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[Emitan]

So is this like episode 3 of The Next Generation? EARTH IS THE AFRICA PLANET

 

[Vice]

I wonder how black fantasy writers feel about this.

 

[Professor Beef]

That quote that thetrin...quoted (lack of a better word) was beautiful. Can't believe it was written by a pearl though, ugh.

 

[Satch]

From that goodreads link:



This 17 year old white girl gives me hope for the future. Good on you, white girl!

she's one of the good pearls

 

[Emitan]

I wonder how black fantasy writers feel about this.

If only they existed so we could ask

 

[Alligatorjandro]

White people wont even let minorities be dark

 

[MorisUkunRasik]

That quote that thetrin...quoted (lack of a better word) was beautiful. Can't believe it was written by a pearl though, ugh.

Uncle Tom Pearls, sucking up to the Coal Man, pfft, typical.

 

[DY_nasty]

she's one of the good pearls

so well spoken too

 

[Satch]

White people wont even let minorities be dark

LOL

 

[Devolution]

Given the whole beastly thing it's obvious she chose pearls because "pearls before swine." She's an idiot who thinks she's poetic.

 

[Slayven]

From that goodreads link:



This 17 year old white girl gives me hope for the future. Good on you, white girl!

Hot ether.

 

[Mumei]

I like you more and more.

Heh.

Thanks.

This 17 year old white girl gives me hope for the future. Good on you, white girl!

That just about made reading that woman's ignorant screed worthwhile.

 

[Professor Beef]

Uncle Tom Pearls, sucking up to the Coal Man, pfft, typical.

Maybe she just wants some coal in her stocking.

 

[thetrin]

Man, if only Dwayne McDuffie were still around to see this shit.

 

[Vice]

If only they existed so we could ask

What? There are plenty of black authors who write fantasy.

 

[Spring-Loaded]

Looks like it's time for someone to make the all-black super hero team mentioned in the Boondocks comic. It has to have one white girl with a big ol' nappy fro' though.

Comic, animated series or live-action show?

 

[MorisUkunRasik]

Maybe she just wants some coal in her stocking.

She'll have to settle for a pearl, serves her right!

 

[Emitan]

White people wont even let minorities be dark

hahahaha dying

What? There are plenty of black authors who write fantasy.

But black people don't read! The author of this book told me so!

 

[Emitan]

.

 

[Vermillion]

White people wont even let minorities be dark

I can't tell if this is meant to be hilarious or eerily telling.

 

[KevinCow]

But black people don't read! The author of this book told me so!

Conceivably, if the book had not reached the African-American community of readers, if such a category still exists, perhaps there might be some backlash.

She has to have meant something else, right? She meant something else and just worded it poorly. I can't figure out what it might be, but surely even the chick who wrote this stupid racist book wouldn't say something that blatantly racist, right?

 

[Alligatorjandro]

I can't tell if this is meant to be hilarious or eerily telling.

The takeover has already started.What do you think tanning beds are for?

 

[Devolution]

Also that comment on good reads had an excellent point:

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obsidian
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hematite

Also there are black pearls so what does the author make of that.

If the white people were really lower rung they'd be called "shitty white pebbles" that people use in their rock gardens, sheetrock (which isn't even really stone) or some other crap stone.

 

[thetrin]

Also that comment on good reads had an excellent point:

jet
onyx
obsidian
lava
hematite

Also there are black pearls so what does the author make of that.

Nothing, because the author is a fucking idiot.

 

[ViewtifulJC]

Man, if only Dwayne McDuffie were still around to see this shit.

He'd probably die all over again

 

[CrazyDogg77]

Man even when the protagonist of a book is black she's actually white. And I bet this book would be really funny if you were high as shit.

 

[thetrin]

"Uncle Tom Pearls" is the best phrase to come out of this thread.

 

[G-Fex]

no white people gif?

 

[Kreed]

I'm just waiting for the morning/evening news shows to pick up this story. I can already imagine Brian Williams voice:

"We begin tonight discussing a new book that is flying off book shelves nation wide and is on pace to dethrone Fifty Shades of Grey as the "must have book" of the year. It is being called the new "The Hunger Games" by some and HBO is already considering picking the series up for a late night TV series. But it's the "shades" being discussed in this new book that are already stirring up controversy among the African American community. We turn to Ann Curry with more on that story..."

 

[Bob White]

so well spoken too

holy shit lol

 

[Slayven]

Man, if only Dwayne McDuffie were still around to see this shit.

 

[thetrin]

I was so tempted to post that memo.

 

[CrazyDogg77]

Please tell me that's fake.

 

[thetrin]

Please tell me that's fake.

It's totally real. Dwayne McDuffie wrote it to show the obvious racist depictions of popular black heroes in Marvel's comics.

(you should read it again)

 

[Slayven]

Please tell me that's fake.

It is, but this ain't

 

[Cyan]

Also there are black pearls so what does the author make of that.

Apparently she's never seen Pirates of the Caribbean.

 

[ViewtifulJC]

At least he attempted to break the stereotype

or ok, maybe just kinda-sorta break it

 

[theignoramus]

Is there something white that is seen in a traditionally derogatory manner?

I was trying to think of a hierarchy where white would suck and black would be awesome. There are black objects that have positive connotations, but I'm seriously struggling to think of something white that has historically and universally negative connotations.

albinos. Hollywood always makes them evil, scheming bastards.

 

[Slayven]

At least he attempted to break the stereotype

or ok, maybe just kinda-sorta break it

Static was a total break. A smart black teen from stable home, that shit was was next level.

 

[ReiGun]

she's one of the good pearls

I know, right? So well spoken too.

Edit: Beaten so hard.

 

[El Sloth]

Static was a total break. A smart black teen from stable home, that shit was was next level.

This. Marvel just has no idea how to properly write him.

 

[Leeness]

Lololol, so the author keeps saying how "there are so many great reviews! Y'all are so wrong!!!"

http://lalondes.tumblr.com/post/28133131882/okay-in-other-news-i-did-some-googling-and

 

[ivysaur12]

Lololol, so the author keeps saying how "there are so many great reviews! Y'all are so wrong!!!"

http://lalondes.tumblr.com/post/28133131882/okay-in-other-news-i-did-some-googling-and

Hahaha, this is gold.

 

[Slayven]

This. Marvel just has no idea how to properly write him.

DC you mean, Marvel had Synch which was a good break of the mold until they killed him.

 

[The Technomancer]

At least he attempted to break the stereotype

or ok, maybe just kinda-sorta break it

Static Shock was actually (at least I thought) a really good African American superhero, at least as he's depicted in the cartoon. Great character overall and the few times they did address race issues it was tasteful and well done. I know he has a comic as well and he's a character that I really wish had taken off. I want to see more of him.

 

[Alligatorjandro]

I loved the Static Shock tv show

 

[G-Fex]

Static Shock was actually (at least I thought) a really good African American superhero, at least as he's depicted in the cartoon. Great character overall and the few times they did address race issues it was tasteful and well done.

So is Mr. Terrific

 

[CrazyDogg77]

Static was a total break. A smart black teen from stable home, that shit was was next level.

Seriously most black characters don't even know what a family is.

 

[Flying_Phoenix]

Lets Kickstarter this shit.

 

[Vermillion]

Static Shock was actually (at least I thought) a really good African American superhero, at least as he's depicted in the cartoon. Great character overall and the few times they did address race issues it was tasteful and well done. I know he has a comic as well and he's a character that I really wish had taken off. I want to see more of him.

Same. You have no idea how much.