I regret to report that certain people are being racist knobs towards a black actor in Star Wars. Again.
Yep Disney’s doing that thing where they call fans a bunch of “-ism’s” and “-phobe’s” because they criticize one of their characters or movies. All so tiring. Singling out a few trolls that are saying racist things to get a reaction, while the overwhelming response from fans has been about her terrible acting. Has absolutely nothing to do with skin color. The fact they put those articles out beforehand warning Moses Ingram of “racist” comments from fans, tells me they knew the character was bad and going to cause issues, and are now going to use race to shield it from any criticism.
No, they are not doing “that thing where they call fans a bunch of “-ism’s” and “-phobe’s” because they criticize one of their characters or movies.”
After the actress posted some of the racist abuse she had received online, the Star Wars twitter account posted:
“We are proud to welcome Moses Ingram to the Star Wars family and excited for Reva’s story to unfold. If anyone intends to make her feel in any way unwelcome, we have only one thing to say: we resist.
There are more than 20 million sentient species in the Star Wars galaxy, don’t choose to be a racist.”
The Star Wars account was obviously not criticising people who have problems with her performance.
Nor was it “using race to shield it from any criticism.”
There is nothing wrong with what the Star Wars account posted. In fact good on them for calling out the racism sent her way, and racism in general.
It appears you may have some issues with racism being called out. Those are just your issues, thankfully.
And also issues for racists, I imagine.