John Boyega (Finn from SJW Star Wars) slams Game of Thrones for lack of Black roles ...

[Magooglie]

Black Balaq is the sixteenth best character in ASOIAF and he was written out. Thanks a lot D&D, you whores.

 

[SaucyJack]

Personally, I never gave a damn what colour or gender the cast of a show was as long as it's good. When I was a kid, I wanted to be Mr. T. The difference in his skin tone from mine never crossed my mind. Then I got older and all I heard race this and race that.

There were tons of us crackers in the theatre for Straight Outta Compton. People can go watch and enjoy something even if the cast and audience's skin doesn't match.

We can always relate to another person as a human being, but people are so damn divided now it seems they refuse to see it.

 

[Sir Galahad]

"There are no black people in 'Game of Thrones.' You don’t see one black person in 'Lord of the Rings'. I ain’t paying money to always see one type of person on-screen. You see different people from different backgrounds, different cultures, every day. Even if you’re a racist, you have to live with that. We can ruffle up some feathers.”

WTF is he complaining about? He made millions on SW so STFU.

 

[Verace]

You dont see whites complaining about the lack of white people in rap videos...

Even though there are tons of white people listening rap based styles of music. Even this week a report came out that it has surpassed rock as the most listened genre nowadays.

Why does it always has to be a racism thing?

Seriously... imagine if a white rapper posted on social media complaining about the black dominance in music today.

Shit would go down in flames

 

[TheNinja]

Not this shit again.

You don't see many black people in these roles because they're high fantasy settings, which are somewhat closely based on medieval Europe.

Not everything is a conspiracy to suppress visible minorities.

I was also super pissed than the TV show "Vikings" has very few, if any, black people in it. It's clearly a racist show.

 

[Soul Rebel 2]

This veers dreadfully close to diversity for diversitys sake considering the society and time period that GOT is set in. That said, it would be nice if the only black characters, great as they are, weren't former slaves. They also killed Areo Hotah quite unceremoniously which is a shame considering what a badass he's supposed to be.

 

[deise69]

I don't know what he's talking about. There are loads on the show

Spoiler

From the belly button down.

 

[AronaBeatsJones]

I was also super pissed than the TV show "Vikings" has very few, if any, black people in it. It's clearly a racist show.

On that topic, Bollywood films don't feature enough whites, blacks, East Asians, or non-Indian brown peoples. Says a lot about India and their prejudices against other races, IMHO.

 

[Thai Domi]

There's more black folk in GoT than SW, by my count.

 

[The Diplomat]

There's more black folk in GoT than SW, by my count.

I remember three black people in the SW universe - Lando, Windu and Finn.

 

[Ken Fresno]

Hollywood has already caved.

fuckin lolz. What the fuck is this from?

Speaking for all black people, as im qualified to do, this guy is embarrassing.

How can you watch Hidden Figures get Oscars and still complain?

 

[Amerikuracana]

Funny how beautiful LOTR was. Africans can make their epics, as well. Make an epic about Africa 1500 years ago.. It's ok. You wouldn't have to have white people.

 

[minute bull]

You wouldn't have to have white people.

NOT UNLESS YOU WANT ME TO WATCH.

 

[Amerikuracana]

NOT UNLESS YOU WANT ME TO WATCH.

Well then I guess you agree with wtevr this guys name is.

 

[GhostZ06]

"There are no black people in 'Game of Thrones.' You don’t see one black person in 'Lord of the Rings'. I ain’t paying money to always see one type of person on-screen. You see different people from different backgrounds, different cultures, every day. Even if you’re a racist, you have to live with that. We can ruffle up some feathers.”

get the fuck out of here, plenty of us blacks in the damn show. i'm not complaining

 

[Thai Domi]

I remember three black people in the SW universe - Lando, Windu and Finn.

 

[WandySaku2]

Casting directors missed a pretty golden opportunity

I can't recall the last time spit something out of my mouth in laughter...Thanks, dude lol.

Black Balaq is the sixteenth best character in ASOIAF and he was written out. Thanks a lot D&D, you whores.

How about leaving out the most bad ass red priest of them all, Moqorro.

There's more black folk in GoT than SW, by my count.

Hmm, that's a good point. I wonder if anyone has pointed that out to him.

 

[TheRuthlessOne]

All of y'all saying "well there are a few" know damn well what he means. Stop that.

I personally don't like GoT. It is very overrated. Is it a good show? Yeah. Is it the greatest thing since sliced bread? Not exactly.

I also get what this guy is saying. I don't see a lot of white people in a theater when the movie has mostly a black cast. I don't see a lot of black people packing out a theater when a movie is comprised of mostly Hispanics. It's not necessarily a racist thing either. People are comfortable when they see something or someone that looks like them. That includes movies, tv, athletes, politics etc.

It is what it is. I of course notice the lack of diversity on GoT. A lot of people do.

Fuck off

 

[ehtheist]

Anyone remember the scenes of court in Beauty and the Beast, where the court in bloody medieval (or maybe slightly later) France had significant representation of people of color? Literally, a historical setting in which you’d never see that, and it was quite common? The librarian, the opera singer, and several others in a setting in which they would be lucky to be cleaning chamber pots, if they even existed. For diversity and inclusiveness, of course.

This is all good and fine, but when I see an on screen adaptation of Things Fall Apart, I’d better bloody well see a bunch of white, Asian, and Latin people portraying Igbo tribes people. Or hell, a good start would be have a bunch of lily white Wakandans in the upcoming Black Panther movie – maybe recast the Black Panther with a Native American actor – for inclusiveness. When this doesn’t happen, I’m expecting Boyega to start yapping about how there needs to be more diversity, but let’s be honest – he won’t. Diversity, unfortunately, means fewer white people. As long as it is anything but white people, it’s diverse enough. An all Asian cast, African cast, Indian cast? Just fine. A cast of a bunch of white English speaking actors? “We need more diversity!” Which leads one to the obvious conclusion that diversity itself isn’t the real value here...

 

[TheRuthlessOne]

They wont stop until every movie is as "Diverse" as black panther