Whole lot of “just because I’m white” nonsense going on but my absolute favorite idiocy is the genius that claimed that this is proof that the “alt-left” exists.
Forever 21 got roasted for featuring a white model in a “Wakanda Forever” Black Panther sweater
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Man, he's horrible. He's pretty much stating some facts in a "this is a joke" voice and people are laughing. How is shit still on, I have no idea.
Y'all are waaay too eager to act marginalized.
Summed up better than I could do it. Thank you.
Lmao this thread is peak resetera. There are more white people in here being outraged over outrage (of which there is none) than any actual outrage over this. The only issue with this is that companies already barely use black models in advertising. So why can't you use a black model to sell a shirt about a movie with a mainly black cast? Also, ffs being offended is different than being outraged. No one is OUTRAGED. The fact that people want so desperately to say PC GONE MAD!!!!!! at all times. Lmao yikes.
More important things to worry about than talking about Forever 21.
*checks out Forever 21 website*
Oh, hey, Christmas is coming...
FUCK.
*checks out Forever 21 website*
Oh, hey, Christmas is coming...
FUCK.
Ain't nothing wrong with anyone wearing a black panther sweater but.....
Yeah, pretty much.
Thank you.
I saw it as “lol marketing person at forever 21 didn’t know what Wakanda is”. Whether it was intentional or not I find it funny, and we should be able to point stuff like this out without being accused of faux outrage.
Look at the replies on that tweet. I don't think there's that many people that are really offended by this...
How is this story clickbait when the news articles are about how Forever 21 apologized and pulled the listing in response to the backslash? Like, that's just reporting the facts.
No one actually cares and I think any articles you'd see are just people reaching to pump out a piece. It's like when youtube right wingers take a tweet with 2 likes and claim the left wants to castrate all men or whatever.
F21 actually pulled the listing? 
Was there some actual outrage/call for boycotts, or (like some instances in the past) just a few people on Twitter making some noise?
I can’t imagine how one goes through life if a white person wearing a BP sweater upsets them.
Was there some actual outrage/call for boycotts, or (like some instances in the past) just a few people on Twitter making some noise?
I can’t imagine how one goes through life if a white person wearing a BP sweater upsets them.
I don't have a problem with it- but they picked the most Aryan motherfucker they could and that's hilarious.
Ugh, it wasn’t such a good idea. The film might be part of a cinematic universe curated by white men, but the literal point of Black Panther was also about a sense of black social ownership. An underlying theme in the whole shebang is about how black people can best defend a distinct sense of culture and thinking in a brutal world driven by neo-colonialism, while interacting with the world out of necessity. Almost every other line in the film is about the balance between interaction and assimilation.
So yes, fellow white people, we can wear this ugly sweater. But folks have to be a little more mindful of falling into the dumb trope of “black people made this cool thing therefore let’s ignore the whole point and find an Aryan to wear it because racism is over”. UGH COME ON. Be smarter than that.
That’s the problem right there - “we therefore get to own it and ignore the whole point of this creation and therefore look stupid” happened with rap, blaxploitation and R&B, and it’s exhausting. Find the balance better. Let white people buy it but find a black person to model it and skip the entire fucking problem, saving everyone a headache.
But don’t buy this sweater. The Wu-Tang infringing T-shirt does a better job than this anyway, truly.
So yes, fellow white people, we can wear this ugly sweater. But folks have to be a little more mindful of falling into the dumb trope of “black people made this cool thing therefore let’s ignore the whole point and find an Aryan to wear it because racism is over”. UGH COME ON. Be smarter than that.
That’s the problem right there - “we therefore get to own it and ignore the whole point of this creation and therefore look stupid” happened with rap, blaxploitation and R&B, and it’s exhausting. Find the balance better. Let white people buy it but find a black person to model it and skip the entire fucking problem, saving everyone a headache.
But don’t buy this sweater. The Wu-Tang infringing T-shirt does a better job than this anyway, truly.
Wakanda’s not real ffs.
This would be like getting mad a black model is modeling a Superman sweater.
They’re not fuckin real, man.
This would be like getting mad a black model is modeling a Superman sweater.
They’re not fuckin real, man.
Era: We would never act like those other gaming sites where they act outraged about nonexistent outrage
Era: *proceeds to act outrageous about nonexistent outrage*
As if the veil didn't need to be uncovered anymore. Era is truly no better than other gaming forums bitching about political correctness.
Era: *proceeds to act outrageous about nonexistent outrage*
As if the veil didn't need to be uncovered anymore. Era is truly no better than other gaming forums bitching about political correctness.
You just reminded me of the time some white folk called "The book of Life" racist because it looked "too mexican, therefore it's a racist stereotype"they would have been called racist if they used a black model to sell items from a movie about black people.
I think its very tone deaf, especially since they already have diverse models in the mens section. Yikes
Wrong? Naw. Probably should have found a black model though. But nothing overtly wrong.
But seriously, have you not seen some of the threads on this forum? People literally asking if they should be outraged or not. They're not even mad. They're asking if they should be mad about something.
Lmao yall are finally oppressed, huh?
Nah, Yall dont want it. Black audiences supported the hell out of Black panther.
Doesn't matter to me. Black panther and it's universe is owned by and created by white people regardless. The whole wakanda forever shit is also hella corny.
Really puts last month's chorus of "naw, why should I call out my facist family members" in perspective doesn't it?
Really curious about the overlap of people complaining in here about how it is their RIGHT to be able to wear this sweater and posts about how "Black Panther was so overrated"
I dont buy that there was 'backlash' other than a handful of people upset on social media. This is likely just fake controversy to drum up sales on an item that wasn't even that popular to begin with. When I think of 'marvel merchandise' I dont think forever21 would even be an option for me to buy it.
These days 'outrage' and 'controversy' are useful marketing tools since information is spread so rapidly.
These days 'outrage' and 'controversy' are useful marketing tools since information is spread so rapidly.
At this rate someone might insinuate that anyone other than black folks wearing that sweater is tantamount to cultural appropriation to stir shit up. Honestly, I'm lost as to why there's an outrage over this other than the fact that white folks have traditionally outnumbered PoCs when it comes to representation in catalogue modelling, which is slowly changing.
Why is it tone deaf? Why should they have used a diverse model?
He's been in comics for 50 years, he was turned into a movie because he was a popular comic book character, long before the movie fans ever heard of him or Wakanda.
Me right there. Also relates to my core criticism of Black Panther in general. Marvel likes to place their heroes in real cities or countries... but Black Panther? Gotta make it Wakanda.
Stan Lee and Kirby had good intentions with wanting diversity in Marvel, but why not have a black author create some black heroes?
Movie was good though.
Yeah I really don't understand why some people are so desperate to "prove" that nobody actually cares about this when none of the articles I've read are beating it up to be anything more than it is.