Wasn't it the same thing for the feudal Europe's society for a while? why are they talking about Russ— oh For some reason, I find this absolutely adorable. The core of the article is to highlight the projection that some Americans involved engage in. "They don't like blacks, so they must be racist". No, not really, as the article presents. Black Panther's popularity is in its America-based antithesis that wouldn't play to any similar extent anywhere else. China doesn't have the history of shipping, enslaving and otherwise oppressing blacks; nor does Russia, Germany or Chile. China lacks the extensively-complicated relations that races have accumulated in the US; so does Albania, Sweden and Papua New Guinea. Black Panther is an American film, first and foremost. I've heard it hailed as an emancipatory story for the blacks of the US. I haven't seen it yet, so I can't attest to its quality. However, culturally, expecting it to excel or crumble based on the US' deep-seated racial relationships background makes no sense. The purpose of the article is to make people recognize that.Light skin, in agriculture-based Asian societies, was a proxy for wealth and aristocracy, marking a person who could afford to stay out of the sun-drenched fields.
(which is actively cultivated by a government that frequently uses campaigns against foreigners to quash domestic discontent)
Indian actor Aamir Khan—a 53-year-old veteran of the Mumbai film industry—has become China’s most beloved marquee idol, generating a staggering $190 million in Chinese box office for last year’s $11-million-budget Bollywood sports drama Dangal, and following that up this year with $118 million in China to date for his $2.3 million Secret Superstar.
I think this is an important point. I'm still unsure whether race being in the forefront of public discussions in the U.S. right now is good or bad. I mean, there are certainly issues that need to be addressed (although ironically the broader racial conversation may be distracting from more serious issues). But I also think it's kind of insulting to imply that racial minorities don't also care about the same things as the rest of us. It's one of those things I've kind of wanted to ask some of the black guys I do kung fu with, since i know them pretty well and hopefully they'd be comfortable talking about it. But at the same time I've worried that if I'm wrong, I may not be able to unring the bell. Still, I think the article is a good reminder of worldview projection, and how often our hostility to other cultures/countries comes down to cultural outlook and priorities.However, culturally, expecting it to excel or crumble based on the US' deep-seated racial relationships background makes no sense.