Teen Titans? Starfire is an orange alien. Racist ?fans? don?t want a black woman playing her.
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t takes a particular strain of hateful ignorance to harass someone so much that they don?t feel safe on social media. And it appears that certain ?fans? of DC Comics? Teen Titans have tapped into that toxic combination.
In comic books, two cartoon series, and a new animated movie, Starfire is a female alien with creamsicle-colored skin and a mane of scarlet hair. Like many female characters you see in comic books, Starfire is a supernatural and unrealistic being ? a work of pure imagination. Understandably, and largely because orange-skinned, energy-projecting aliens are not real, Titans cast a human actress named Anna Diop to play Starfire in a darker, grittier live-action TV version.
With Starfire, Diop, who has appeared on shows like Bosch and Greenleaf, snagged possibly the biggest role of her life. But in doing so, she also became a target of social media attacks from people who at best believed she didn?t embody their version of Starfire, and at worst resorted to heinous misogynistic and racist attacks on Diop:
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Following the wave of harassment, Diop has turned off comments on her Instagram and minimized her social media presence. It?s the latest chapter in a particularly ugly ongoing saga about a certain segment of comic book ?fans? not getting exactly what they want and retaliating in the worst way possible.
Starfire is orange in the comics. People are mad that a black actress is playing her.
People got their first chance to see Diop in action as Starfire when the first trailer for Titans was released during Comic-Con last week. The trailer was met with a fair bit of skepticism (and mockery), mainly because it featured a flagrantly emo Robin uttering the phrase, ?Fuck Batman.? But that strange moment doesn?t mean the show is going to be bad, and for all we know, it could be great.
https://www.vox.com/2018/7/27/17618954/teen-titans-starfire-racism-anna-diop
Yet they had no problem with that cracker playing a Chinese character in that Netflix Marvel series for Iron First ? :plzstop:
and Starfire isnt black or white she's ORANGE :plzstop: whites are gross
I remember this
Those comic stans are deplorable
All this over an orange quee. They better stay mad
Is that Queen Aja?!
These reboots with blacks recasted as the original white character is offensive.
Someone here said it best recently.
It?s like we?re not even worthy of a newly created mess or something.
Like I don?t want a ?black Starfire?
And I?m black. No shade.
I?m kind of disgusted too tbh
Damn shame
Quote from: CREAM. on August 03, 2018, 08:28:20 PM
These reboots with blacks recasted as the original white character is offensive.
Someone here said it best recently.
It?s like we?re not even worthy of a newly created mess or something.
Like I don?t want a ?black Starfire?
And I?m black. No shade.
I kinda see what you mean tho it?s like having a black Dracula or a white Blade .. it just doesn?t work
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Starfire ain't black or white and some of her appearances a black face model was used for her Naomi Campell specifically.
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So this ain't a case of turning a white person black cause the girl ain't even humans!
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Either way the idea is tired and we need original black characters
Quote from: CREAM. on August 03, 2018, 08:28:20 PM
These reboots with blacks recasted as the original white character is offensive.
Someone here said it best recently.
It?s like we?re not even worthy of a newly created mess or something.
Like I don?t want a ?black Starfire?
And I?m black. No shade.
Yeah, I saw someone on twitter saying they wanted a black Hocus Pocus and I rolled my eyes so ahrd I damn near saw the back of my brain
I've realized a lot of these black millennials didn't grow up watching black film or television and were forced to re-imagine themselves as all the white characters they were inundated with as children. I didn't really notice how bad it was until Black Panther came out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rc-Jh3Oe0Gc
Kings were ahead of their time :stressed:
StarGOD ain't fcking WHITE
Speaking of I just watched Blade for the first time in years.
The early 2000s really lived for a cyber punk post apocalyptic mess.
Alot of the gurs whining are racist trolls but alot of them are diehard fans who grew up watching the show and reading the comics, so they obviously know Starfire to look a certain way.
When I saw the trailer for the show I was pissed because she looks a fool. White or black she doesn't look remotely similar to Starfire. Curly red hair, purple eyes, purples lips? And why are her powers more like Dark Phoenix. They totally missed the mark.
Quote from: Legacy on August 03, 2018, 09:01:01 PM
Shut up hun.
And change that damn username to Ohio
fck u
Quote from: Washington Heights on August 03, 2018, 08:59:20 PM
StarGOD ain't fcking WHITE
She def aint black with german chocolate skin and 3C hair :ummwhat:
Quote from: Andrais. on August 03, 2018, 09:01:04 PM
Alot of the gurs whining are racist trolls but alot of them are diehard fans who grew up watching the show and reading the comics, so they obviously know Starfire to look a certain way.
When I saw the trailer for the show I was pissed because she looks a fool. White or black she doesn't look remotely similar to Starfire. Curly red hair, purple eyes, purples lips? And why are her powers more like Dark Phoenix. They totally missed the mark.
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These damn twins
This black panther reject
And I mean SHIT Raven is Grey & beastboy is green but the girls aren't PISSED.
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Even if they got my sis Ann looking like a prostitute they said it's not even her real look.
Really sad
Quote from: Washington Heights on August 03, 2018, 09:06:00 PM
And I mean SHIT Raven is Grey & beastboy is green but the girls aren't PISSED.
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Even if they got my sis Ann looking like a prostitute they said it's not even her real look.
The whole cast is getting dragged and the show overall for being too dark/gritty.
And if that wasn't her real look it shouldn't have been in the trailer.
Throw the whole show away. Can't get past Robin saying "fuck batman", him and Starfirte looking like they're in their early 30s and Raven looking like a 14 year old emo stud with bad purple highlights.
Drais is PISSED.
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Quote from: Washington Heights on August 03, 2018, 09:20:07 PM
Drais is PISSED.
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This latex party city dress and suede payless boot
I'm honestly disgusted :udontlookok:
Quote from: Guilty. on August 03, 2018, 08:15:34 PM
Yet they had no problem with that cracker playing a Chinese character in that Netflix Marvel series for Iron First ? :plzstop:
and Starfire isnt black or white she's ORANGE :plzstop: whites are gross
well the original Danny Rand is white
Quote from: Andrais. on August 03, 2018, 09:27:37 PM
Quote from: Washington Heights on August 03, 2018, 09:20:07 PM
Drais is PISSED.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Di6UtcBU4AULegR.jpg)
This latex party city dress and suede payless boot
I'm honestly disgusted
:udontlookok:
sklmimklg
She looks like SHIT but that doesn't mean they can call her a nigger!
Drais is racist and hates blacks.
Why don?t they just paint the ho orange
Quote from: Washington Heights on August 03, 2018, 09:20:07 PM
Drais is PISSED.
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jhvbbnnbnbnbb ew
Quote from: Washington Heights on August 03, 2018, 09:34:06 PM
Quote from: Andrais. on August 03, 2018, 09:27:37 PM
Quote from: Washington Heights on August 03, 2018, 09:20:07 PM
Drais is PISSED.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Di6UtcBU4AULegR.jpg)
This latex party city dress and suede payless boot
I'm honestly disgusted
:udontlookok:
sklmimklg
She looks like SHIT but that doesn't mean they can call her a nigger!
Oh?
:diddraispoot:
Quote from: Kaeli. on August 03, 2018, 09:45:58 PM
Why don?t they just paint the ho orange
And straighten her hair.
Drais is a fake comics stans guys
Starfire has an AFRO
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Quote from: Andrais. on August 03, 2018, 10:18:36 PM
Quote from: Kaeli. on August 03, 2018, 09:45:58 PM
Why don?t they just paint the ho orange
And straighten her hair.
Damn. You really do hate black people and natural hair huh
She?s an alien. Surely they can just cgi her skin orange or something :uhh:
Quote from: november on August 03, 2018, 10:17:07 PM
Quote from: Washington Heights on August 03, 2018, 09:20:07 PM
Drais is PISSED.
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jhvbbnnbnbnbb ew
this outfit and this 99 cent store wig :plzstop: :plzstop: :plzstop: :plzstop: :plzstop:
Quote from: MelMel on August 03, 2018, 10:44:37 PM
Quote from: november on August 03, 2018, 10:17:07 PM
Quote from: Washington Heights on August 03, 2018, 09:20:07 PM
Drais is PISSED.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Di6UtcBU4AULegR.jpg)
jhvbbnnbnbnbb ew
this outfit and this 99 cent store wig :plzstop: :plzstop: :plzstop: :plzstop: :plzstop:
This is deplorable
ban drais this isn't the type of behavior we need on this site.
Quote from: Washington Heights on August 03, 2018, 09:20:07 PM
Drais is PISSED.
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This is gonna be amazing
Love this
Quote from: Legacy on August 03, 2018, 11:00:13 PM
I think she was actually modeled after a woman of color...her face...the way it's shaped, etc.
She actually reminds me a bit of Toni Romiti a bit here. I immediately saw her when I looked at this pic
Something about the jaw.
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M
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Quote from: Legacy on August 03, 2018, 11:00:13 PM
I think she was actually modeled after a woman of color...her face...the way it's shaped, etc.
Her fuller lips.
She actually reminds me a bit of Toni Romiti a bit here. I immediately saw her when I looked at this pic
Something about the jaw.
(https://www.dccomics.com/sites/default/files/GalleryComics_1920x1080_20150812_STARF_Cv3_55b2d92d20fcb6.51868619.jpg)
(https://d1itmove024qgx.cloudfront.net/35dd89d7d7fb9b62fbb888cf52aa703cc0d0d343.jpg)
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faggot I already said she was!
https://www.cbr.com/comic-book-easter-eggs-the-many-faces-of-identity-crisis/
Quote from: CREAM. on August 03, 2018, 11:01:23 PM
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:plzstop: :plzstop: :plzstop: :plzstop: :plzstop: :plzstop:
:nogrammynoneck:
Quote from: Legacy on August 03, 2018, 11:11:03 PM
Could you imagine the damn UPROAR if they casted a Black WonderWoman :omf:
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Well hun actually...
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and they're both Wonder Woman
yea this looks a mess