Will Smith not black enough!!!

racso1975 · 05-03-2019 02:13PM #1

So a new documentary about the Williams sisters has will Smith potentially cast as their father. Now there is an online backlash, or can I say blacklash, that Will's skin tone is not black enough!!

As somebody said before how a generation raised on family guy, American dad ettc etc can become so butt hurt over the most stupid things is truly beyond me. This is a new level of pathetic

Ush1 · 05-03-2019 02:19PM

Race is a social construct. What they mean is he acts too white.:pac:

AllForIt · 05-03-2019 02:22PM

Ush1 wrote: »

Race is a social construct. What they mean is he acts too white.:pac:

if you not from the hood you ain't no good

TheValeyard · 05-03-2019 02:26PM

Same thing was leveled against Obama by some activists. You are always going to have outrage junkies that need something complain and protest about to justify their use of oxygen.

sbsquarepants · 05-03-2019 02:27PM

All I know is will smith don't got to cus in his raps to sell records, but I do, so fúck will smith and fúck you too.

Outlaw Pete · 05-03-2019 02:30PM

All these people talk about MLK as if he is their savior but their deeds and words are regularly in direct contrast with almost everything the man stood for.

EPAndlee · 05-03-2019 02:32PM

It's probably because he makes non offensive rap music

El_Duderino 09 · 05-03-2019 02:32PM

racso1975 wrote: »

So a new documentary about the Williams sisters has will Smith potentially cast as their father. Now there is an online backlash, or can I say blacklash, that Will's skin tone is not black enough!!

As somebody said before how a generation raised on family guy, American dad ettc etc can become so butt hurt over the most stupid things is truly beyond me. This is a new level of pathetic

Butt hurt. Groan.

Who is outraged? 3 people on Twitter?

RWCNT · 05-03-2019 02:32PM

Murray TheDemonic TalkingSkull wrote: »

Same thing was leveled against Obama by some activists.

Obama was touted to play the father of Venus & Serena Williams in a film??? Really???

Dingaan · 05-03-2019 02:39PM

Murray TheDemonic TalkingSkull wrote: »

Same thing was leveled against Obama by some activists. You are always going to have outrage junkies that need something complain and protest about to justify their use of oxygen.

Obama was a mixed race president. It seemed in his case people were happy to ignore 50 percent of his racial construct. To say he was the first black president is just wrong and ignorant to the facts.

Liamario · 05-03-2019 02:39PM

RWCNT wrote: »

Obama was touted to play the father of Venus & Serena Williams in a film??? Really???

No, there people saying that he wasn't really a black American president.

chalkitdown1 · 05-03-2019 02:39PM

El_Duderino 09 wrote: »

Butt hurt. Groan.

Who is outraged? 3 people on Twitter?

Yeah, not even a link ffs. This thread is the first I've heard of this particular outrage.

There are probably more people outraged in this thread than wherever the OP saw this originally.

kneemos · 05-03-2019 02:41PM

Dingaan wrote: »

Obama was a mixed race president. It seemed in his case people were happy to ignore 50 percent of his racial construct. To say he was the first black president is just wrong and ignorant to the facts.

Was he white?

Outlaw Pete · 05-03-2019 02:43PM

Some sports writer in the states appears to have kicked it off with the following tweet:

https://twitter.com/clarencehilljr/status/1102807701174865920

Dingaan · 05-03-2019 02:43PM

kneemos wrote: »

Was he white?

50 percent White.

Working class heroes · 05-03-2019 02:44PM

Dingaan wrote: »

Obama was a mixed race president. It seemed in his case people were happy to ignore 50 percent of his racial construct. To say he was the first black president is just wrong and ignorant to the facts.

Why? Who was the first?

Boom_Bap · 05-03-2019 02:44PM

kneemos · 05-03-2019 02:46PM

Dingaan wrote: »

50 percent White.

50 percent black.

Dingaan · 05-03-2019 02:47PM

Working class heroes wrote: »

Why? Who was the first?

We are still waiting for the first.

mad muffin · 05-03-2019 02:47PM

Please. Just pass me the virus vile. I’ll pop the cap.

Stab*City · 05-03-2019 02:47PM

kneemos wrote: »

50 percent black.

100% Mixed.. yay you two!!!!

jimgoose · 05-03-2019 02:49PM

Liamario wrote: »

No, there people saying that he wasn't really a black American president.

Obama put a swing set on the front lawn of the White House. That some Niggah shit right there - he from the Hood. :cool:

I misinterpreted the OP as meaning that a new documentary was to reveal that Will Smith actually was the Williams sisters' father. :pac:

ohfa6muwtsvkc1 · 05-03-2019 02:52PM

I kinda get it tbh. Casting a lighter skinned person in that role is like the trend of bleaching via surgery or photoshop that celebs such as Beyonce do. We need to reenforce the message that you don't need to be white!

If you were making a film on Paul McGrath, you wouldn't hire me for the role even though we're both Irish. he's a shade darker and it's the same with this.

Varik · 05-03-2019 02:53PM

Watched Luke cage and a character mentioned someone being "colour struck", had to google that and oh boy.

This isn't a recent snowflake millennium thing, that's probably just made it worse.

wakka12 · 05-03-2019 02:54PM

Their dad? Will Smith looks younger than them

beauf · 05-03-2019 02:59PM

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1489889/characters/nm0366389

Bob Stone : Wow, Jet! You look amazing!

Calvin Joyner : You think?

Bob Stone : Oh, what? Yes!

Calvin Joyner : I just didn't know the kind of look to go for on my first day at the Agency.

Bob Stone : You look like a black Will Smith, or something!

kneemos · 05-03-2019 03:00PM

Sean Connery played a Russian submarine captain with nothing more than a slightly altered Scottish accent.

Venom · 05-03-2019 03:07PM

kneemos wrote: »

Sean Connery played a Russian submarine captain with nothing more than a slightly altered Scottish accent.

Slightly altered accent my arse. Jump to the 0.58-second mark.

Guy:Incognito · 05-03-2019 03:09PM

If Scarlett Johansson plays Venus then Will Smith will be black enough. Problem solved

kneemos · 05-03-2019 03:11PM

Venom wrote: »

Slightly altered accent my arse. Jump to the 0.58-second mark.

Alright,pure Scottish.

SoundsRight · 05-03-2019 03:12PM

It gets more ridiculous by the day. Has there ever been a more sensitive bunch in human history?

Will Smith not black enough!!!

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