... the other Black experience
So I Think Twilight is Racist
Sooooo...I have not seen the movie because it looked stupid, but I am up to the 4th book in the Twilight series and I think the writer unintentionally slipped some subliminal racist weird stuff in there.
1. This writer is a mormon so she wrote the story so the characters wouldn't do the 'no pants dance' until they were married. I'm not even far enough to see if they do anything or not but I can predict it. So she's already slipping her religion into the book without saying that's what she's doing.
2. *spoiler* Why the hell does the only minority character have to be a sneaky bastard that sneaks kisses and makes Bella, the main character, cheat on her "eternity partner". Jacob seems like an ugly asshole and I don't think it's a coincidence that everything beautiful is described as white and pure and nearly transluscent.
Sure this chick says she cares about him but wtf he's obviously not someone the reader is supposed to side with. As racist as I think this series is I'm still reading the last book. I want Bella to die from her hubby eating her.
1. This writer is a mormon so she wrote the story so the characters wouldn't do the 'no pants dance' until they were married. I'm not even far enough to see if they do anything or not but I can predict it. So she's already slipping her religion into the book without saying that's what she's doing.
2. *spoiler* Why the hell does the only minority character have to be a sneaky bastard that sneaks kisses and makes Bella, the main character, cheat on her "eternity partner". Jacob seems like an ugly asshole and I don't think it's a coincidence that everything beautiful is described as white and pure and nearly transluscent.
Sure this chick says she cares about him but wtf he's obviously not someone the reader is supposed to side with. As racist as I think this series is I'm still reading the last book. I want Bella to die from her hubby eating her.
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Permalink Reply by Ghettopunkrocker on -
Twilight is like the Dane Cook of literature.
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Permalink Reply by V on -
Ghettopunkrocker said:Twilight is like the Dane Cook of literature.
Lmao >./body>
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Permalink Reply by X-D-D-M*9 on
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Interesting. Many adult co-workers & a crazy amount of girls I've seen reading this series and nobody has adressed what you've said. And the actor I assume is playing the Black male character Jacob seems to be presented as much more appealing than portrayed in the book.
All I know is on two occasions at Barnes & Noble, I saw this massive throng of young women with psuedo-goth type gear prowling the store. I asked an employee what was the deal and they said a new Twilight book was being released. A few sisters were there too. Oh well...
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Permalink Reply by Madamoiselle De Sade on -
Yeah, I've only read two chapters due to the lily-white vibe I got from it.
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Permalink Reply by Compound Egret on -
It does sound like racist typecasting. I'm more tripped out by a vampire with an "eternity partner" who doesn't get any premarital love; COMEDY. Vampires are supposed to hit it (the jugular vein), quit it and make you do the same thing for the rest of your tortured existence. I grew up watching this dude. He was the player president of the eastern bloc...
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Permalink Reply by kala on -
well in that case is the bible racist?
dont even get me started on that...
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Permalink Reply by DanielaInfinity on
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what about all those brainwashed kids who protested against a Filipino version of Twilight and all the Filipino teens who supported the protest?
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/say-no-to-twilight-filipino-versio...
Twilight is mad racist.
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Permalink Reply by V on
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Daoud said:Interesting. Many adult co-workers & a crazy amount of girls I've seen reading this series and nobody has adressed what you've said. And the actor I assume is playing the Black male character Jacob seems to be presented as much more appealing than portrayed in the book.
All I know is on two occasions at Barnes & Noble, I saw this massive throng of young women with psuedo-goth type gear prowling the store. I asked an employee what was the deal and they said a new Twilight book was being released. A few sisters were there too. Oh well...
Well I didn't want to make it seem like a Black vs White thing because Jacob, and his whole clan, are the only speaking minorities throughout the whole series, and they're Native Americans.
I told someone about my thoughts and they said that the movie had Black people in it. I don't really care about the presence of minorities but rather the role they are playing.
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Permalink Reply by V on
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DanielaInfinity said:what about all those brainwashed kids who protested against a Filipino version of Twilight and all the Filipino teens who supported the protest?
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/say-no-to-twilight-filipino-versio...
Twilight is mad racist.
Wow I saw a lot of comments from Filipino kids talking about how they don't think the new Edward can't top the white actor. I can't help but think this is a huge brainwashing strategy to get people to think pale = beautiful
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Permalink Reply by warrant+sanction on -
i saw this movie in the theater, and pretty much spent the whole time wishing for jacob to go wolf and kick those sad little anemic "vampire" kids' asses throughout the whole thing. but. blah. . . didn't happen. just never ending pale twinkling nasties and their quest to not get laid or properly fed.
oh. but there was that one black dude. he seemed pretty badass. almost made me want to pick up the books. Almost.
also, can someone please explain to me why nikki reed had to BLEACH HER SKIN for her role in this movie? i mean. . . really? Really??
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Permalink Reply by LesYpersound on -
hadn't heard a thing about the filipino version of twilight... but yeahppp.... being color struck and that whole anything white is better is very real to a lot of fil-ppl. :( and then fil-am ppl who are proud to be brown are questioned about how they are or aren't "really" filipino/asian/islander because they don't speak the language or act filipino. pretty fucked up weird cycle of stupid.
anyway had no desire to pay to see twilight or worse see that movie sober or without like-minded friends.
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Permalink Reply by V on
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the warrant and the sanction said:i saw this movie in the theater, and pretty much spent the whole time wishing for jacob to go wolf and kick those sad little anemic "vampire" kids' asses throughout the whole thing. but. blah. . . didn't happen. just never ending pale twinkling nasties and their quest to not get laid or properly fed.
oh. but there was that one black dude. he seemed pretty badass. almost made me want to pick up the books. Almost.
also, can someone please explain to me why nikki reed had to BLEACH HER SKIN for her role in this movie? i mean. . . really? Really??
There is no mention of any minorities other than Native Americans in the book. I'm almost certain this badass character was made just to balance out how much the book lacks any diversity. If there's any mention of a person of a different race it's indirect and the narrator, Bella, will say something like, "Their skin had a bit of an olive hint", which is what she said in the 4th book. Or once I recall her saying something about a woman with "dark features"....whatever the hell that is supposed to mean.
I'm not even surprised about the skin bleaching thing. The whole book makes white and pale seem like the most amazing thing ever. The character Nikki Reed plays is also supposed to be the most beautiful person in the whole series, according to Bella.
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