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>Before anyone even starts, this isn't about "complaining" but
>moreso questioning why it's so easy for Black people to
>overlook this kind of thing and how this ties into our
>collective low self-esteem as a people... how does it drill
>that lack of esteem into us on a subconscious level?
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>A brother at work just asked me to watch Game of Thrones (I
>call it Racist Thrones after doing so), because he wanted a
>black person to talk about it with. Here's what I noticed...
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>EVERY black or brown person on that show is either a criminal,
>prostitute, or eunuch with the exception of Missandei who's
>basically a freed house slave/interpreter. The Dothraki are a
>black/brown people and are the only population frequently
>referred to as savages, and they're the only people whose
>leaders consistently express their desire to rape and enslave
>other populations, despite the treachery and incest in the
>white populations. Rape and slavery is something only the
>lowly do in the white populations. It's a way of life for the
>black/brown ones. ALL of the enslaved populations are
>black/brown people enslaved by other black/brown people, and
>Daenerys is the good, virtuous white person who's on some kind
>of free-the-slaves tour which deals ONLY with those
>populations. They showed black WHORES in the streets, being
>fondled and fucked and LOVING it just prior to showing her
>losing her sacred virginity, being so pure and virtuous LOL.
>I say whores, because they aren't prostitutes when one can
>just grab them and publicly fuck them.
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>When it came to Grey Worm, there were some interesting things
>at work. He's the only upstanding, honorable black male
>character on the show... but he just happens to be castrated.
>And it's not the figurative black male castration where he's
>just w/o a partner or his partner dies. He's not gay like
>white folks LOVE their black male characters. Nah, he's
>LITERALLY castrated. He also gets with Missandei, and this
>goes back to CORE tenet of racism. They will not be producing
>more black people... they're effectively solving the infamous
>"Negro Problem." Not just that tho, he's also learning to
>speak english... which sounds like a good thing, right? But
>that fact also means he's the only character close to the main
>cast who speaks broken english (another trope). I know people
>will say "omg that's reaching" but just take a moment to
>consider why white males prefer that imagery for a black
>male... hell also think about the effects of that imagery
>being burned into the minds of black people (and white people)
>subconsciously.
>Oh, and there's also a scene where they break into a house,
>hunting an insurgent. They find no one. Grey Worm says they
>should leave, b/c no one is there. White guy asks if he's
>scared, to which GW replies "I am Unsullied, Unsullied fear
>nothing." White guy basically tells him that he's gotten
>dumb, b/c he no longer understands fear. White dude then
>punches through the wall to discover the insurgent hiding
>there. Not only is Grey Worm castrated and speaking broken
>english, but his fearlessness (usually an admirable
>characteristic) makes him stupid. But enjoy it, it's the best
>black male character you got... lol.
>
>Now even with all this, in the GoT post on here, Atillah
>mentioned that the Unsullied were black/brown eunuchs. Niggas
>really responded "Well Varys and Theon are white and they're
>castrated!" How do you still not get the point. White people
>have a wide range of character portrayals from Jon Snow, Arya
>Stark, Tyrion Lannister, Catelyn Stark, Daenerys, Davos,
>Brienne of Tarth, etc. These are either fierce warriors or
>intelligent people. Name the equivalent for the black
>characters since you can name white equivalents for castrated
>black characters. Can you? Of course you can't. Do niggas
>even understand the concept of a trope? All the black/brown
>characters are tropes. Sure, they'll put you in the show but
>you're relegated to certain roles.
>
>On that same note, I've said to cats that there could be a
>black/brown family in the mix somewhere vying for the throne,
>and gotten the response that that would be unrealistic, b/c
>it's far north. LOL. I mean, you're watching a show with
>dragons, a dead army, magic, and all other kind of unrealistic
>stuff, and suddenly you care about what's realistic.
>Hilarious. At that point, they could be like Inhumans and
>have black, asian and white all in one family as blood
>relatives (although Inhumans played their black character
>too... he's half bull and dumb).
>*EDIT* Notice also that the black/brown populations are
>enacting lifetime CHATTEL slavery. White people invented
>that, so if you wanna talk about realism, they're all off.
>Not to mention Daenerys is the pure, virtuous white woman
>running around putting an end to it, b/c she just can't stand
>it LOL.
>
>Another thing that kinda irks me is that we (Black folks) will
>check out this show and LOVE it, even with its all white main
>cast and disrespectful casting of black/brown people. Yet, if
>the roles were reversed, our white coworkers/friends who love
>talking about this show would NOT be rocking with it. They
>see themselves in too many great roles to accept that. Their
>self-esteem isn't that shot.
>
>I actually wish all the characters were white if that's the
>best they can do for black/brown characters, because I like
>the concept and story and all. Daenerys' part of the story is
>just CHOCK FULL of racism tho, good god. Not to mention she's
>the worst actor on the show (Tyrion is the best actor in the
>main cast, imo). Arya Stark is my favorite character. The
>guys at work all love Jon Snow and I see why... he's a central
>character, a leader, a warrior, intelligent, composed, his
>genitals are in-tact, and he's extremely honorable. Too bad
>there are no black and brown characters for whom you can say
>the same.
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