Rupert Murdoch Defends Exodus Movie Cast: ‘Since When Are Egyptians Not White?

[The Lonious Monk]

So white ppl are claiming arabs as their own now

I guess the Israeli' didnt get the memo

To be fair, the US has always classified people from North Africa and the Middle East as Caucasian. Now the average white person...that's a different story.

 

[K_Fisher]

mediaite.com/tv/rupert-murdoch-defends-exodus-cast-since-when-are-egyptians-not-white/

Rupert Murdoch Defends Exodus Cast: ‘Since When Are Egyptians Not White?’

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch took to Twitter on Friday evening to defend blockbuster film Exodus: Gods and Kings from critics who believe the all-white cast is offensive and inaccurate.

Egyptians are whites who “treated blacks as slaves,” the News Corp. CEO wrote of the Ridley Scott film that cast Christian Bale as Moses and Joel Edgerton as Pharoah.

Several critics have bashed the film for its casting decisions, and has drawn the ire of many on Twitter, who have begun calling for a boycott of the “racist” film.

https://twitter.com/rupertmurdoch/status/538499345868652546
https://twitter.com/rupertmurdoch/status/538503188132163584
https://twitter.com/rupertmurdoch/status/538510989755686913

Am more suprised he is trying to justify it than actually saying it. Being one of the most powerful men on earth , I thought he would give 0 fucks about what a few critics think about a product put out by one of his companies.

 

[Stiff]

Some shit that tripped me out and really opened my eyes to how ingrained white supremacy and eurocentricism is in this world is the fact that we are subtly indoctrinated with it starting in Pre-school and kindergarten. Think of a Globe or world map and how it looks:

There's absolutely NO scientific basis for Europe to be on top of the map. There is no up or down in Space. When astronaughts got to space and looked at Earth for the first time and took pictures, this is what they saw:

The world with AFRICA on top. Before NASA released this to the public they flipped it so that Europe was on top, as is traditional orientation of the world. That subtle bit right there demonstrates how deep it is.

I need a link to this so I can drop some knowledge.

@Stiff‌

Fasho bra, here go a couple



Al Jazeera - How the north ended up on top of the map



A Eurocentric Problem

 

[Stiff]

@Shizlansky‌ ^^

 

[Shizlansky]

Thanks

 

[Mr.LV]

The only thing that look good in the trailer was the CG animation .......and that's it.

 

[nujerz84]

whose surprised by this really Old white man responsible for fox news i be more surprised if he didnt say this

 

[Copper]

White folks up in arms over a black man in this star wars joint....

do they realize that the most famous star wars character was James Earl Jones....

 

[Focal Point]

White folks up in arms over a black man in this star wars joint....

do they realize that the most famous star wars character was James Earl Jones....

I think they attempted to recruit him during the racial draft

 

[God_Yunn]

Dont get me started.

It shows how FUCKING powerless we are as a race. That they would even attempt this.

Honestly...I'm still shocked that we are getting a BLACK PANTHER movie but I know somehow something will go wrong with it. Either the backlash from critics ,or them not depicting him in the movie like he was in the comics.

Watch the Black Panther right hand man be White or some stupid bullshit.

I don't want to hear about no bitch assorpahm Name Annie supposed to be white either.mmshe a fucking fictional orphan. DA fuck does that matter??????

All these black actors can make some fucking black drama or comedy depicting us as being ignorant. But we can't get a Pharoah movie that's not animated showing that everyone was black in Egypt, shit even West Africa...Egypt wasn't the only powerful country. Word to Mansu.

I don't want another Slave movie. I don't want another gangster flick. I don't even want a Obama film. Just give me some real shit. Give me some Frederick Douglas,Marcus Garvey,Thurgood Marshall real shit

 

[God_Yunn]

Give me some Nat Turner, Give me THE REAL Black Panther, Huey Newton shit.

I'll take a movie about Jay-Z before I see another fucking slave movie. Or a movie about THE HELP.

I'll take fictional movies of us in power or doing something great. Fuck a comedy...Blacks aren't just about being hood and jokes. This how the world view us. Its sickening. We can't even be on got damm commercials enough.

I'm pissed off. I'm on ciroc and I need to vent. My grandaddy made me watch hours of fucking documentaries about Ancient Pharoahs back when I was a kid. I appreciate it now,He'd stab Murdoch and Ridley Scott in the neck if he heard about this movie. Niggah I might rock Ridley in the jaw if i see him

 

[God_Yunn]

All these actors with money, all of these blacks with deep pockets and they can't get together to make films my G? Fuck whoever try to stop it. They want to shun us out. Fuck it then let's go to WAR!! DA fuck I look like? Mannnee I can't wait to be rich. The way IMA make moves ,these whites in power gone love to gate ah niggah

 

[usmarin3]

Watch these motherfuckers remake Shaka Zulu with Tobbie McGuire. smh

 

[Elzo69Renaissance]

Watch these motherfuckers remake Shaka Zulu with Tobbie McGuire. smh

They better not fuck w the goat Henri Cele

 

[usmarin3]

All these actors with money, all of these blacks with deep pockets and they can't get together to make films my G? Fuck whoever try to stop it. They want to shun us out. Fuck it then let's go to WAR!! DA fuck I look like? Mannnee I can't wait to be rich. The way IMA make moves ,these whites in power gone love to gate ah niggah

It's not that simple dude. It's not too many blacks with deep money. This movie alone cost a quarter of a billion dollars to make. How many niggas you know with a quarter of a billion dollars to blow on a not so sure investment. A lot of movies flop dog, ain't no guarantee. Big production company like the Weinsteins, Disney,etc can afford that shit because they have their pockets in everything. Will Smith, Denzel, etc are baby money compared to them.

 

[Copper]

they somehow managed to make this shaka zulu film a white love story

a film about Zulu, slave trade and Africa was somehow transformed into a craka lovestory

 

[Maalik]

Watch these motherfuckers remake Shaka Zulu with Tobbie McGuire. smh

The first season of Game of Thrones cost $60 million to produce

300 cost $65 million to produce

Spartacus cost $2 million per episode to produce (13 episodes, between $20-$30 million)

I know I could find a bunch of other action flicks produced on "cheap" budgets but, you get the point. These nikkas don't want to make black movies. They have no interest in it. They could easily a movie or a tv series on Ancient Egypt, the Moors or Ancient Mali. Hannibal and the Punic Wars would be cool too. Until we tell our own stories, our history will always get whitewashed. Problem is, you gotta put up or shut up because nobody is gonna finance a black movie.

 

[usmarin3]

Last Airbender. Not one god damn Asian in sight. Them niggas was in China for god sakes. smh

 

[kzzl]

All these actors with money, all of these blacks with deep pockets and they can't get together to make films my G? Fuck whoever try to stop it. They want to shun us out. Fuck it then let's go to WAR!! DA fuck I look like? Mannnee I can't wait to be rich. The way IMA make moves ,these whites in power gone love to gate ah niggah

It's not that simple dude. It's not too many blacks with deep money. This movie alone cost a quarter of a billion dollars to make. How many niggas you know with a quarter of a billion dollars to blow on a not so sure investment. A lot of movies flop dog, ain't no guarantee. Big production company like the Weinsteins, Disney,etc can afford that shit because they have their pockets in everything. Will Smith, Denzel, etc are baby money compared to them.

That and plus most of these niggas would rather bootleg shit.

 

[Dr.Chemix]

http://community.allhiphop.com/disc...-to-what-ancient-egyptians-looked-like#latest