For spectators of the ‘Black Lives Matter‘ spokesman DeRay McKesson the blue vest he often sports has now become just as recognisable as the intense debates he engages in to combat systemic racism.
What any of this has to do with the new ‘Planet of the Apes’ movie?
Following the release of its trailer and poster, eagle-eyed viewers from around the world claim to have spotted something unsettling.
racist symbolism in movies is nothing new but jesus christ…. DERAY gotta sue! pic.twitter.com/ynz3hKlo2W
— Mr. Boiling (@PhillyCustoms) July 10, 2017
Citing Hollywood’s worrying habit of comparing black men to monkeys (click here) as their grounds for concern, said eagle-eyed fans have now taken to social media to demand an explanation from the movie’s producers.
…………….. deray gotta sue. pic.twitter.com/8vR5cFHkjm
— Mr. Boiling (@PhillyCustoms) July 10, 2017
Apparently War for Planet of the Apes creators decided to disparage @deray. White supremacy so deeply complicit in the movies America sees.
— Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) July 10, 2017
How you get a role in Planet of the Apes @deray ? pic.twitter.com/0GGdZoa0Eg
— Uncle Hotep (@handymayhem) July 11, 2017
These white supremacist at 20th Century Fox really put for-profit, corporate sponsored “activist” deray in their planet of the apes poster. https://t.co/txRL2DnZGX
— Jon Davis (@antipaleskin) July 10, 2017
Given the history of rendering black people as apes, I'm offended & appalled by the lack of consciousness in Hollywood. #PlanetOfTheApes pic.twitter.com/TaYlxbtOLj
— deray mckesson (@deray) July 11, 2017
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Hmmm. There’s certainly a valid comparison here. DeRay has been on national tv wearing that vest. Others even worn it as a Halloween custom. Also, none of the other films had the apes in clothing. Thus, they got some explaining to do.
Wow!….This is funny to them, a blatant mockery.
Disappointing but hardly a surprise. I mean they’ve got away with blatant whitewashing in the past (for e.g. Ridley Scott’s Moses film), so why not this.
They didn’t get away with that as the movie bombed at the box office.
As for the m***** it might be best if we actually wait until the movie comes out to see why he is wearing a blue vest. But I know some people just like to attack without getting all the facts…
Why don’t we start asking our own community the tough questions? More than 100 people in Chicago were hit by gunfire during the 4th of July holiday and people are crying about a puff jacket?! The crips have been wearing blue vests, jackets, t-shirts and everything else since before this man born, so does that mean I can accuse him too of having an ulterior motive? How many of these blue puff jackets were responsible for the deaths of black men and women as opposed to the number of black on black shooting deaths? No one wants to admit that the greatest threat to black lives are we ourselves. Play dumb if you want to.
I grew up in an all black community and absolutely NO ONE was hit by gunfire…and no, it wasn’t the inner city…and yes, it was two parent homes, dual income and if you didn’t keep your grades up you got checked…everybody had Nintendo, bikes, scooters, skateboards, clothing, eveything…hardly any fights…the majority of us went on to college..I’m just providing some balance about “our community”
That is a very stupid mentality. The violence in Chicago does not represent black people in America. It does not even represent Chicago since it is limited to the south side of Chicago. A single character in a movie would represent one person and not a gang of people. Seems like you are grasping at straws to validate your idiotic opinion that the south side of Chicago represents black peoples in America when the polar opposite is the truth and reality. Nice try though but you miserably fail!
I’m not saying it’s representative of a people; rather that it represents a nationwide problem that threatens said people in particular. Your point about a movie character representing one person does not support the issue presented in the story, as it’s argued that black people as a whole are being compared to apes–that is all based on a jacket which is too common an object to be labeled racist in the given situation. That is what my analogy alluded to. It wasn’t for validation, as I have no need or want for it. The truth is the truth.
Why don’t you go comment on an article about Chicago gun violence then instead of trying to change the subject here?
This is that bullsh!t…but I don’t watch this corny sh!t anyway lol
So disgusting.
REAlly. This is possably the BIGGEST reach i have ever seen. SMH ppl will believe anything or find a way to relate it to race. ND b4 anyone tries it…im black
No you’re not. You’re the same racist c*** that stalks every race related article under a different username. Foh.
looks like it might have been a reference to one of the older movies
https://twitter.com/ChrisMilIington/status/884767152192069633
so…
These racist m************ really think they are slick and that no one would catch onto what they’re insinuating.