The Best "What 'Black Panther' Means to Me" Tweets
Black Panther doesn't hit theaters until next week, but people are already expressing just how [...]
@mmpadellan
prevnextWhen I was a kid, movies and TV shows were full of black characters that were pimps, drug dealers, and slaves. Even Black Lighting (from the Super Friends) was LAME.?
T'Challa is a King, a genius, and a badass superhero.? #Finally #NuffSaid pic.twitter.com/X2JXTyvLhS
— BrooklynDad_Defiant! (@mmpadellan) February 6, 2018
@ChocCityComics
prevnext#WhatBlackPantherMeansToMe ..images like this and knowing these children and countless others now have mainstream heroes that look like them and aren't drug dealers, parodies,convicts,sidekicks to a non poc character or plot devices BUT proud, intelligent, powerful and VERY cool pic.twitter.com/iLdxluJy4K
— ChocolateCityComics (@ChocCityComics) February 6, 2018
@Tripping_Crutch
prevnextIt's less about what it means to me and more what it means to our little ones.
Young black boys and girls seeing themselves widely represented as the heroes.
Black girls reveling in all of their ass kicking, badass Black Girl Magic glory.#WhatBlackPantherMeansToMe pic.twitter.com/nofPtrOHJe
— ?Outside of the club and you think i'm a punk? (@Tripping_Crutch) February 6, 2018
@EscoBlades
prevnextFinally seeing Africa depicted in a powerful and positive light, free from the effects of colonialism, with characters that look like me having motivations beyond the portrayal of “black pain” on screen.#WhatBlackPantherMeansToMe pic.twitter.com/nTEFHQM279
— Andrien Gbinigie (@EscoBlades) February 6, 2018
@BlyssfulStorm
prevnextWhen I saw the cast of women, all my complexion or darker, none sexualized or demonized because of it, and it wasn't a film about slavery or drug addiction, I cried.
— MSOSullivan (@BlyssfulStorm) February 6, 2018
@MrRandyWATTsun
prevnextIt's everything really
To know that kids can walk down the toy aisle and see an action figure that looks like them
That Black Women can be warriors too
That communities are coming together to make sure underprivileged kids see it
It's us celebrated#WhatBlackPantherMeansToMe
— #Kingstees (@MrRandyWATTsun) February 6, 2018
@chefshida
When my 9 year old son sat in the movie theater SHOOK seeing a black superhero on a big screen. And the emotion I feel as a life long superhero fan seeing the same thing at the same??damn??time????#WhatBlackPantherMeansToMe pic.twitter.com/SvECF5n6rG
— Rashida Parrish (@chefshida) February 6, 2018
Black Panther opens in theaters February 16.
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