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Rosebunse t1_j1kdlu2 wrote

Reply to comment by The_Weirdest_Cunt in 2,000-year-old Mayan civilization discovered in the north of Guatemala by HRJafael

One of the weirder controversies around the new Black Panther film is that, apparently, the guy they got to play Namor looks too, well, non-white for certain South American audiences.

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Kazumadesu76 t1_j1km14x wrote

Were they hoping he'd be conquistador colored?

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Rosebunse t1_j1kn8hk wrote

Basically, yeah. The Mexican film industry has a major problem with colorism.

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onFilm t1_j1m9itd wrote

Include Latin America in there too.

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borilo9 t1_j1l888e wrote

We just don't take kindly to being cheaply pandered to

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fingerpaintswithpoop t1_j1ljad8 wrote

Define “pandering.”

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Lord_Shisui t1_j1ljs60 wrote

pandering

>gratify or indulge (an immoral or distasteful desire or taste or a person with such a desire or taste). "newspapers are pandering to people's baser instincts"

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MetaBotch t1_j1knjoj wrote

Considering he had no Spanish ancestry he should look more indigenous.

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Rosebunse t1_j1kp9yv wrote

Well, yes, that makes sense. Of course he is going to look non-European. But, again, the South American film industry has a problem with colorism. Frankly, I think he looks like a snack.

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Bringbackdexter t1_j1r9yz4 wrote

Not to sound rude but why does it matter? Isn’t it true that much of South America is predominantly indigenous anyway? So it would seem that the only people who have an issue are the non-indigenous European South Americans.

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Rosebunse t1_j1rh7pg wrote

Racism is something which can still effect people, especially in larger cities where there are fewer indigenous people.

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ProjectBadass- t1_j1kwlqo wrote

I'm not sure if you're being facetious but there are a lot of white, European descended South Americans.

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MedicalFoundation149 t1_j1n3aca wrote

There are, but Namor and his people would not be since since they are of purely pre-Columbian Mayans that cut themselves off from the outside world and thus didn't have the introduction of European genes that the rest of the Americas would receive over the next few centuries.

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Leodan15 t1_j1m1urf wrote

Only the media didn’t like it. The audience (in Mexico) loved Tenoch playing a lead in a marvel movie.

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