to overcompensate for it the same way as Obama - by lashing out at whites.
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