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A bulletproof black man is making White Twitter crap its pants.
Netflix dropped Marvel�s �Luke Cage� last Friday, and it�s the
streaming platform�s only superhero feature to date that stars a
nonwhite lead. Luke Cage (played by Mike Colter) is a man gifted
with extraordinary super strength, which gives him the ability
to pick up a washing machine or withstand a round of bullets.
Created by Cheo Hodari Coker (�Ray Donovan�), the show is based
on the classic Marvel series, and the first of the current
Marvel Cinematic Universe shows to feature a black man at the
center. The comic books first hit stores in 1972 under the name
�Luke Cage, Hero for Hire.� It would later be amended to �Luke
Cage, Power Man,� intended to cash in on the success of
blaxploitation films like �Black Caesar� and �Coffy.� In �Sweet
Sweetback�s Baadasssss Song,� Melvin Van Peebles played
Sweetback, another indestructible man of color.
Although the show has received mostly positive reviews from
critics, there�s one demographic that�s less jazzed about
Marvel�s ode to black strength and resilience: white people. On
Twitter, some viewers of the Caucasian persuasion took �Luke
Cage� to task for its portrayal of white people � namely because
the show doesn�t portray them at all. Featuring a deep bench of
talented actors � including Alfre Woodard (�12 Years a Slave�),
Rosario Dawson (�Grindhouse�) and Mahershala Ali (�Moonlight�) �
only two white characters recur often enough to appear in six or
more episodes of the freshman season.
Angered by the show�s predominantly black cast, some white
viewers took to Twitter to label it �racist.� Here�s a sample:
???????? @CommanderLovely
Lack of white people in Luke Cage makes me uncomfortable. This
show is racist, how is this on Netflix???
12:18 PM - 2 Oct 2016
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LET SAMUS KISS GIRLS @apronikas
im not racist but :/ why is luke cage so political :/ why do
they talk about being black all the time :/ where are the white
characters :/
6:47 PM - 2 Oct 2016
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LiberalsUnited @RockerThompson
Is it me or the new Netflix. Luke Cage a little racist. Notice
it's mostly black where is the diversity. @LIVE_COVERAGE
3:55 PM - 28 Sep 2016
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Another promote the savage nigger as superior attempt by left
wing shitheads.
http://www.salon.com/2016/10/05/luke-cage-and-the-racial-empathy- gap-why-do-they-talk-about-being-black-all-the-time/
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