I thought I'd write something light, since I've been so serious lately.
I'm going to tell you a true story:
When I was a kid, I was a turbo nerd in the city of St. Louis, MO. I was interested in the idea of aliens. I watched Sightings. I never missed an episode of X Files. I watched Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. I wanted to be able to experience a UFO sighting. I wanted to be an alien research scientist. In between discussing the latest episodes, my friend and I used to actually try to find all of the constellations, and other parts of the galaxy but since my eyesight was so poor, the only things I could actually see were the big dipper, and The Milky Way on occasion. I enjoyed the hell out of it anyway despite my lack of corrective lenses, and my frustration with not being able to find any of the other constellations.
But here's the thing:
I couldn't get into Star Trek like that. My first experience with Star Trek was with the very first episodes with Nyota Uhura. I liked the idea of her being on the show, but later I figured out the following when it came to science fiction:
These mother fuckers are traveling all across the galaxy, meeting all kinds of extra terrestrial life forms, they talk to them, eat their food, trade goods, and in some stories, have sex with them (Babylon 5, cough cough), but they couldn't handle the possibly of an actual Black person doing anything more that being an intergalactic secretary when portrayed on television. And when she kissed the captain, all hell broke loose.
Folks want to say that was a groundbreaking thing that took the TV by storm a very long time ago, but they gloss over how people are still getting killed for being in interracial relationships to this day.
These mother fuckers took the time to write these imaginary shows where all kinds of leaps and bounds have been crossed and conquered, but let a Black person become a character in their books, then all hell breaks lose. They can't handle Black stormtroopers. They can't handle anybody Black in their imaginary worlds because that's not how they imagined the character in the book that gets portrayed in the movies.
They get bent out of shape regarding the portrayal of Black characters that don't even exist in real life.
But a Black James Bond is simply out of the question?????
But White washing history is fine (Gods of Egypt)?
Are these people's heads so so far up their own asses and are they living that far in their own head that they can't see the levels of bullshit they're on?
They have enough imagination to create a whole genre of books, movies, etc, where things are so advanced, and they've moved so far along. They can fuck aliens. And not any real aliens, but creatures they made up in their heads. But let a Black person show up and they threaten to boycott the movie because the storm trooper was Black. Click the link and read the page. You'll have to do a bit of scrolling in order to connect the images with the theories listed.
You see how bizarre that is? That shit looks like some sort of intergalactic fetish porn or something.
I mean, really. Don't get me wrong. I'm not mad at them at all. It's incredibly hilarious if you look at it in the right light. I'm not interested in being included in their fantasies like that. I just find it funny that all of the leaps and bounds they go through to create such worlds where they get to experience all of these things, and meet all kinds of beings, but they act like Black people can't exist on the current planet they inhabit. And if they do exist, they are on some extra limited shit. I mean, Black people can't even build pyramids because it had to be some sort of advanced civilization that did it. And it couldn't have been a Black one so it must have been aliens.
Life is such a rich tapestry. These motherfuckers is crazy and all the way out to lunch... Gawd Damn!
And that's why I don't really mess with science fiction and fantasy like that.
The sky is nice and all, and Babylon 5 does alright, but that fascination I had when I was a kid is surely gone.
*No shade being thrown to anybody who is Black and into astronomy. I know how some people do. Don't try to mix me up with that "flat earth bullshit." I'm still for the actual study of all sciences. Even if deep down, I think the only reason people want to travel to different planets is because once they finish fucking this one up, they'll busy the poor with the task of cleaning up their messes while they peace out and take their money with them only to complete their next conquest.
And shoutout to Nyota. Because representation matters.
That is all.
I'm going to tell you a true story:
When I was a kid, I was a turbo nerd in the city of St. Louis, MO. I was interested in the idea of aliens. I watched Sightings. I never missed an episode of X Files. I watched Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. I wanted to be able to experience a UFO sighting. I wanted to be an alien research scientist. In between discussing the latest episodes, my friend and I used to actually try to find all of the constellations, and other parts of the galaxy but since my eyesight was so poor, the only things I could actually see were the big dipper, and The Milky Way on occasion. I enjoyed the hell out of it anyway despite my lack of corrective lenses, and my frustration with not being able to find any of the other constellations.
But here's the thing:
I couldn't get into Star Trek like that. My first experience with Star Trek was with the very first episodes with Nyota Uhura. I liked the idea of her being on the show, but later I figured out the following when it came to science fiction:
These mother fuckers are traveling all across the galaxy, meeting all kinds of extra terrestrial life forms, they talk to them, eat their food, trade goods, and in some stories, have sex with them (Babylon 5, cough cough), but they couldn't handle the possibly of an actual Black person doing anything more that being an intergalactic secretary when portrayed on television. And when she kissed the captain, all hell broke loose.
Folks want to say that was a groundbreaking thing that took the TV by storm a very long time ago, but they gloss over how people are still getting killed for being in interracial relationships to this day.
These mother fuckers took the time to write these imaginary shows where all kinds of leaps and bounds have been crossed and conquered, but let a Black person become a character in their books, then all hell breaks lose. They can't handle Black stormtroopers. They can't handle anybody Black in their imaginary worlds because that's not how they imagined the character in the book that gets portrayed in the movies.
They get bent out of shape regarding the portrayal of Black characters that don't even exist in real life.
But a Black James Bond is simply out of the question?????
But White washing history is fine (Gods of Egypt)?
Are these people's heads so so far up their own asses and are they living that far in their own head that they can't see the levels of bullshit they're on?
They have enough imagination to create a whole genre of books, movies, etc, where things are so advanced, and they've moved so far along. They can fuck aliens. And not any real aliens, but creatures they made up in their heads. But let a Black person show up and they threaten to boycott the movie because the storm trooper was Black. Click the link and read the page. You'll have to do a bit of scrolling in order to connect the images with the theories listed.
You see how bizarre that is? That shit looks like some sort of intergalactic fetish porn or something.
I mean, really. Don't get me wrong. I'm not mad at them at all. It's incredibly hilarious if you look at it in the right light. I'm not interested in being included in their fantasies like that. I just find it funny that all of the leaps and bounds they go through to create such worlds where they get to experience all of these things, and meet all kinds of beings, but they act like Black people can't exist on the current planet they inhabit. And if they do exist, they are on some extra limited shit. I mean, Black people can't even build pyramids because it had to be some sort of advanced civilization that did it. And it couldn't have been a Black one so it must have been aliens.
Life is such a rich tapestry. These motherfuckers is crazy and all the way out to lunch... Gawd Damn!
And that's why I don't really mess with science fiction and fantasy like that.
The sky is nice and all, and Babylon 5 does alright, but that fascination I had when I was a kid is surely gone.
*No shade being thrown to anybody who is Black and into astronomy. I know how some people do. Don't try to mix me up with that "flat earth bullshit." I'm still for the actual study of all sciences. Even if deep down, I think the only reason people want to travel to different planets is because once they finish fucking this one up, they'll busy the poor with the task of cleaning up their messes while they peace out and take their money with them only to complete their next conquest.
And shoutout to Nyota. Because representation matters.
That is all.
