A story planted in the press to derail Marvel’s ‘Black Panther’ has been killed today…and it’s all thanks to black women.
I still need someone to explain to me how this fan /troll page with 2 likes on a post inspired black men throwing black women and lgbt under the bus today with their imaginary black panther boycott fake news. Tell us how you really feel. There was nothing caused by us. pic.twitter.com/jNvDLpENG4
— Jason (Wakanda) ? (@RoseIsotope) January 2, 2018
What happened?
Full story below…
As millions look forward to the movie’s release on February 18th, black women found themselves accused of attempting to kill its commercial vibe.
Why?
A tall tale- planted weeks before the project’s due date- claimed that Michael B. Jordan‘s decision to date outside of his race had infuriated them and blackball the picture.
Michael B. Jordan and Marvels Black Panther is trending because Michael is dating a White girl and a number of Black women and some men want to boycott the most anticipated movie of 2018 because he is dating outside of his race lol. pic.twitter.com/68zru8VASJ
— BrandenLee (@BrandenLee1) January 2, 2018
This, of course was a lie.
A lie, black women on social media were determined to expose.
Check out their messages below…
nobody was finna boycott black panther y’all just wanted an excuse to come for black women pic.twitter.com/dc5Md5MtNP
— shay bae (@xoshannxn) January 2, 2018
Black men saw this random fan acc & threw black women under the bus. Accused them of boycotting black panther because of Michael b Jordan dating outside his race. u niggas are awful. Just awful. Black women don’t deserve this mistreatment from y’all wack no common sense asses pic.twitter.com/p8Yb7TCDA0
— Jason (Wakanda) ? (@RoseIsotope) January 2, 2018
I’m seeing a whole lot more tweets from black men saying black women are boycotting black panther and are upset about Michael B Jordan dating a white woman than actual black women being upset…. pic.twitter.com/YOIdgQaG1a
— . (@algeesmiths) January 2, 2018
“Michael B Jordan said he doesn’t date black women, boycott Black Panther”
Me at the movies on Feb. 16 pic.twitter.com/fOJH0VyJaQ
— Khadija?? (@KayDeeMil) January 2, 2018
so some michael b jordan Instagram page said they were boycotting black panther & y’all decided to come on here & blame black women as a whole about it… pic.twitter.com/b0IPXNrrtC
— diet stud (@dankbonnet) January 2, 2018
As many black women as there are starring in Black Panther, and #yall think black women are gonna boycott the movie because one of the male leads *might* be dating a non-black woman?
Get the fuck. . . lol
— Genie Lauren (@MoreAndAgain) January 2, 2018
It’s pathetic how y’all are making up “Black women are boycotting Black Panther because Michael B Jordan is dating a white girl”.. Y’all want us to be bitter & angry so bad. It’s so pathetic. I don’t care who he’s dating. He’s already said he doesn’t bash us & dates BW!
— Paige Matthews (@HoodSocialist) January 2, 2018
Everyone saying that black women wanna boycott Black Panther cause of Michael B Jordans girl being white but when you look up “boycott black panther” there’s only people saying how stupid black women are for boycotting black panther but yet no black woman has said that. WHO LYING
— raweezy (@RawanHoops) January 3, 2018
Three minutes of scrolling through Michael B Jordan trending and what I’m making out is Black Men are slandering black womem & black gays on the TL saying we’re apparently boycotting Black Panther b/c Jordan got himself a non-Black gf.
*Meanwhile*
Black Women & Black LGBT’s: pic.twitter.com/yt7ehcX513
— The Negro Formerly Known As Tunde (@ThatsSoTunde) January 2, 2018
And they would have gotten away with it too if it weren’t for Black Twitter.
Catch ‘Black’ when it soars into a theatre near you.
Someone was probably mad at the fact that he likes white girls.
Nobody cares about that just like nobody cares your moma let your ugly racist azzz slither out of her.
nobody cares if hes dating a white woman…most black girls these days be dating interracially tooo…literally next topic please…theres enough D for everyone
I agree 100%
it’s the same thing they did to birth of a nation the nat Turner movie the movie was getting a lot of Oscar buzz at the time . the guy was tried and acquitted for r***, but the white media dig it up back and spin it killing it Oscar hopes. meanwhile they all knew Harvey Weinstein was a predator. Its the same thing they try to do to Tidal. the white media try to kill it yet they never not attack none of the white streaming service. the problem is lots of black people fall for this and prefer to spend their money with white business instead of their own . they cannot see the white man plan.
checkout The Willie Lynch Letter and the Making of a S****, they have been doing that to us blacks for years now, they see that this move has the potential to be really really great, so they are trying to use other black to tear it down, and it so sad that alot of us blacks fall for it, black will spend any amount of money on a white person product, and will question it for the samething, 90% of the people who is against Tidal is blacks, and the whites set it that way, to make us hate each other, because of these 90% of big business out there are own by a white person.
I disagree with the comments about Tidal because it is a biased opinion. NO BUSINESS, regardless of ther owner’s race, is ENTITLED to your money! Period!!!! Who is the cheapest and has the most content? Apple Music. What streaming platform is absolutely free if you know how to work it? Spotify. What streaming platform is just after your money with NOTHING FREE? Tidal. Unless you include these factors in your analysis then your opinion is purely biased based on race.
disgusting, of course, they want this move to no to be successful, because it’s black people, and some of them claim that racism isn’t around anymore and get offended anytime anyone gets called out on it.
Okay, so I have both strong and mixed opinions on this unsubstantiated protest. I will address the issue in this fashion:
Q). Should black women and/or black people boycott this movie because of MJ’s dating of non-black woman?
No! The success of this ensemble black cast and movie is more important than our individual issue with the brother dating outside race [if that’s a concern of yours]. After all this movie just as much about the exaltation of blackgirl magic, beauty, excellence and talent like rarely ever seen. As a collective, we should ‘work smart and not hard’. We you rather win the battle or the war?
Q) Should MJ’s dating of non-black women be an issue of black consumers?
IMHO, an emphatic yes!!! Love maybe blind however attraction is not! When we live in a society that conditions/promotes Eurocentric features as most attractive, then we as black people can not look blindly nor idly on black men that tend to religiously date Light Skinned and/or Long Silky Hair (LSLH). Unfortunately many brothers of MJ’s elk suffer from an acute case of colorism dysplasia. I firmly believe that any black male hearthrob that black female consumers are primarily supporting and empowering, should in return at least date them. If not, go get rich and famous of LSLH..but not off the backs of black women. To do so would be like the height of disrespect to yourself/our community.
In closing, let the movie proceed. But I support black women boycotting any of his individual ventures or any future black movie that cast him as leading man catering to black audiences. Sorry for all dem words 🙁
Although well written, you contradicted yourself.
Also, personally, I don’t believe that sexual attraction is conditioned. If it were we wouldn’t have LGBTIQ+ people.
honestly I didn’t think he dated women period…