Netflix is social engineering, not entertainment
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White men have always played villain roles.
Name me many famous black villains? What are they talking about here??
Demolition Man off the top of my head
I think overall seeing how blacks are only a fraction of the population, you'll see more white villains just based on that alone; there's more white actors. Times are changing on that front though. But these days there's definitely a push to make white people villainous by default, regardless of whether the cast actually fit the movie well
Demolition Man is a great first choice.
I am a huge movie buff:
I just don’t see that. White have always dominated both hero and villain roles.
In fact.. me being black. I really can’t name too many black villains ever in movies.
That’s super rare. Yes. Snipes was a villain in that movie:
But that was rare.
That's my point, there weren't as many black actors to choose from due to the demographics https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_the_United_States#/media/File:Complete_history_of_the_Racial_and_ethnic_demographics_of_the_United_States_in_percentage_of_the_population.svg combine this with the prejudices pre-1980 where blacks were generally not sought out in Hollywood except for the 'Blaxploitation' phase.
In the current era there is a noticable push to make whites appear weak, ignorant, or evil, especially white men. The same can be said for heterosexual nuclear families of all races or christians. They are seeding it into the public consciousness through entertainment
But has are white men being played more as villains vs before?
I am only referring to the villain angle my friend.
Apollo Creed
Clubber Lang
Candyman
Elijah Price
Marsellus Wallace
Ike Turner
Alonzo Harris
Killmonger
May Day (Grace Jones)
Idi Amin (Forrest Whittaker)
The mother from Precious
How many of them are well known?
Most villains iconic villains have always been white.
In addition to all that was listed here:
Dr. Kananga from James Bond's Live and Let Die