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gabrielleunionisfromnebraska:

Black Lightning, his daughters Thunder & Lightning and their (possible) descendants 1,000 + years in the future, twins Lightning Lad, Lightning Lass (Light Lass, Spark) and their evil big brother, Lightning Lord

Why the fuck should black people have white as fuck descendent

 someone  was probably trying to make some statement about how there won’t be racism in the future cause the whole “history is a story of progression nonsense” by whitewashing his descendents. not even gonna hide that narrative behind biracial/light skinned looking niggas. just straight white 

Uh, no, lightning lad and his sister were aliens that look human. They weren’t born with their powers, but got them when attacked by a creature with lightning attacks. Nothing in their story could be that they are descendants for black lightning and his family. Let the black hero’s have something of our own, shit

except lightning lad and his crew are from winath and not descended from Jefferson and his family at all

the fuck is this fandom

the fuck is this

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here we go…

I love how some of you took out my earlier comments about how it could be possible for Lightning Lad and Lass in the 31st Century ancestors in the 21st Century being Black Lightning.  There is a long Legion Of Super Heroes history of how Mon-El seeded, with Earth human DNA, the many worlds that would become, by the 31st Century, the United Planets, one of which is the homeworld of Legionnaires Lightning Lad and Lass and their evil big brother, Lightning Lord

Here is what I said in an earlier commentary about how Jefferson Pierce could be a ancestor of Lightning Lad and Lass

Let’s take it to another level; I think that this has been retconned out of the super convoluted history of the LSH, Mon’el being the “seeder” of the various planets of what would become the United Planets in the 31st Century.  Maybe he got to what would become the Ranzz home planet, saw the close distance to the planetoid Korbal and put a little X-Factor in the seeding process that would provide a genetic shield against lightning beasts, in the event that someone came across Korbal.  But since their planet became known for farming, not space travel, the gene became recessive, only to be activated when the Ranzzs got struck.  It’s possible, knowing that on other worlds you have everything from shrinking to magnetic abilities, so this could be possible as well.

Never mind that, in the past, you have had other Legionnaires, Cosmic Boy comes to mind, who were born on other worlds in the future, that could find possible ancestors on 20th Century Earth.

If you knew your comic book history, you would know some of this and not automatically assume that I was attempting some kind of “purification” of black super heroes future with my thoughts on Jefferson Pierce’s future descendants.  Especially when there many minority and black superheroes in the 31st Century, especially the daughter of one of the Tornado Twins, who’s father was The Flash

legionnaire XS

XS—a superhero of color.

Also, many of you who are talking this nonsense about how it couldn’t be possible that black folks couldn’t be ancestors of white folks and vice versa….Really?  You can’t be serious, right? 

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Did You See Jackie Robinson Hit That Ball/42 Movie Review

thehuskybro:

“We’ve got no army. There’s virtually nobody on our side. No owners, no umpires, very few newspapermen. And I’m afraid that many fans will be hostile. We’ll be in a tough position. We can win only if we can convince the world that I’m doing this because you’re a great ballplayer, a fine gentleman.”—Branch Rickey

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When I saw the first previews for the movie 42, with the Jay-Z beat in the background, I cringed:

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In Honor Of 42 The Movie and Jackie Robinson/5 Black Baseball Related Movies That You May Or May Not Have Seen

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The Jackie Robinson Story (1950)

Despite its lack of production values and box-office “names,” The Jackie Robinson Story is one of the best and most convincing baseball biopics ever filmed. Brooklyn Dodgers second baseman Jackie Robinson plays himself, and quite well indeed. The film traces Robinson’s career from his college days, when he excelled as a track star at Pasadena College and as UCLA’s All-Sports record holder. Upon his graduation, Robinson tries to get a coaching job, but this is the 1940s, and most doors are closed to black athletes. After serving in the army, Robinson plays with the Negro Baseball League, where his uncanny skills attract the attention of Branch Rickey, general manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers. Anxious to break down the “color line” that exists in major-league baseball, Robinson is chosen in 1946 to play for the Brooklyn farm team in Montreal. In a harrowing sequence, Rickey lets Robinson know what he’s in for by bombarding him with insults and racial slurs. The manager is merely testing Robinson’s ability to withstand the pressure: he wants a black ballplayer “with guts enough not to fight back.” Robinson agrees to ignore all racial epithets for the first two years of his Brooklyn contract. Despite the unabashed hatred to which he is subjected during his year with Montreal, Robinson steadfastly continues to turn the other cheek, and in 1947 he graduates to the Dodgers lineup. After a slow start, Robinson justifies the faith put in him by Rickey. The Dodgers win the pennant race, and slowly but surely the ban on black players vanishes in the Big Leagues. Though a model of restraint by 1990s standards, The Jackie Robinson Story is surprisingly frank in its detailing of the racial tensions of its own era. It falters only in a couple of silly vignettes involving comic-relief ballplayer Ben Lessey. The cast is uniformly fine, including Louise Beavers as Robinson’s mother, Ruby Dee as his wife Rae (Deewould later play Robinson’s mother in the 1990 TV movie The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson), Joel Fluellen as his brother Mac, Minor Watson as Branch Rickey, and best of all, Richard Lane as Montreal manager Clay Hopper.

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thehuskybro:

42 The Movie/Jackie Robinson The Legend

(the last picture was taken shortly before his death in 1972 at the age of 53…damn he looked older than his years.  All that pressure he kept inside in those early days when he became the first black baseball player in the Major Leagues must have been fantastically intense.)  

thehuskybro:

Sonequa Martin-Green, looking like a young Angela Bassett, showing some acting chops and having a good ass agent has parlayed into roles on two of the most high profile shows on television, The Walking Dead and Once Upon A Time.  

On The Walking Dead, she is Sasha, the sister to Tyreese and, seeing that her character wasn’t  in the original comic that the show is based upon and she really doesn’t have much to do except stand around and look exhausted  I have a feeling she’s not long for that world

She is much better on Once Upon A Time in the role of Tamara, a mysterious (bad) woman on the hunt for magic in the world and hitting the jackpot in a major way.  

Sonequa Martin-Green’s IMDB bio

thehuskybro:

…from the Blind Date episode of The Bill Cosby Show, Season One (1969-70)

They had a movie of the future called Logan’s Run. There ain’t no niggers in it.

I said, “Well, white folks ain’t planning for us to be here. That’s why we got to make movies. But we got to make some really hip movies. Not movies about pimps. We done made enough movies about pimps, because white folks already know about pimping. ’Cause we the biggest whores they got.”

Richard Pryor (via thehuskybro)

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Why Some Black Shows Are So Unsuccessful

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By: Eden H

Somewhere between 1988 and 2012, the execs over at the Hollywood round table (include BLACK execs TOO!!!) lost faith in their black audiences and replaced thoughtful television with the bullshit you see on TV now. 

No more Cosby.

No more Different World.

No more Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.

Instead, we can look forward to nights of Basketball Wives, Love & Hip Hop, and a slew of C-List rapppers and and wannabe singer looking for love. 

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About Hip-Hop

thehuskybro:

I love Hip-Hop with exceptions…

as a music genre, love it

as the defining factor of Black American Culture…no

as the spokesperson(s) for Black America…no

Let’s be real, (no not B-Real from Cypress Hill) Black America is much, much, MUCH more than Hip-Hop.  To say that it isn’t?  Well that’s very white of you, very narrow-minded of you, very wrong of you.