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Home > Movies > Wakanda Fury: Some Viewers Are Upset About How Black People Are Treated In Avengers: Infinity War

Wakanda Fury: Some Viewers Are Upset About How Black People Are Treated In Avengers: Infinity War

Staff WriterbyStaff Writer
April 30, 2018
in Movies
Tags: AvengersAvengers: Infinity WarBlack PantherMarvelMarvel Cinematic UniverseMCUMovie NewsMovies
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After months of hype, this weekend Avengers: Infinity War finally arrived in cinemas. Much to the delight of fans, the film delivered on many promises. There are epic action sequences, there are loads of humour and there are a lot of heartbreaking and memorable moments, just as the Russo Brothers warned. Despite the overwhelmingly positive feedback for the film, however, there are some who still feel shortchanged.

Warning: this article contains spoilers.

There are some who feel that Infinity War didn’t give enough attention to Black Panther, Falcon, Nick Fury, and War Machine. In fact, they believe the film is a good reflection of how Hollywood and Disney treat black actors and characters in the industry. Just have a look at the tweets below:

The marginalization of #BlackPanther & its supporting cast in 'Avengers: #InfinityWar' is indicative of a larger problem in Hollywood's treatment of characters of color pic.twitter.com/qAzW2vgTWQ

— I Wanna Talk To Sampson! (@JMYChi) April 29, 2018


"Black Panther not being the lead character in Infinity War is the continued reduction of Black specific safe spaces in the MCU and the assault on Wakanda can be compared to colonization on a COSMIC scale." My debut article for The Root drops at 6.

— Roscoe's Wetsuit (@NewTSage) April 29, 2018


Of course, there are many reasons to take into account as to why these characters got a smaller role. Firstly, Black Panther just had his own solo film. It was a huge success and they didn’t need to introduce his character again. If people wanted more Black Panther they could just go watch Black Panther.

Secondly, most of the third act took place in Wakanda. It was incredibly refreshing to see a place other than the U.S. saving and protecting the world. In fact, it’s one of the coolest moments of the entire film. Personally, I was incredibly proud to see Africa represented that way.

Wakanda Infinity War

Thirdly, War Machine and Falcon were never going to be big players in Avengers: Infinity War. Their characters were never that important to begin with. Same can be said about Black Widow, Hawkeye or even Scarlett Witch. They were all present but it was far more important to see the key players lead the fight against Thanos.

Lastly, Avengers 4 will definitely see a new set of heroes play a bigger part in the continued fight against Thanos. It’s very likely that more black characters, like Okoye, M’Baku, War Machine and Shuri, will play a bigger role. Shuri’s popularity alone ensures her a place in the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Complaining about Black Panther’s role in Avengers: Infinity War is silly. The same arguments could be made for Captain America, who also didn’t get a lot of screentime. The film has a huge roster of characters. It was always going to focus on certain individuals more than others. It’s just not possible to give everyone a full story arc within two or three hours.

With that said, get this man a shield!

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Comments 77

  1. Kavin says:
    3 years ago

    This is a dumb article. Everybody got a fair shake in screen time. BP and Falcon were never central to the Thanos storyline. War Machine got good screen time as well.

    Reply
  2. Anonymous says:
    3 years ago

    Ffs Fortress of Solitude you are a bunch of click baity wankers aren’t you.

    Reply
    • Fortress of Solitude says:
      3 years ago

      So you come on here and call us wankers and then continue to ask for a job? I’m not sure what planet you are on but it doesn’t work that way. If you actually read the article, you would see that we defended Infinity War.

      Reply
    • Anonymous says:
      3 years ago

      I know the title is click baity as fuck and you site two tweets. Ps. I know people who would be interested to write. I unfortunately do not currently have time.

      Reply
    • Anonymous says:
      3 years ago

      Henkie Van ROFLMAO. You are the dumbest fuck on the internet hands down. “I know the title is click baity as fuck and you site two tweets.” Thank god you aren’t writing for the site!

      Reply
    • Anonymous says:
      3 years ago

      Steve Hoffman… You win!

      Reply
    • Anonymous says:
      3 years ago

      Steve Hoffman… You win!

      Reply
  3. Richard James says:
    3 years ago

    But what about the fact that thousands of thousands of Wakandan soldiers were sent to fight (and arguably sacrificed) in order to protect the life of one person – Vision? Surely that complete imbalance says something about Hollywood. They constantly say throughout the film “we don’t trade lives” but many of the Characters are happy to let the black soldiers die in order to protect Paul Bethany. If that’s not racism I don’t know what is.

    Reply
  4. Anonymous says:
    3 years ago

    JJ van der Westhuizen het jy die shit gesien??

    Reply
    • Anonymous says:
      3 years ago

      Ongelukkig het ek.
      Maar ek het eerder stil gebly.

      Vreemd… Ek weet.

      Dis ongelooflik.

      Wys jou weereens… Thanos is korrek.

      Reply
  5. Anonymous says:
    3 years ago

    Rushil Mistry see what I was talking about yesterday…it happened

    Reply
  6. Anonymous says:
    3 years ago

    Could’ve done better with black panther. He is not as powerful a character as what he is in the comics. His super intelligence, military prowess and presence is not accurately represented. He would’ve been more tactical, especially in his own homeland. It was his land and he should’ve called the shots.

    Reply
    • Anonymous says:
      3 years ago

      He was tactful and analytical in the final battle. He was the one who realised they would’ve been surrounded unless they open a bit of the shield.

      Reply
  7. Wanda Joseph says:
    3 years ago

    There’s a lot of Anonymous posts here. Why you anonymous if what you’re saying is relevant? Secondly, if you read the comics you’d understand who Black Panther is and how he fits in with the Marvel Universe. Regardless of whether the film is shoot in Wakanda or not, makes no difference except for the fact that it’s cheaper to film on an open land setting then a city (metropolis area). Numbers don’t lie, and if you look at box office ratings without a biased opinion, just the numbers you’d see that.

    Reply
  8. Wanda Joseph says:
    3 years ago

    So I agree with the complaints to a certain degree. Whether something is always turned to a racial thing or not, the fact that your response is “what more do THESE PEOPLE what?” shows you’re no different.

    Reply
  9. Wanda Joseph says:
    3 years ago

    The movie was enjoyable, not sure whether the turn out for the second installment will be just as big though. We’ll have to wait and see.

    Reply
  10. Anonymous says:
    3 years ago

    If you go to watch Avengers to see how kuch screen time black people got in the movie then you are in the wrong cinema. Go follow some other franchise because the whole Infinity War was beyond that of a single or small group of people. This movie was about everyone fighting to protect the universe and if them running to Wakanda is not significant enough for you then nothing will ever be.

    Reply
  11. Anonymous says:
    3 years ago

    After months and months of extraordinary hype and seein ppl come together all because of a movie character, next movie they kill the nigga. The fuq lol

    Reply
    • Anonymous says:
      3 years ago

      Marvel is following the storyline from the comics. They didn’t kill everyone just to fuck with the audience.

      Reply
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