Like many of y'all have said--better than me, I might add--it ultimately boils down to us controlling our own. Between whites that are prejudiced, whites that aren't prejudiced but let market factors shaped by *other* whites influence their decisions, and whites that simply don't get it, we're always fighting an uphill battle. Why are so many Blacks in scifi often used as aliens that are either weird looking, or "noble savages"? I've complained more than once that Stargate SG-1 and Atlantis each use the noble savage in Teal'c and Teyla. Did you know that Rodney's character (the nerdy, grouchy, scary genius on Atlantis) was originally written for a Black man? The producers claim they couldn't find a Brother to really fit the role, so they brought in Rodney! Even then, what was odd was that the man they wanted was described as "an elderly Black man". I have *nothing* against older actors. Indeed, I celebrate their usage, which is too infrequent. But it's strange that so often white geniuses (Daniel Jackson, Samatha Carter) are often depicted as young, vibrant, and attractive, but Black ones--when depicted--are often older, nerdier, unattractive. Strange. We could go on asking questions such as why someone like Will Smith still can't make a movie where he has a Black love interest, but again, it's back to us doing our own...
-----Original Message----- From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of DJ VIBE Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 09:16 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: What does Sci-Fi have against Black people? --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > i posted about this during Season one of Galactica and did a count of Blacks. I counted about three or four, incuding the comm officer and some nameless pilots (I assume) used in the background. I then found a lot of Blacks existed afterall: on the prison barge! When Apollo was sent over there to quell the riots, the place was lousy with Big Black Man, most of them dark-skinned as hell and bald... See, you guys have me ROFLMBAO! I'm gonna double-check for that when I get the Season 1 DVD in September, but you're probably right and IIRC, Saggiterion, where Zarek and his followers are from, is considered the ghetto of the colonies. Go figure. _____ YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS * Visit your group "scifinoir2 <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2> " on the web. * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> . _____ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> <font face=arial size=-1><a href="http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=12hercgds/M=362335.6886444.7839734.2575449/D=groups/S=1705034827:TM/Y=YAHOO/EXP=1123259846/A=2894362/R=0/SIG=138c78jl6/*http://www.networkforgood.org/topics/arts_culture/?source=YAHOO&cmpgn=GRP&RTP=http://groups.yahoo.com/";>What would our lives be like without music, dance, and theater?Donate or volunteer in the arts today at Network for Good</a>.</font> --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
