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Well it's a couple of things. I've read dozens of posts right in this forum condemning Africa as some level of hell, completely discounting history and current events beyond the "poverty porn" of charity commercials and new coverage of the very worst that happens there.
I just attended an exhibit in Atlanta at our preeminent museum called Making Africa: A Continent of Contemporary Design. Over 120 artists exhibiting film, tech, art, photography, sculpture and fashion. Simply gorgeous and not fictional. So sick of the continent and culture being demeaned when the full story is not being read.
Hence, hoping a big-budget flick shifts the mindset of those who'll never go to such an exhibition.
And yes, I agree. I need a break from movies showing any person of color in disempowered positions.
Yes. I skimmed across an article not too long ago. This post reminded me of this article. The previously impoverished parts of Africa are slowly starting to become more developed. I definitely have more hope for certain parts of Africa overtime. I really do. The majority of black American business owners and college graduates are truly African American. Many are also first born citizens. Their parents were born in Africa but they gave birth to their children here in America. Education is at the center of importance for many African immigrants in the USA. Especially Nigerian Americans.
I'm wondering if the world saw black people and African culture reflected this way more often, the lingering damaging perceptions that both conservatives and liberals have wouldn't be so prevalent. I feel some have developed very twisted viewpoints of black culture from a very narrow, fictionally-powered and anecdotal basis.
But as shows like Will and Grace ushered in widespread acceptance, if not basic tolerance of gays, would afrofuturism (black sci-fi) do they same? The characters are not tethered to stereotypes hence the appeal of sci-fi.
Anyway, the trailer is awesome, love this Marvel character and can't wait to see it.
I dont like how they are depicting this fake nation of Wakanda, and they have grown so wealthy over the super strong and rare metal that is mined there...isnt this metal supposed to be something extremely rare? If Wakanda has sold THAT much of it to become THAT wealthy, seems like that metal would be all over the place, and used in all sorts of weapons. (not that rare).
What news the 1st World nations get coming out of Africa is the same as the news they all get domestically - if it bleeds, it leads.
Nigeria, CAR, DRC, Sudan, South Sudan, Somalia, Algeria, Libya, Mali and Ethiopia are having civil war, terrorism, theocratic dictatorship oppression and/or military junta rule/coups going back a decade or more. Add in the easy appeals to sympathy from Sierra Leone, Liberia and various other epicenters of human misery, and the positive developments in places like Mozambique, Cote D'Ivoire, Rwanda, Morocco, etc get lost in the white noise of what media likes to put on TV and in print.
Nothing exciting or shocking by leading tonight's news with the World Bank's estimate of Rwanda's credit rating or Mozambique's LNG/coal production on the rise coupled with their increasingly stable and forward thinking government. This just in, Kenya's economy most diverse of all eastern African nations!! Just not as exciting as seeing the ubiquitous Toyota light duty pickup with half a dozen combatants and their AKs/RPGs.
But the entire world thinks the US is comprised entirely of LA, NYC, DC and maybe Chicago. The rest of the country is just about as anonymous internationally as all the non-war torn and decently productive/emerging economies and societies in Africa are.
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