Right now we have an X-Men franchise that has sidelined Kitty Pryde, completely mishandled Storm, Emma Frost and Rogue, robbed Jean Grey of any agency, and has yet to properly introduce Psylocke, Jubilee and Polaris.
The latest film does feature a number of non-white characters, but every single one of them (Storm, Blink, Sunspot, Warpath, Bishop) is relegated to outside guard duty while all of the white characters (Xavier, Magneto, Kitty, Wolverine) handle the important, emotion-heavy, world-saving work.
There’s even been a surprisingly anti-international slant towards one of the most international teams in comics as Colossus, Banshee, Quicksilver and Storm all lost their cultural identities in the transition from page to screen.
Brett White from CBR: in order for the X-Men to survive, they need to diversify.
p.s.
“First, Bryan Singer has to go. This may come as a surprise considering that I just heaped a ton of praise on the director’s latest film, but I’ve done so while also purposely avoiding mentioning his name. Based on the sexual abuse allegations currently piling up around him, I just feel icky — an understatement — giving the guy any praise.”
(via milesabovepeter)
Important.
I mean, how successful is your minority oppression metaphor going to work when your entire main cast is predominately white, straight, cis men?
(via seagreeneyes)
right yes but particulary when we’re talking about minority opression metaphors to not mention that kitty and magneto are jewish (and to erase that by going ‘they’re white’) in a film that is a massive holocaust alegory to boot is a bit…:/
(they are played by white actors – which is honestly just something else they’ve done wrong via diversity)
fearlessstateofmind backup 