Brianna Wu and her Racist Assumptions About Me

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[@n00bplayer72]

She's basically being a white saviour in this argument: "Silly black man, you don't know what you're talking about! I know why you like Luke Cage , even if you don't!"

[@vikingsong2068]

*He. He is not w woman

[@lasercat538]

@@vikingsong2068 I think you might have misread his comment

[@GazMatic]

He

[@MamaMOB]

@@GazMatic he’s the black man who’s talking. She’s the white lady trying to tell the black man why he likes something. He can’t be a white savior since he’s not white. Why on earth do you think that he meant he’s being a white savior? Are you that stupid?

[@MamaMOB]

@@lasercat538 he’s not the only one. How many people think the black man is trying to be a white savior to the white lady?

[@Alteori]

She basically pulled a "shut up and know your place"

[@deonteathens1043]

Hey foxy lady

[@cdanielh128]

Yeah exactly this!

[@s0lid_sno0ks]

he*

[@yammoyammamoto8323]

That's what these white middle class feminists always do. They are all about the racism and sexism... ...because they have nothing to offer on their own. Which gets obvious when you watch anything written by them.

[@IREALLYLIKEPIES]

You tell em alteori

[@colinwatt9387]

Imagine being so racist that you can't identify with a character unless they are the same ethnicity as you.

[@jake69542]

@@oneautumnleaf2622 Yeah, I think its kind of weird for me because I never cared about the race of a character. I'm Filipino/Chinese, and I have always liked Batman, Superman, and other superheroes of different races. Like why do they have to try to appeal to white people so hard by creating characters of different races so that white people don't feel like the company is racist. It doesn't even feel like this new Filipino character is for me, even though "that's what the point of the character is".

[@blaqjoker9105]

WHITE PANTHER Lmao nuff said

[@RabbyRabbithole]

all I know is I just discovered this channel and I'm now on a marathon

[@TheChurchOfTheSaiyans]

If you can only relate with a character only if they have the same skin color or look like you, then you must have the most bland personality.

[@yvesthursday]

@@oneautumnleaf2622 i’m sorry i tried so hard to read ur comment but i honestly don’t know what your saying

[@deathsheir2035]

Me: *sees a Wonder Woman poster on wall* Brianna Wu's logic: You're not a woman, and you have Wonder Woman on your wall, therefore you are sexually objectifying her, which makes you sexist. Any sane person: Oh, you like Wonder Woman? Which of her comics is your favorite?

[@remc0s]

Best thing is, Wonder Woman was created by a psychiatrist with a fetish or two, just so he had an excuse to draw half-naked women in bondage. This is why i scoff at fake fans who think Wonder Woman is a feminist icon, while her only reason for existing is literally to be eye candy and lure in male readers.

[@matthewtylergee]

True. But still I think Wonder Woman is SEXY AF. And for that reason they WILL call you sexist. So we can’t appreciate feminine beauty??? Classical artists would freaking HATE these people!

[@MrcreeperDXD777]

its weird that they think the only way to make a woman badass is by making them more manly lol

[@matthewtylergee]

@@MrcreeperDXD777 just look what they did to Abby in LOU2. Oh god!🤮

[@MrcreeperDXD777]

@@matthewtylergee ah yes abby the steroids abuser

[@meinbherpieg4723]

"I'm an advocate for minorities, so when I make presumptions based on race and ethnicity it's not a bad thing." lol

[@NeoN-PeoN]

That's precisely their thoughts. And nothing is worse than a tyrant who believes they are doing what's best for you. In that train of thought, they will justify ANYTHING.

[@chrismason1119]

@@NeoN-PeoN "...those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience. "

[@reycruz5566]

Preach ❤️ man

[@MamaMOB]

I advocate for minorities so when I’m racist against them it’s OK.

[@MamaMOB]

@Bo Hill I love seeing the videos of people actually going out and talking to minorities about culture appropriation and how much they actually love it. How Hispanics want other cultures to use their culture. How Asians want other cultures to use their culture. How everyone wants all of the other cultures to use their culture. Because we’re not stupid enough to think that liking something someone does means you hate them.

[@6Qubed]

I think Wall-E is a highly relatable character, despite the fact that I'm not a yellow future robot

[@arnavsingh9833]

Well if you think about it wall-e is about a yellow janitorial robot falling in love with another robot sent to earth in order to evaluate the conditions of the planet who also happens to be able to destroy skyscrapers and is way out of wall -e's league yet he gets the girl

[@freakshowfilmfestival3591]

@@arnavsingh9833 😢 that's beautiful. ❤️

[@arnavsingh9833]

@@freakshowfilmfestival3591 indeed

[@Andrew-Ryan]

I feel like you meant “despite the fact” but I’m not even correcting you because I think despite the face kind works lol XD

[@6Qubed]

@@Andrew-Ryan yeah I did, thanks for catching that

[@Hinatachan360]

My favorite member of the X-Men is Nightcrawler. He's blue, male, has a tail, three fingers on each hand and cloven looking feet. He looks nothing like me and I adore his character for his personality and interesting life story.

[@BaderzOG]

When I was a kid, I'd always cry when they would kill him. T-T

[@nathangay6404]

He's my favorite, too!

[@thatoneguy2886]

i love him BECAUSE he looks exactly like me, and yOu ArE wRoNg FoR lIkEiNg HiM, tHaTs OuR hErO. LeTs StOp PeOpLe ThAt ArEn'T bLuE fRoM sEeInG iT!1!!

[@ReicHHere]

My workmates keep telling me I look like Nightcrawler, which I’m not sure is a compliment or an insult, or a subtle way to tell me I’m a creep

[@pineappleicecreamcrumbs2816]

I like him or rouge or gambit like gambit and rouge are really strong gambit is interesting to me honestly

[@MR-yx8hj]

Ripley is one of my favorite characters in cinema and I’m not a woman. I like her because she’s relatable. I have no idea why this is such an issue for people to understand.

[@GingerZombie29]

Yes. She started as an ordinary crew member and became a survivor and a badass. Another one of the reasons we can relate to Ripley are her motherly insticts towards Newt. SJWs don't like that. A woman being protective and motherly? REEEEEEEE!!!!!!

[@Paradox-dy3ve]

Fuck yeah! Ripley's awesome

[@tym5483]

Ripley is the SHIT!

[@justabearbrowsingyoutube4968]

They also call her character “sexist” because she had struggles she over came against the Alien, and in their view any female character shouldn’t face obstacles in a plot, because women aren’t strong enough. So much for “empowerment.”

[@punkgrl325]

Kinda of a hallmark symptom of narcissists: they lack empathy for others.

[@Lastjustice]

I love Optimus Prime, yet I am neither an alien robot or a truck. I like plenty of characters that share no physical traits with myself. Any character worth a crap has an audience beyond the people who look like them

[@stephenlanuto5993]

Well you are Protoman, and I salute you for that

[@mr.malcolmthegreat]

why are you neglecting your identity as an autobot ??

[@SumDumGy]

But are you...more than meets the eye?

[@maybeitsyou1317]

@@mr.malcolmthegreat Im sorry can you not misgender him? His clearly a manual-bot.

[@johnjackson2956]

This comment deserves a medal.

[@Revelrousthorn]

As a black person I feel tokenization isn't just lazy but it's devaluing, I prefer an original character than to transform a white character into something else. That's like saying "we can't make any diverse characters because the white characters are too great so we will change them up to how we want them"

[@oneautumnleaf2622]

Same bro they just made He Man black in a comic and Im sitting here like bruh stop race swapping chatacters and just focus on the ones we have like when am I gonna get a static shock movie 😭😭😭😭 or a new blade movie. Hell they haf a luke cage show and canceled it. It was just getting good too...

[@thunberbolttwo3953]

Just like the original static shock then.

[@_jp_0966]

Bro honestly... theres so much potential, take cyborg (my fav teen titan) for example, they could make so much out of him but nah lets make starfire black to satisfy the woke

[@oneautumnleaf2622]

@@_jp_0966 yep. ..they couldve given us a solo show of cybkrg and I wouldve loved It its odd how we cant get a black superhero shoe or movie without them finding some way to make it wole or politically correct its stupid

[@Revelrousthorn]

@@oneautumnleaf2622 tbh I have resort to comic book companies that no one has ever heard of just for good story because main stream prefers the cheap route of gaining audiences and devalues people just to get the approval of people that don't ACTUALLY care as long as they see their favorite heros from the cartoons or movies race or gender swapped

[@papaburlap3385]

We need more dudes like this. Preaching sanity in an world that's getting more and more insane by the second.

[@Spit1990]

I've said it before and I'll say it again: there is a Logitech ad telling you to be illogical. The suggestion itself is weird.

[@papaburlap3385]

@@Spit1990 Jesus H Christ, I never thought I'd see such horrific shit in my lifetime. We're living through "They Live" right now...this is insanity!

[@damaruslove8688]

No we don’t

[@fredflux2738]

I’m shocked things are getting worse, I was foolish to be believe the media machine would hit the breaks on woke but they hit the gas?!

[@fredflux2738]

@@damaruslove8688 you happy in your woke dystopia?

[@satoshiwasareptiloid3777]

As a black AND white dinosaur I can say without a doubt that I relate more to you because you're actually talking like a grown up in those tweets.

[@guyledouche6121]

A dinosaur? Life really does find a way...

[@mukkah]

His videos are honestly really refreshing conversation / discussion compared to a lot of what is noisiest out in the online space

[@coreyshorter8526]

Wait you mean all black people don't just have the same ideas/thoughts/feelings and opinions? who knew...Well Briana most people who aren't racist seem to know that but since you didn't I am guess you might just be a racist.

[@coreyshorter8526]

@Why would I Give you my real name? All good, I know sarcasm doesn't translated in the written form . really its my fault for not prefacing my text with read in a sarcastic tone tag.

[@deviousj5868]

It's almost like we're individual people with agency.

[@godiswatching9501]

I got a Hank McCoy poster on my wall, does that mean I subconsciously want to be blue D:

[@k_tess]

@@deviousj5868 I look at y'alls voting record, and I disagree. The majority of black people seem to want to be a homogeneous collective. I mean what do white people call each other, if they step out of line intellectually? Nothing! The same is true Hispanics, Asians, Indian Americans, etc. But not black people.

[@lunarvision]

Brianna has a long history of being racist (just Google “Brianna Wu is racist”). Textbook definition of a sad grifter lost in identity.

[@rantymcrant-pants9536]

Imagine, being so woke and definitely-not-racist that you're fine telling a person they like a character because of a shared skin tone...

[@joshuarichardson6529]

All leftists have horribly broken mind-reading abilities. They can read the minds of other people, but they re-interpret what they hear into what they want to hear.

[@Killin_365]

Fucking insane Brother!

[@ThinkOutsideOfTheIdiotBox]

And that is the perfect description of the left lol.

[@DarkysLPs]

Most hardcore leftists go left so hard that they come out on the right. There are black activists that actually want to segregate certain lectures and Universities.

[@piratekingluffy376]

Imagine being the ones to make such stupid rules on what we can’t joke about then take it and use it in non joking ways but serious racist ways

[@dichebach]

I always identified with The Beast when he was in the Avengers. And yes, it finally comes out. I too am a big blue furry human/chimpanzee hybrid with enormous hands and feet . . .

[@wingsoffreedom3589]

Isn't he more of a blue werewolf?

[@dichebach]

@@wingsoffreedom3589 Blue Werechimpwolf

[@wingsoffreedom3589]

@@dichebach yep

[@ember4303]

Are you single?

[@wingsoffreedom3589]

@@ember4303 why?

[@stevenharper7118]

I just found your channel and I just want to say, Fucking THANK YOU, Thank you for being so fucking real when everybody out here is so caught up in white vs black bullshit. I just want to add that I have soo much love for you man, stay strong and keep this channel flowing!

[@barrydixon7944]

Hi prime minister

[@mukkah]

@@barrydixon7944 omfg how did I miss that? rofl

[@PhAtALTheKollectoR]

Because of my profession I can’t speak vigorously on some issues on my channel. My brother you are the breath of fresh air that WE need. The fact I can’t speak freely is precisely why having your own business (like you have) is the key to true Freedom! Keep talking that talk!

[@kerbal666]

Eric: Has a black comic character on his wall. Brianna: HE'S BLACK Y'ALL HE'S BLACK Y'ALL BLA BLA BLA BLA BLACKEDY BLACK Y'ALL!!!!!!

[@cosuinofdeath]

that’s my favorite song

[@madMARTYNmarsh1981]

I love that film.

[@andrewmbuff]

Brianna Wu the type of guy to think all black people are straight outta Locash

[@egmole]

this reply got me 6ft UNDER!

[@koatam]

@@andrewmbuff I think all black people come from Don't be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood.

[@DrFranklynAnderson]

I’m in a wheelchair. I don’t relate to Professor X at all, but I DO relate to Rogue, despite me not being straight, Southern, or rocking an awesome white streak in my hair. These bigoted morons should have watched Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer more as kids, because they can’t look past superficial external traits to see the person inside.

[@ohsweetmystery]

So very true! Only bigots and racists need role models that look just like themselves.

[@dislikebomb6680]

Exactly. I relate to characters because of their actions and struggles I don't care if they have the same skin color as me

[@SteveSmith-ty8ko]

@@npcimknot958 Some people are incapable of seeing themselves in others. It’s a sad fact of life that we all learn either at a young age or in the middle of adulthood.

[@myrealnameisjohndoe116]

Tbf, they can't identify with Rudolf, as identifying with a fictional reindeer character would be speciesist

[@UgoStrange]

I'd love to relate to Rogue...if you know what I mean.

[@hyst6081]

She didn't even deny it when you called out her racism...

[@TheGlennweldon]

She can't. Her rules require her to defer to a black person on what constitutes racism.

[@DokuNekuon]

who’s that in your profile picture

[@s0lid_sno0ks]

he* his*

[@hyst6081]

@@DokuNekuon Kohei from Grand Blue

[@Tawleyn]

​@@s0lid_sno0ks ​ @S G ​ C'mon now. Rippa didn't even disrespect her preferences like that. You're just dragging yourself down into the mud with them, where they have far more experience.

[@dalepower632]

"I can't fuse with another human being..." YoungRippa59 Really? I can. *Starts 70's era porn music* :)

[@praisethesun1172]

She looks like a poorly created sim. Like the ones that are purposefully made ugly because no randomized sim could look that bad.

[@sangheiliwarrior86]

She looks like an abomination created by Robbaz after drinking a whole Meadery dry.

[@AnimaVox_]

That's all the plastic surgery.

[@DankBirdGang52]

She used to be a He.

[@driakos]

Haha yah like an Elder Scrolls NPC

[@praisethesun1172]

@@driakos Or a GTA online character made by a little kid

[@austin9568AuraMasterDX]

"Brianna Who?"-Everyone's reaction whenever she resurfaces

[@TheChildofAuraReborn]

I keep seeing you around a lot for some reason, do you also watch Clownfish TV and Memology or am I just crazy?

[@austin9568AuraMasterDX]

@@TheChildofAuraReborn I watch them too, from time to time

[@briant6669]

She will always be the moon rocks guy to me.

[@worldscoolestperson7672]

Imagine if you’d had a poster of Scar from FMA, a middle-easterner whose heritage was erased (inspired by the Ainu people) traveling with a Chinese martial artist and her tiny panda, alongside a German huckster, in a series created by a Japanese woman. I think her brain might explode.

[@DxBlack]

When a Japanese Woman has a better understanding of Brotherhood than most...🤗

[@thespianmask8451]

She's gonna complain about that ONE episode where Winry was in a bathtub talking to Rose.

[@tricktap8502]

her brain would've overloaded with too much "subtext" on the screen XD

[@arthurlam751]

I don't remember the martial artist or panda part.

[@BurnStar21]

@@arthurlam751 Did you watch the 2001 version of FMA or FMA: Brotherhood

[@Merik2013]

Man, I remember when Wu tried to gaslight the entire Metroid fanbase into thinking Samus Aran was trans and was trans since her inception. She fell flat on her face with that one. A real riot.

[@bhumibolrushing7830]

He also gaslight people by pretending to be a woman

[@TheMastermind729]

@@bhumibolrushing7830yeah but at least nobody’s falling for this one

[@brianmcgarry1632]

My favourite comic book character when I was a kid is spiderman and I ain't even a spider.

[@chrisowens9371]

I hate spiders and he’s my favorite Even as a lil kid he was my favorite and back then I was terrified af of spiders

[@sans-ff8db]

I'm not even a man. I'm a goddamn skeleton.

[@Leadeshipcoach]

My favorite character is Batman…and I am not white, I am not a billionaire and I don’t have a giant cave under my house…I wish I did…but I don’t 😉🤣

[@xXJLNINJAXx]

@@sans-ff8db I'm not even a skeleton, I'm a goddamn amoeba!

[@beewell1600]

but you CAN shoot a white sticky substance from your body... therefore, by leftists standards, you CAN like spiderman

[@docsavage8640]

Funny thing about "Luke Cage: Hero For Hire": the character couldn't be more different from me, yet I enjoyed his comic book quite a lot. It's almost like I don't need to be pandered too as long as the art and story are good/interesting/fun.

[@ChrisSuperDude]

That's how I am with Green Arrow. Oliver Queen is a left wing politician millionaire from the bay area. I'm a middle class conservative delivery boy with a blue collar background from small town Kansas who now lives in North Dakota. Despite Oliver Queen being almost the polar opposite of me, he's one of my favorite heroes because I always saw him as a more interesting and more grounded Batman with a cooler gimmick.

[@scottydu81]

Luke Cage gets his powers from the smooth bass line that plays when he busts up some ugly muddsuckas

[@chrisquinn3377]

So true, blade is one of my favourite characters yet I'm a white guy, good characters are good characters simple as. skin color and or ethnicity never comes to mind when I judge a character because I was raised not think of "differences" between different people

[@Nozverah2]

Yeah & the pre established representation in his character, being proud to be black & from Harlem spoke to me even though I'm not even black. I'm mixed, none of it black but I could relate to being a proud minority, that's a good thing. It doesn't have to be an exact & specific ethnic identity that has to be expressed, we can all relate but they continue to push changing characters skin color.

[@remarkzero]

After going back and watching all the justice league shows one of my favorites was John Stewart. He was a good character that showed he didnt have to rely on the lanterns power, he was already a capable man, it added to his skills.

[@elmergantry6282]

White dude here and yeah, I relate more to you than Brianna Wu

[@brainiac.computer]

Hispanic here, I’m in the same boat. My belief is if someone is an asshole, or a clear piece of shit, then I don’t want anything to do with said person.

[@lordshadow19]

Also white, also related to Rippa way more than Brianna Wu

[@thegooseshack2619]

I like Lightning McQueen because we both are racing cars. Didn't like when they bluewashed him at the end of Cars 3 tho, r.i.p. my red representation U_U

[@lol-fq9kc]

Yes us racing cars are very opressed and under represented minority

[@daydreamsandnightmares9843]

They even got rid of the red "headed" car?!? WTF

[@donpietruk1517]

Ginger discrimination is the last socially acceptable form of discrimination! 😅

[@allmyself666]

"Goku and Vegeta, they're both monkeys!" Brianna Wu *opens her mouth*

[@Jairochu]

But her she scares me with wide mouth ready to get my poor babies xD

[@RabbyRabbithole]

now picture this scenario, imagine this dude has a mr popo figurine in the background and brianna zeroes in on that instead... that's the darkest and funniest timeline.

[@chrissedaka8141]

Luke Cage standing his ground when Tony Stark came to register/arrest him at the outset of Civil War was a badass moment which transcends his being black and Tony being white. There's a universal appeal to defiance in the face of seemingly impossible odds: I reject your ultimatum and imposition on my self-determination. I won't start the fight, but I'll end it.

[@1gunnerShock]

And moments like THAT are what makes these hero’s more relatable than just sharing some physical traits with them

[@Gee-Con]

reeeeeeeeeeeee we want a black, baby, LGBTQ captain America who likes to persue romantic relationships with adults! *THATS* relatability! 👀

[@za5820]

The sad thing is, we're all being *forced* to think about *everything* in terms of race. Wokeys and their handlers unfortunately have the means to make that a reality. They're on the same side as global, corporate interests/media and therefore have the ability to get their voices out into the public conciousness enough that they could say anything and we'd all have to respond. This is why the "just ignore them" strategy was never going to work. This is something post-woke movements cant do as easily because theyre *actually* grassroots. And on top of that woke or woke-friendly tech platforms often directly control all of *our* interactions with ourselves to the point where they can even determine which ideas trend/who trends/how much we interact with each other/how much we see and the spread etc.. The only thing we can do, and Rippa says similar things, is begin to create our *own* parallel communities with as much sovereignty as we can muster.

[@driftingswordsmanzer]

Bingo! 💯% agree.

[@aeridyne]

@@za5820 For real man... Like, everything has to be about race now JFC. Can we all just be cool? NO THERE ARE PROBLEMS THERE CAN BE NO COOL! Um. Ok. Well I guess I'll try to be cool as quietly as possible so no one tears my head off for saying literally anything then I guess... I'm not good at sociological chess.

[@gigakuma]

She's as crazy as Renfamous, Zombieunicorn,Anita Sarkeesian and Zoe Quinn. They probably all are part of their own whisper network.

[@TwoSevenX]

Probably? They *started* GJP.

[@mikecampos1193]

So all con artist and grifters why would anyone listen to these people in the first place.

[@gigakuma]

@@mikecampos1193 cuz they're stupid.

[@normalsteel1613]

Eric better watch out for moon rocks.

[@schoo9256]

"Probably"

[@Opie2099]

There's a weird contradiction here where she's saying that you can only be inspired by people that look like you while promoting a comic arc that is about people of different races and genders being inspired by a traditionally white male character. If she really thinks that you can't be inspired from other races or genders (especially white males) then she should hate that story arc.

[@legatelanius1465]

He* don't play their stupid make believe game

[@offlineraided]

He

[@Roddy425]

Isn’t this the same woman who’s called a “professional victim” because she created other social media accounts to harass herself for her own personal gain?

[@BearInThaWoods]

Yes. Wu claimed she had received death threats during Gamergate, so many in fact that she had to "flee" her home. She forgot the fact that she had recorded videos of herself working for her kickstarter game, but then did a TV interview in her "new" home that was the exact same room from the pervious videos. Then she ran for some congressional seat with an idiotic video where her husband dressed up in a godzilla suit and destroyed a cardboard city.

[@Likexner]

@@BearInThaWoods HAHA! What a clusterphuck.

[@awakeandwatching953]

just watched an act man video that featured her.. apparently she is a former he

[@chrisredfield1073]

@@awakeandwatching953 very obvious if you ask me

[@garreonlefay6703]

wasn't she also the same person who equated some troll hacking her GTA to troll her by having a Character, rape hers....and she equated that to real rape?

[@jamestoney6599]

I never looked exclusively for characters who are just my race to take inspiration from, ever. That would be limiting my worldview. It doesn't matter about the race of the character at all, a well written, inspirational character will inspire anyone. That's what matters.

[@jema021]

🙌

[@tablescissors]

Same for gender and sexuality!!

[@LamunesADV]

True true true. Static is black and he is inspirational to a lot of white guys as well. And it is not because of his skin tone.

[@chilomine839]

People like Brianna will always default to identifying race of a comic book character as an argument because their world view is just that narrow. The horse blinders will never come off.

[@danielhall1226]

Man foh

[@Makingnewnamesisdumb]

"You love Watermelon and Colt 45, why wouldn't other people like it??" - Brianna Wu

[@someguy53299]

Cut a hole in the watermelon. pour the colt in. Let chill in the freezer for 30-45minutes. Slice and serve cold. Good stuff.

[@osets2117]

I read that as wolverine and colt 45, thinking to myself "that makes zero sense"

[@MattGarZero]

@@someguy53299 I'm tryin this. Not a fan of Colt, but it might be good.

[@river7874]

@@MattGarZero You can do that with a lot of alcohols. I like using Vodka for it.

[@emalinedickinson7492]

What about two zig zags?

[@traymac11]

This is 100% ON POINT! I appreciate you sharing this, bro. I'm new to your channel/content and I'm thankful you are fighting the good fight!

[@basedcentrist3056]

I've never watched a Bruce Lee film and thought "wow, it's so difficult to relate to this Chinese man, I wish he was white so i could identify with the main character" never crossed my mind at all, in fact it never has whether the main character was black, Asian or any other race. Because I'm not a racist and find it easy to relate to other humans

[@MyRoosterWisdom]

Yeah as somebody in their forties this is all really dumb when I was a kid I remember I wanted to be action Jackson I remember I wanted to be Bruce Lee at no point in time did it occur to me I couldn't be those guys because I was a white kid... All I saw then and all I see now is the character of those men in the characters that they played... That's all I ever wanted to be it didn't occur to me that I couldn't have part of that character simply because I was a white guy... The world is broken 💔

[@jaklumen]

It's been pointed out by a few people that Bruce Lee brought American sensibility to the martial arts film genre. He was also born in California, and he wasn't a Chinese national. Check out Dewey Ramsey's video on the subject- granted, he is a white American martial artist currently living in Shanghai. But he points out that Bruce Lee was an American. My main point is that the U.S. and American entertainment have embraced an identity that isn't tied to ethnicity or race. It's not a stretch for us. The same can't really be said in China.

[@davidredding1988]

I’m so sick of this race baiting !! I love to travel the world and meet my fellow brothers and sisters I’m white if they except me I except them. These fools need putting out to grass

[@twebster179]

@@MyRoosterWisdom that's our white privelege though...

[@MyRoosterWisdom]

@@twebster179 100%, they can white privilege my balls

[@voidox]

these ppl live in a world where literally everything is tied to race, skin colour, gender or w.e... it's all just about "representation". They can't fathom the idea that people can enjoy things to just enjoy them, no it HAS to be tied to "representation". You can't like a character cause said character is cool or interesting, nah, the only reason allowed is cause they are the same race/gender/skin color as you. And if said character is different to you, then you can't relate -_- And then they call us racists

[@cod_the_boar3188]

mariachi representation is wasteful if you wanna feel represented then write an original character i don't need representation but i wanna write a comedic story about a gun swingin' mariachi who gets a power boost every time he takes a shot of tequila

[@link2dpast]

Eric: I dont like lazy ass tokenised characters. Brianna: So what you're saying is...you like Luke Cage because he's Black.

[@Zarryon12]

Me: No i like Kazuma because he's for gender equality *DROPKICKS*

[@paulmay1729]

Comics was a haven for ideas, culture, and inclusion until these people showed up.

[@DemonicRemption]

@Paul May Tell me about it. Comics were growing inclusive naturally in the previous 50+ years prior to this crap. Phantom Lady and Wonder Woman were arguably the first female heroes that weren't distaff counterparts to male heroes. And they debuted in the 40s. Black Panther was the first black hero who debuted in the 60s and Falcon followed as the first Black American hero in the 70s. And Northstar of Alpha-Flight was the first openly gay character and he debuted in 1979. Though as I type this I find it suspicious that now we HAVE to make a big deal out of it. Almost as if it's a way show that small minority of white folks who still care about this crap what to avoid... But that's me being jaded. :p

[@flipkiller8521]

@@DemonicRemption. Wonder Woman's creator wanted to make a sexy and strong woman (Because it was his fetish). Black Panther's first Comic Book runs weren't even about his race or ideology but rather his Adventures (Hell, the acclaimed Christopher Priest run of Black Panther does not even lean into Politics or Race but rather T'Challa growing from a Wise King who only loved his country to a Wise King who learns to love and protect the world beyond his Nation). Northstar was a graciously handled character in terms of his marriage. What they have in comparison to today is Depth. They don't need politics to be fun, they don't need to address issues in a heavy handed way to be relevant nor do they need Strawman and Ayn Randian writing to be good. Contrast that to today's characters where it's all about their skin color, race, sexual orientation and political ideals without the depth those three characters displayed. It's all surface level and it's an extremely shallow way of writing which is the reason why most of today's comics suck. Because it seems like all the writers and their mommies are looking to be the next Alan Moore or Neil Gaiman and falling flat on their faces.

[@NewGuy2534]

I never understand this whole “well it’s important that kids see themselves in these characters” but instead of the characters actions they focus on the most shallow of things: skintone and gender. Example, I relate with Hiro Protagonist from Snow Crash. He’s a black Japanese kid, but his love for his heritage and striving to become better is something I (a not black Japanese kid) can relate too.

[@hperez2k]

Same, I'm the same as Miles Morales Black and Puerto Rican but I like Wolverine a lot better. I must not be the target audience, lol.

[@justincoleman9946]

Holy crap, was Hiro black? I read Snow Crash years ago and loved it (still do) but managed to miss that somehow. Oh wait, that's because IT WASN'T HIS ONLY CHARACTERISTIC and THE WRITER DIDN'T MAKE IT ALL ABOUT BEING BLACK. To borrow a phrase: ssssssshocking.

[@Mugthraka]

I've never understood this. I like characters that are NOT like me, for the same reason that they are different, represent differnt things than i do or know about and do things Differently than what i do or would do. This Whole "representation" thing is stupid, doesn't make a lick of sens and is counter productive when you're trying to be creative, cause all you do in the end is Self inserts or cliché/token characters...

[@drpandanomics3050]

I relate to the hard drinking woman protagonist in Dragon Maid and i'm a 31 year old bloke.

[@DonVigaDeFierro]

It's because they are shallow people with no character, and they believe everyone is like them.

[@UnwantedGhost1]

Why are so many wrong people gaining so much influence & power on this planet today? 🤦‍♂️

[@BidensTaint]

CCP fueled media manipulation

[@UnwantedGhost1]

@@BidensTaint They need to go away for the actual betterment of humanity as a whole already.

[@nothingreallyrhymeswithora9377]

Let's be frank. If Wu were not trans, Wu would have literally nothing to hide behind as a shield. Wu has been shown to be an incompetent, fraudulent "game developer" who thinks critics are transphobic. In reality, people hate con artists.

[@Raspse7en]

Simple. Deception, manipulation, cheating, intimidation, favors from a corrupt system, people's ignorance and stupidity, people's weaknesses and cowardice, and people's apathy.

[@UnwantedGhost1]

@@Raspse7en Exactly. If only the majority of our species was aware. The future wouldn't be looking so bleak to the point where extinction is the only salvation.

[@rosem5062]

I'm a woman, mostly White, olive complexion, very dark hair. Growing up in the 80s and 90s, I loved characters like Jem and Rainbow Brite and She-ra. They're blonde and fair-skinned. I was also a big fan of the Ghostbusters -- all men -- the teenage mutant ninja turtles, Transformers, Thundercats, and GI Joe. Pretty much nobody in those shows looked like me. I'm part middle eastern. There were no part middle eastern characters. So what? I can relate to and enjoy characters that don't look like me or aren't even human beings. What kind of self-centered person only likes a character because of the character's race? For the record, I think it's wonderful that there's a wider range of representation in media nowadays but if you only like characters that "look like you", you might benefit from broadening your perspective.

[@lancashirered]

Damn right, I'm white as snow, but my favourite Green Lantern is John Stewart, simply because I think he's of a more bad-ass and is a complex and interesting character. Plus look what Sam Jackson did for fury, not cause he's black, but cause he's a f**king legend. As real fans I think we all reject tokenism, else why did read the comics in the first place? They need to make new characters, not simply palette swap existing ones.

[@G2_Shane]

Also if you automatically like a character because of their race. Which was the argument here. :-)

[@robertyates6362]

I just read all the things you were into as a kid...I think I'm in love.

[@batyalivni3577]

Not exactly a lot of Jewish representation out there. Most people still think all Jews are white. But I'd rather have little to none than have us inaccurately portrayed. It's never stopped me or any of my family from enjoying media before.

[@MMCUSN]

Because your imagination could take into these places with these characters. You could be a Ghostbuster. You could travel with She-ra having adventures. Even sharing with your friends or other fans of every race, Man or Woman. Oh the horror!!!!

[@KeithSmithColossalArts]

I definitely relate more to Eric July. I also agree with him. I look at character traits I can relate to. Not the race of the character. Great comics are built on strong back story and characterization. Tragedy and triumph. Not the color of their skin.

[@tjroelsma]

Well, to use an old American proverb: "if all you have is a hammer, every problem starts to look like a nail."

[@Artak091]

"You ain't black" - Joe biden Also I wanna add here as a white dude, I LOVED blade growing up. I watched those movies on repeat countless times so much so that my parents hid the tape just so I'd have to pick something else. Blade was played by Wesley snipes, why? Because blade is black....

[@retsukaioh4571]

Blade 2 is one of my fav. movies, i try to tattoo like on the movie but since i was a minor the guy dont do it without my parents present, lol, have the haircut like a year.

[@VenomBroly]

Oh damn I just made the same joke

[@bchamp1]

I fucking love Blade.

[@Praxeus514]

Blade was awesome. Snipes is a great actor.

[@VladMcCain]

The funny thing is that there has been black or “poc” ppl in comics for a long time. Yes I’ll admit some of the early ones where 99-100% white ppl. But there where non-whites well before 2010. Heck In marvel universe Storm is one of the strongest x-man. And yet modern “fans” want to say the movie version of black panther was the “first” poc person in comics.

[@TitaniumSeraph]

I’m a female reader who likes Doctor Strange. Rando: “Aren’t you excited about FINALLY having a SORCERESS Supreme?!” Me: “No.”

[@Frogman1212]

I _would_ be excited to see clea in a movie though. Her time is now.

[@garenthal9638]

@DarkGem sorry but identity politics is the new world. They won

[@jchinckley]

@@garenthal9638 They didn't win. We just didn't fight and they think they won. They'd better be careful... they keep poking a normally gentle sleeping giant. But even gentle giants have limits to their patience/tolerance. Sooner or later the sleeping giant is going to react almost involuntarily and slap the crap out of whoever is holding the stick being used to poke him. That will likely break the stick and bruise or break the entity using it. Socialism needs to be taught in high school psychology and shown to be the product of mental laziness and the psychological disorder that it is. Marx took hold of some decent ideas and then twisted them so that when applied they will always propagate corruption and evil rather than good. Outside of this, it needs to be removed from the regular curriculum at every level and everyone pushing it like a drug should be exiled or sent to prison.

[@garenthal9638]

@@jchinckley you’ll never fight back because the right believes in individualism and the left believes in collectivism. That’s why white people dont care when whites get shot by cops

[@latemanparodius5133]

@@garenthal9638 Now now. That's disingenuous, but I'm sure you don't care. The right cares when anybody gets shot illegitimately. If the individual was breaking the law and could not be stopped in less violent ways, then the blame falls upon the one that got shot. Also, you mistake patience and restraint for helplessness. Look at any of the times when those rioting pricks tried starting something in a stronghold of the right. The locals came out with guns. They didn't use them, but they made it known what would happen if stupid games were played. Even in leftist strongholds, how many have been hit by cars when they block freeways? The patience of the right is at the level of that gurgling you get when you're finishing a fast food drink. Personally, my patience, once something I was proud of myself for, is gone. I welcome the cleansing fire to burn away the trash on both sides and smelt people into steel hard enough to fight for what they believe in. Democrat leaders are evil, and Republicans are weaklings that do nothing and let evil thrive. The sooner the delusion of peaceful resolution between a group that wants to tear down everything the country stands for and a group that wants to preserve old values and morals is shattered, the better. It will be painful, but so is setting a broken bone or popping a dislocated joint back into place.

[@reelement8032]

When Eric was talking about the different reasons he started liking different characters, I didn't feel happy, I just started feeling sad. I remember my old Nerd group in highschool (finished in 2007), when we used to just enjoy doing d&d, magic the gathering and stuff. (Sorry, this next bit is a bit virtue signal-ly but I have a point). I didn't even think of it until Eric triggered memories. We had 2 black guys in our year at highschool that hung out in our group and one of them was similarly passionate to Eric, but mostly with MTG, Anime and comics. He was a great artist too but was humble about it. Just a friendly, nerdy guy unapologetically dorky. But the point I wanted to make is that in a memory like that, the whole 'race' thing didn't even exist, or at least, it didn't even register for us (maybe he experienced it but never told us). But from what I can remember, we were all just a bunch of nerds trying to avoid bullies. It's just weird. Just that feeling of nostalgia and then you turn your head slowly to the current day and it's like, 'what? How did we get here?' Were we a threat to these political ideologies? But, all we want to do is be left alone so we can game in the (metaphorical) art room together. Why can't we do that?

[@cathygrandstaff1957]

Yeah she’s a trans-woman. She also tried to argue Samus Aran from the Metroid games is a trans-woman because after joining the “women need more female protagonists in video games” brigade she thought it was her place to take away one of the most well known female game protagonists. I’m tired of new characters that are just clones of existing characters. It’s lazy, it tells you they are creatively bankrupt.

[@tablescissors]

FFS!

[@amandahuginkys7878]

It's not like the modern trans community doesn't attempt to erase women who don't agree with them. Seems to be part and parcel of the ideology.

[@Naa-ee7nq]

I was thinking she was just hideous, but this explains it had no idea

[@brunneng38]

@Jonny He’s been around so long that people just think he’s a typical buttugly leftist female.

[@13stooge]

Oh but you forgot the best part. She put the full blunt of the blame for that article on her co-writer, which lead her co-writer to have a pretty nasty meltdown on Twitter.

[@TVMAN1997]

Me a white guy: “yeah I relate more to Eric” Lefties: “wait that’s illegal”

[@bikermike_mars1372]

Absolutely. These people have completely lost their sanity.

[@JmAnYoShI]

I want to know how they explain people relating more to alien characters than humans in the mass effect series. Those mental gymnastics would be fascinating to see.

[@DonVigaDeFierro]

@@JmAnYoShI It's because aliens = people of color the same way Orcs = Black people. Because leftists truly believe non-white people are literally "non-human".

[@rybuds47]

Hahahaha!

[@darrengordon-hill]

My wigger (HARD "er")!!

[@jamesthenabignumber]

I was following ‘Gamergate’ back in 2014 and it was clear then that Wu wasn’t all that smart, and was possessed by ideological goals and assumptions that she hadn’t reflected upon at all. All criticism of her feminist perspective was deemed evil, and she had almost nothing original to say. That seems to still be the case today.

[@Hammerhead547]

Wu isn't a "she", wu is an "it".

[@Borderose]

Feminists these days are the same moral puritans as yesteryear--they just found a different god to worship.

[@jamestoney6599]

"She" also released a crap game too.

[@chero666]

@@Hammerhead547 don’t give them easy ammo. Focus on the terrible shit Wu does.

[@BlackSo1]

I disagree, BatWu is quite intelligent. Who else, but someone of advanced IQ, could come up with the "rocks thrown from the moon" scenario?

[@emberdragon4248]

So basically: "You're a minority, act like one!"

[@nothingreallyrhymeswithora9377]

If I only bought products and things to hang up on my wall that were strictly based on my race and gender, I would have basically nothing to put up on the wall. One of my favorite superheroes of all time is Static from Static Shock. The other day, I just bought a random Funko POP! of Static at the store. Based on actual racists like Wu, I guess I should not have bought that Static thing because I am not black. Racist fucks.

[@kamenrideromega9183]

Her logic would be then you having that is cultural appropriation ... we just can't have nice things with these weirdos

[@TheChildofAuraReborn]

All I have are furry posters, does that mean I’m actually an anthropomorphic animal?

[@monkemonke2298]

@@TheChildofAuraReborn Hmmm, perhaps.

[@TheChildofAuraReborn]

@@monkemonke2298 I forgot about my icon for a moment, lol.

[@OfficialFedHater]

Static is awesome, loved the cartoon as a kid. Was the first show that really opened my eyes to what racism is and why it's wrong, and it was done really well. These days, they'd have Richie's dad get jumped and his mom divorce him for a black guy and we'd be expected to cheer because racism bad.

[@Avgnftw]

"there's propobly some some White folks watching now, who do you relate to more Brianna Wu or me?" there should have been a mic drop right there! Argument over he won right there

[@whiskeyhound]

I dunno, Rippa makes some good points, but I've never heard him talk about using rocks from the moon as a weapon...

[@Treeink1]

She's gonna say; "that's because you're male" -The mind gymnastics on these people

[@angrytheclown801]

@@Treeink1 and I'd respond "So are you!" Briana has done enough foul crap I feel little reason to play his pronoun game anymore.

[@JmAnYoShI]

@@angrytheclown801 damn, off the springboard with the first line, and sticking the landing on the pronoun. Well done sir.

[@darwinprime]

Black Panther poster: "you see yourself." Couldn't have anything to do with the fact that Jim Owlsley/Christopher Priest writes a damned fine comic book.

[@grapeflavoreddragon]

Race is the most shallow way to relate to a character. Also, relatability isn't the only reason to love a character. I don't see myself in all my favorite characters, but I do see traits I find endearing, or admirable, even inspiring. Only liking relatable characters, and only relating to same race characters is a sort of narcissism isn't it?

[@Mr_Jumbles]

It's not just shallow or narcissism, it's literally racism. Bro if they literally can't like a character UNLESS IT *LOOKS LIKE THEM* ...... 😐

[@claypoole702]

Brianna Wu is the ideological representation of.. "Stay in your lane". It's awesome to sunlight these Antebellum Democrats.

[@gregandy4277]

You misspelled DEMONS, they’re DEMONS in the flesh.

[@deliezer]

Antebellum Democrats- that’s perfect. Really perceptive.

[@Sweeptheleg83]

I'm going to quote the great philosopher Stonecold Steve Austin: Its not a white thing, it's not a black thing, it's a me kicking your ass thing.

[@irvinmorales1409]

And that's the bottom line cuz Stone Cold said so!

[@tonyr3440]

Austin 3:16 says I just whooped your ass

[@xxx-pliskin-sniper-xxx8538]

Gimme a Hell Yeah!

[@coreytaylor6597]

"There might be some white folk watching this right now; who do you relate to more me, or Brianna Wu?!" That's a great fucking point right there.

[@mathewfigueroa8]

Yeah most people dont have the same thought process as her. First I'm hearing of her, but just going off this interaction, she sounds like she has a very sinister way of thinking. Like she wants something to be wrong lol

[@tommythompson7941]

I am watching this one right after seeing the Viking one regarding "tokening." I respect your channel Young Rippa. Thank you.

[@Btobebone]

I've never seen anyone as consistently wrong about everything as Wu. there was the time he claimed rocks thrown from the moon would be able to massive damage to the earth. also, anyone who gets an entire forum for just them on the kiwi farms is truly an exceptional individual.

[@szeltovivarsydroxan9944]

Well, once Wu said it was 5:08. I had to concede, since she was right. Twice a day.

[@Howard_the_Duck]

That's Chris Chan territory.

[@mfruji]

@@szeltovivarsydroxan9944 he*

[@Spit1990]

Are they not aware of the Earth's atmosphere?

[@lunarvision]

Brianna Wu - appropriating womanhood since 2005.

[@vla1ne]

"I can't fuse with another human being" *not with that attitude*

[@DylanSunkel]

Exactly! Has he tried to touch fingies at precisely the right moment with another being after dancing? Never say never.

[@mikedanielespeja6128]

Has he worn some old guy's earing before? HMMM?

[@isaiahgarraway5568]

@@DylanSunkel That's just the starting point. Who has a matching power level to him?

[@DylanSunkel]

@@isaiahgarraway5568 Kevin Smith XD

[@hiroshi7025]

@@DylanSunkel Remember that if you fail and become the fat one, American people will come to you demanding that you accept and love yourself too. Be sure not to miss.

[@Killerkriskg]

She boiled your entire existence to just having skin tone of a dark shade. The disrespect is off the charts.

[@ArmyBVR]

I just tried to peep her twitter just to see what others said about the argument... This chick lives on twitter, holy shit it took like 5 minutes of vigorously scrolling just to get to the post. Imagine living life on a cell phone making stupid claims and argument online like your opinion matters to the public...

[@joshuarichardson6529]

The characters I identified with as a child were: Kermit the Frog, Chubacca, and Big Bird. I have never understood the "characters who look like me so I can identify with them" argument.

[@craigcutler6919]

When I was young I lived in a country that had almost no people of my color and nobody on TV looked like me... so I must have never been able to identify with anything and I must be oppressed, give me money. I hate racist people like Brian "Brianna" Wu.

[@justyagre6296]

To be fair, I only identify with Al Simmons because I too have died, gone to Hell, and also agreed to lead their army.

[@endless3cho]

Welcome back, S to the P to the A to the WN.

[@anyhonywilliams6160]

@@endless3cho I can't like this enough!! (Instantly put the movie scene in my head)

[@gliscaradu1424]

@@NUKE_UTAH hahahahhahahah great.

[@whitneyfry3236]

“Let me tell YOU how you think and feel about things. If you disagree with my characterization of you - YOU’RE the problem.”

[@General_Tso762]

When I was 14 years old (white boy) we had a VHS with "boys in the hood" my parents bought in a box of VHS tapes (traded for weed) at a barter fair and I thought it was an incredible film. I watched it soo many times. I didn't know anything about "black culture" and I never lived in a city but I could relate to it on a HUMAN LEVEL and THAT is what made it a great film. "People under the stairs" was one of my favorite horror movies as a kid, I saw myself in "fool" he didn't have the same skin color as me but it made no difference to me I thought he was awesome and I wanted to be brave like him. "Surviving the game" was also up there with my favorite action movies. None of this had a fucking thing to do with skin color. They were just a person like me, a fucking human being. This identity politics shit is beyond the pail man I'm so fucking tired of it. It's just shit man, all of it is fucking trash and I'm done with it.

[@mukkah]

yuuuuup, well written characters... social justice wave of polarization has been killing these of late

[@user-et6xw6fu1q]

I agree with you 100%! That’s why I can’t stand this trend of making white characters black (ie April O’ Neil, Ariel, etc) so viewers can “see themselves.” That’s not what fans, especially kids, are looking at when they grow attached to a character. They like characters who possess qualities they admire - the smart kids love Donatello, for example. I’m white and my favorite Disney Princess as a kid was Jasmine. I liked her because she went on adventures alongside Aladdin (in the animated series, RIP Disney Afternoon!) she didn’t just sit in the castle waiting for her prince. I related to her because she was a strong woman, the kind of woman I aspired to be. And like you, I also watched and enjoyed media made by black creators and saw myself in it. I was a little white girl listening to rap and Motown and watching In Living Color. I feel like the people pushing the “see themselves” narrative have no clue how fandom actually works, and I wonder if they realize that kids know what tokens are.

[@MrEd8846]

Brianna really just did the "so you gonna watch the Lakers game tonight?" Because she sees your black so that must mean you fit a stereotype

[@jbbrolic]

There's nothing wrong with that other than being corny, people who don't interact with other races (maybe rural America or something) only have stereotypes to go by. But to do that cornball stuff while pretending to be some expert on race relations just looks ridiculous. Also what Wu did is worse. Rather than saying "are you watching the Lakers." It's "you are watching the Lakers. You are black there is no other possibility."

[@nicknevco215]

yes we all must love basketball the leftest said so

[@TowDow3]

she would likely say nakers

[@jht3fougifh393]

"Who do you you all relate to, Brianna Wu or me?" I'm a homosexual white female, and I relate to you, being the opposite in all these features. Uh-oh, world ending shit happening right here, apparently. I will never understand those Critical Theory claims. Like there's a universal essence of sex, race, etc. Crazy.

[@wabbagaming2184]

i love your comment! What are the odds that the superficial attributes of humans are not there most endearing qualities, instead its the universal attributes that most people see in others... Mind blowing right?

[@chickenpotpie9009]

Hell ya!

[@FriedSynapse]

I am a straight, white male, but for some reason, I find the stories of trans people, gay people and those struggling with identity issues highly relatable. I know what it's like to feel I don't belong in my skin... that somehow I was born as one thing, yet I am meant to be something else. I am not trying to co-opt their struggle as my own or claim their pain. I'm just saying I see myself in their stories. Sense8, the Netflix show, really made sense to me. I think that is beautiful. When we can see ourselves in others, understand their plight and not just ignore them because of our supposed differences... we LEARN. We grow closer as a people. When SJWs like Brianna use critical race theory and their gender studies education to keep us apart, they aren't helping. They are the very CAUSE of the current problems. They want segregation through "safe" spaces. They want to point to our differences, rather than our commonalities. The force their way into comics or other situations that don't concern them and just start arguments and changes that hurt us all.

[@frarsenal1799]

@@FriedSynapse I know, it's almost like we're all people. And even though our struggles/dreams may not be of the same caliber, we can connect them by their similarities. To empathize, sympathize, understand, and connect with each other.

[@FriedSynapse]

@@frarsenal1799 Imagine that? It's almost like not EVERYTHING is sexist, misogynism, racist and homophobic?!

[@IcicleFerret]

Remember Static Shock? I loved his show as a kid and I do not look like him or Mr. July.

[@wendyokoopa7048]

Before they completely bastardized him so did I. The episode on bullying still resonates with me to this day. If you don't remember the episode starts typical school day Virgil and Ritchie see a kid being bullied by their school mates. Virgil and Ritchie can't stand it naturally so they proceed to befriend and protect the guy. Eventually the guy tell Virgil and Ritchie he's gonna get his revenge he found his dad's 🔫. Virgil : no don't there's a better way. Fast-forward guy ends up bringing the gun to school with intent on shooting the bullies. Ritchie sees this and jumps in and proceeds to try to get the gun away from him. The gun misfires in the struggle shooting Ritchie in the foot. BTW the kid was white and kind of 🤓. That wasn't black storytelling, or white storytelling it was good clever storytelling.

[@kjdWHU]

I love this guys perspective. You are a real, and I appreciate it so much. Interesting that my internet cut out in a spot it never cuts out when I first watched this. Keep up the good work

[@irritatingtruth9121]

“WHO DO YOU SIDE WITH MORE!?! HE, OR ME!?” That was a powerful moment. Not going to lie..

[@pepeoccult4269]

She* (sorry, misspelling quotes is a pet peeve for me)

[@externalboss9404]

@@pepeoccult4269 nah hes a Male

[@humphreygobo6576]

White guy here. I can’t even empathize with Brianna Wu. I can, however, relate to you Rippa because we both have certain similar opinions.

[@scotty2hottie626]

Why does it matter your white and you agree with him. Does everything always have to be about race? Im sorry om mot trying to be a dick. I just get sicknof the racial politics.

[@humphreygobo6576]

@@scotty2hottie626 It doesn't matter, or at least shouldn't. I'm merely making the point that, despite our racial differences, I have more in common with Rippa than Wu. Whereas, intersectionality would place us within different boxes based on immutable characteristics making it impossible for me to identify with Rippa in any way. In essence, I'm using my identity to debunk Wu's narrow and identarian view of the world. Also, I'm trying to remember back from 2 weeks ago but I believe he asked in the video who we, the audience, identify with more. I was just answering the question.

[@shepherdrm8486]

@@scotty2hottie626 Dude then go to all the black people posting and pointing out the color of their skin too...hypocrite

[@scotty2hottie626]

@@shepherdrm8486 who said I wouldn't? I just said how i hate racial politics and we had dialogue. I even said i wasn't being a dick about it and he was being cool. We didn't get shitty, so take your troll ass back under the bridge. You obviously missed my whole point genius.

[@jimjones7954]

Rip I’m not even watching the video but if that individual made that ridiculous statement I agree 1000% with everything you’re about to say lol. I don’t subscribe to any political party, just a young nigga trying to succeed and followed your channel for the comic book talk. And that song you put out recently was all heat.

[@synyst3r11]

I feel you on that brotha. I’m just on my grind and hopefully I can find my purpose in life.

[@ThePowerOfOneThePowerOfTwo]

@@synyst3r11 You will find your purpose fam. Just keep moving your feet, trying new things, and stay on the grind. Trust me that light bulb will turn on and your path will be clear. Keep it pushing man!

[@Spit1990]

Oh shit, we exist.

[@Mr.Mancream]

I’m white and when I was a kid I thought Blade was awesome and one of my favourite characters. I’d wear my dad’s black leather jacket, some sunglasses, and run around with a toy sword pretending to slay vampires. Kids especially do not care about the race of any characters, they care if they are cool and that’s it.

[@swearylie]

ofcourse they don't. adults besides them whiteErasers don't either. ever tried to encompass fictional characters? i mean it's not even necessarily human. look at goku's big eyes, don't seem Japanese to me. i don't see nobody wanting more black or gay characters, instead i see people that want less white and less straight

[@demonking86420]

i think this will end up being erased now, people will think that "oh this character isnt cis, white, hetero, therefore theres an agenda to be pushed" while NPCs will claim "but duh divurse, and u a racist homopohobe for calling out muh idpol fixation" (even making a lampoon of these people gives me a throbbing artery in my limbs) which... a) people who wanna write characters who are good, will have to deal with the "ur pushing an agenda" claim when a character of theirs happens to not be a cis hetero white fucking whatever and b) well the obvious elephant in the room that the damage has been done which feeds into my first point

[@MrPingn]

"How dare you day Captain Marvel has feminist subtext!" She straight up inserted an argument in that discussion you didn't make. She must have been disgusted. Not being able to make you admit how to agreeing with her mental image of how you as a black man should feel about a black character. Most of my comic book favorites look nothing like me.

[@Lastjustice]

I liked Carol Danvers more when she was still Ms Marvel/Warbird. She used to actually be a character instead of a feminist mouth piece. She was sexy, powerful, had a cool costume, and more going on. As someone in the air force I liked her being an Airman too. Once they pushed to make her popular as Captain Marvel they jettisoned everything likeable about the character.

[@theburgerking1236]

My favorite comic book characters look like me, only in the fact some of them share the same skin color. Storm however is the first one I really enjoyed for some reason probably because I really enjoyed weather and shit when I was a kid. But it didn’t register in my mind at any point during my childhood was she African, I didn’t know nationilities existed we were all just humans

[@ltsmash1200]

When I was a kid my heroes were the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. This may be a shock to some…but I was not, nor have I ever been, a turtle. Nor was I a teenager. Or a mutant. Or a ninja.

[@sakulaeyr9819]

As a kid I related a ton to Batman and He-Man. I am neither filthy rich, Caucasian, male, a martial arts expert, swordsman, or a Galactic Prince. >__>

[@manuel.a.vinces2017]

Wwwwwelll... i'm in shock. BECAUSE IT WAS THE SAME WITH ME!! (Coincidence?)

[@khululyp]

You never been a teenager? Sucks

[@budd921]

But are you an artist from the renaissance?

[@khululyp]

@@budd921 nah but I do love me some pizza but that is a preference not a superficial trait

[@n1c704]

I’m black and relate more to Peter Parker than T’Challa.

[@paul-juniorblack6151]

Most people would Peter Parker is a regular dude going through college trying to make money from a job to survive adulthood. T'Challa is the billion dollar king of some country lol. I'm black and I can see myself in Spiderman much more than some black characters

[@Fuzzycat16]

Everyone loves Spider-Man.

[@ZeroOmega-vg8nq]

@@Fuzzycat16 i know more chics wanting spiderman over tchalla cuz tom holland has a cute ass. Black panther they just go eh

[@Fuzzycat16]

@@ZeroOmega-vg8nq The meme comparing him to captain marvel did help.

[@ProfessorArt1]

@@Fuzzycat16 true, he has real person problems but he still fights. Side note Peter I mean I don’t care about Tom Holland, great I’m a bigot again lol.

[@daniellejohnston6601]

One of my first favourite comic book character was Storm from the X-Men (I’m white). I simply loved her character because I couldn’t relate to her. She was a fantasy of how amazing your imagination can be. Her character sucked me in to a world where I can be someone completely different and made it so much fun.

[@mandalorianjon7846]

“Anyone can wear the mask” greatest line from anything comic related. It’s about what you’re made of on the inside, because the outside doesn’t make you who you are

[@kolo5141]

I hate when people dismiss all the women and minorities as leads in old movies. I loved alien as a kid and no one said they won't watch because she is a woman. I loved will smith in everythong he did in 90s. Jackie chan movies were the funniest in their genre. Beverly Hills Cop was my cup of tea then xD

[@jackb.207]

Bruh every new movie with female lead at first sentence of the summary says, "first movie with female main character."

[@kolo5141]

@@jackb.207 I can hear trailer voice guy: Starring! - a woman - a black men - a second black men - Leonardo DiCaprio - Tom Cruise - a non binary asian

[@LeifMaelstrom]

They must disregard all progress made in the past because everything before they arrived as the saviors of humanity is corrupt and unsalvageable. They must tear it all down and burn it to make something else. Because they are shitty saviors.

[@ThatGuy-en2nn]

Wouldn't be surprised if she thought you talked into a black mic because you see yourself in the color of the material. These social media peeps are goofy.

Thats a insult to Goofy. She is nuts.

[@ethanhay2948]

Dude!! I am loving your channel! I just subscribed and have been binging your stuff because you are speaking to my soul! I am an aspiring writer, I just sent my first book to an editor that I have been developing since I was seven years old, and hearing you talk about the value of entertainment, and art, and telling a great story with great characters was like pumping adrenaline directly into my veins!!! God bless man!

[@princeali5737]

Since you were seven?? I admire your dedication. Good luck!

[@Necromonger69]

She did not just step in it, she tried to clean it off her shoes but the smell of racism could not be scraped off her true self.

[@jovenc4508]

She faceplanted in it.

[@paulfry3221]

The smell was her rotten soul. Shoe pun....boo...

[@demoniclily1892]

That Captain America's shield reminds me of some sort of insurance company.

[@TheGr8one1022]

The fact that Brianna Wu has such a large following is baffling.

[@TSPH1992]

Stupidity has to stick together

[@Lastjustice]

Leftism is about collectivism while Rightwingers are about individualism. It's natural for sheep to herd together.

[@pepperonipony1751]

I guess they never taught MLK's "I Have a Dream" speech in her school. Maybe they should add it to the curriculum XD

[@nightwishfan1991]

This woman is completely insane. She really is nothing in the grand scheme of things. EDIT: Ok so going through the video you are wearing a Batman hat, have several prints of different characters including Wolverine. She sees 1 picture of Luke Cage and thinks. "There, that's the one you identify with! Because he's black!" You have all those characters behind you and she thinks that is the one you gravitate towards the most? I don't know which character you gravitate towards the most? For all I know they aren't on the wall. Because I don't assume person's skin color = character's skin color. God these people are so damn racist.

[@fierysmile2929]

Brianna Wu is the same one who wrote that cringe "Samus Aran is Trans. Get over it." article, wouldn't pay and even bullied his own trans staff for working on that god awful Revolution 60 game, and tried to play off his reassignment surgery as a treatment for a urinary tract infection. Also helped Sarah Butts get away with making child porn of his (Sarah's) niece during GamerGate and help victimize their family, all in the name of making sure a transwoman wasn't kept down by mean (and verifiably true, given they enthusiastically admitted it when they thought no one was watching) words said to and about them on the internet. Total piece of shit in addition to being insane.

[@roluevasreisa5730]

Brianna lost in her bid to get a congress seat And her single only game she ever made, crashed and burned and there hasn’t been any news about her company since 2015 She is a failure she is nothing and she is insane

[@Chronoic]

@@roluevasreisa5730 ​ But yet one of my Asian brother was willing to stick his manhood into crazy. I'm sorry but hes a disgrace to us Asians.

[@DevaChriss]

@@fierysmile2929 LOL Why was she thinking that she could gaslight us about Samus being trans ? I didn't even heard about her spewing this lie despite the fact I'm a big Metroid fan. This just show how much she's irrelevant in the fandom.

[@roluevasreisa5730]

@@Chronoic Gomen nassai Dame Although my Chinese ex was completely psychotic and very physically abusive and I’ve heard similar reports on how Japanese women can be very insane and abusive so I am not entirely surprised but it is sad whenever I see Asian men going for crazy people I don’t think anyone should be subjected to a crazy abusive partner honestly

[@GBNationalist]

"Never argue with an idiot. They will drag you down to their level and best you with experience." - Yul Brynner. Could never be more prominent than in the modern day. (its not word for word what he said but it hits the mark)

[@schmidtythekidd]

So let it be written. So let it be done.

[@DreamingDarlin]

@@schmidtythekidd Ah, perfect! The great Yul!

[@jffry890]

Every time I see this quote it's attributed to a different person.

[@GBNationalist]

@@jffry890 I do believe Yul Brynner is the original. I could be wrong but I am pretty sure.

[@kyze8284]

I heard a different rendition “Arguing with an idiot is like playing chess against a pigeon. Even it you win, it will knock the board over, shit on it, and strut around like it won anyway.”

[@Din_Kenobi]

I relate more to Jackie Chan... And I'm black.

[@JmAnYoShI]

Honestly, I can't think of a single role he's played that he hasn't nailed, nor can I think of a single movie of his that I don't love.

[@MeilynMei]

i watched his movie a lot when i was a kid, the way he fight in the movies make me laugh all the time.

[@aerithroses2683]

The ladder fight is still iconic

[@johnlawful2272]

@@MeilynMei so would Jackie chan be naruto and jet li sasuke

[@lemurtheory9350]

My selection of favorite characters growing up have always leaned towards wide use powers or get it done/comedic attitudes of characters using them. Stewart green lantern, blue beetle, static shock, All of dragonball, wonder woman, and lots of other of all kinds.

[@Doughboy1027]

"It's not hard to assume why you would have that poster on the wall???" Yikes! Damn...Ol' boy really said that to you out loud?

[@Doughboy1027]

@@PanelVulture Ironically "he" would know alot about experimentation. When I say "he" I'm not talking about Eric.

[@Aluze]

I relate to struggles and humanities in characters, not because i look like that, because my color or gender or sexuality are not things I define myself by. "Oh hey it looks like you, so it's you!" What has "writing" devolved into?

[@pixiebubbles2628]

They slept thru the whole school day every day

[@Reddeadredemption3]

"what you just took a picture of, crackhead" bro I ain't laughed this hard in a while 🤣🤣

[@shadowxxvii200]

Dude I am sharing this, it was wonderful. I have had this conversation with this so-called 'gatekeeper' that seem to have the superpower to read our mind. Keep up the good work bro.

[@wickedmirage]

I was born in 1968 in Omaha, Ne. My first and always "hero" thanks to TV reruns of Star Trek, when I was a very small girl was Lt. Uhura. I wanted to be like her. In my eyes, she was smart, strong and classy. She reminded me of my mom too, they had the same loving vibe. After Uhura was Lynda Carter as Wonder Woman, once again a smart, classy, strong woman. I saw in them myself and what I wanted to be. My parents thought this was wonderful. My parents are white, I'm white ... they never told me to look at skin but look and see actions. Now I'm a racist because of my love and admiration of these two woman of color. I've also been told that it's White Privilege that allows me to like these woman. It blows my mind. I'm just going to go sit on this bench over here and love Nichelle Nichols and Lynda Carter - to hell with the people who tell me I can't like these women because I'm white and they (Nichelle and Lynda) are not. Skin color is not a trait in another human that should be why or why not, we like them. It should be the values, character, things like that, that matter.

[@fredflux2738]

I think we just need to normalize the people around us, these people that act like this on Twitter are not people any of us have in our circles. Thank god too, I would hate for the behavior of those people to normalize.

[@23rdcenturyhobbit]

You're super awesome and guess what as a child grew up on Wonder Woman and Star Trek. I wanted to be both of them because of beauty, class, smart, feminine with power. Lynda Carter and Nichelle Nichols made impact on lots of girls and helped people outside their acting careers.

[@Sneedmire]

The three irrelevancies of the GG days still trying to remain relevant: Sarkeesian. Quinn. Wu.

[@AuthorJustan]

I literally cannot remember who Quinn is. I barely even remember who Wu is as I'm watching the video.

[@trymv1578]

@@AuthorJustan Quinn was the center-point of the whole ordeal. She was the game-dev who got outed as sleeping around for positive game reviews, which started the whole thing because people were calling her out for it.

[@henryjenkins2839]

The UN-holy trinity of Anti-gaming

[@Spit1990]

@@trymv1578 nah man. Female empowerment is what it is. She wasn't exploiting herself or rigging the game at all. /s

[@dmitriystarostin8023]

@@AuthorJustan Zoe Quinn? The one “human” that slept with reviewers to get positive reviews for her shitty games and who was one of the reasons of Alec Holowka’s (Night in the Woods creator) event that sounds the same as “decide” but begins with “sui”

[@fghhjkl9283]

"I can't fuse with another human being" I couldn't stop laughing.

[@JonathanHenry]

I relate to your outspoken love of freedom for everyone. You inspire all kinds of people to speak up for freedom. I wish you the best of luck in all of your endeavors.