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A bulletproof black man is making White Twitter crap its pants.
Netflix dropped Marvel’s “Luke Cage” last Friday, and it’s the
streaming platform’s only superhero feature to date that stars a
nonwhite lead. Luke Cage (played by Mike Colter) is a man gifted
with extraordinary super strength, which gives him the ability
to pick up a washing machine or withstand a round of bullets.
Created by Cheo Hodari Coker (“Ray Donovan”), the show is based
on the classic Marvel series, and the first of the current
Marvel Cinematic Universe shows to feature a black man at the
center. The comic books first hit stores in 1972 under the name
“Luke Cage, Hero for Hire.” It would later be amended to “Luke
Cage, Power Man,” intended to cash in on the success of
blaxploitation films like “Black Caesar” and “Coffy.” In “Sweet
Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song,” Melvin Van Peebles played
Sweetback, another indestructible man of color.
Although the show has received mostly positive reviews from
critics, there’s one demographic that’s less jazzed about
Marvel’s ode to black strength and resilience: white people. On
Twitter, some viewers of the Caucasian persuasion took “Luke
Cage” to task for its portrayal of white people — namely because
the show doesn’t portray them at all. Featuring a deep bench of
talented actors — including Alfre Woodard (“12 Years a Slave”),
Rosario Dawson (“Grindhouse”) and Mahershala Ali (“Moonlight”) —
only two white characters recur often enough to appear in six or
more episodes of the freshman season.
Angered by the show’s predominantly black cast, some white
viewers took to Twitter to label it “racist.” Here’s a sample:
???????? @CommanderLovely
Lack of white people in Luke Cage makes me uncomfortable. This
show is racist, how is this on Netflix???
12:18 PM - 2 Oct 2016
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LET SAMUS KISS GIRLS @apronikas
im not racist but :/ why is luke cage so political :/ why do
they talk about being black all the time :/ where are the white
characters :/
6:47 PM - 2 Oct 2016
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LiberalsUnited @RockerThompson
Is it me or the new Netflix. Luke Cage a little racist. Notice
it's mostly black where is the diversity. @LIVE_COVERAGE
3:55 PM - 28 Sep 2016
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Another promote the savage nigger as superior attempt by left
wing shitheads.
http://www.salon.com/2016/10/05/luke-cage-and-the-racial-empathy- gap-why-do-they-talk-about-being-black-all-the-time/
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