โIโm Khary Payton. I play King Ezekiel on The Walking Dead, and I have the AMC Walking Dead Supply Drop.โ

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@musethedead
โIโm Khary Payton. I play King Ezekiel on The Walking Dead, and I have the AMC Walking Dead Supply Drop.โ
RACIST COPS BE LIKE
LOL. Heโs bitinโ me. Quit resisting.
You've got to check out all the ways the media's lying to you โ and what studies say about how they're influencing you and your community more than you think.
White mediocrity is killing me.
Rant coming. Will hurt your white feelings. I do not care.
I hate white failures. I know different cards can be stacked against you from economic class to access to education, but when white people fail I feel like they just didnโt try at all. The cheat code is literally written on your skin. Achieve something. Anything.
Impoverished Black kids join gangs for a number of reasons โ need for a family, protection against a violent neighborhood, hopelessness about the future, etc โ and it sucks.
That white boy WAS BORN RICH AND JOINED A GANG for no reason. To likeโฆplay at being hood or whatever. He got to have his Thug Life Fantasy for a few months. Now someone is dead, and he can resume his rich white boy life on the path to becoming a lawyer. He had a marked deck handed to him and still lost the biggest hand. But he gets to play the game again. We NEVER get do overs. We get dealt crappy hands and have to play that hand with as much strategy as we can and itโs STILL a gamble. We do everything right and still HOPE for the best.
He had a Royal Flush. And still needed a re-do.
Iโm so mad at this and everything. I canโt tell you how many unqualified white people have been promoted over me, how many white friends have gotten into major trouble that wouldโve derailed my whole life. WATCHING WHITE PRIVILEGE WORK IS SO FUCKING EXHAUSTING.
I feel sick. I feel SICK man. Nothing is remotely fair, balanced, equal, or anything. And white people just ignore it. Like itโs not a thing. Like โoh I deserved all of what I haveโ and weโre like โI DID THE EXACT SAME THINGS AS YOU THO AND I HAVE NOTHING TO SHOW FOR IT.โ
Iโm so angry. White mediocrity is shortening my lifespan because Iโm just so mad all the time and working so much harder to get what they get by just existing.
What a surprise, someone who deeply wants Daryl to be a homo presumes all Carylers are racists!
Gotta be honest, it does not feel like much of a presumption in your case.
Khary Payton:ย The sheriff. Always.
My mens!!
Melissa McBride is a real person. She plays Carol Peletier as a role. Itโs her job, she is an actress. On a show about a zombie fuckingย apocalypse.
In light of recent rumors/spoilers/etc., Iโve seen an alarming amount of people tagging her on twitter in their rants and bitching over a fictional TV show. This is unacceptable and disturbing to begin with; but this woman just lost her mother. Why the hell would anyone think this petty shipping crap is important enough to flood her alerts? Grow the hell up.ย
Give it a minute. Instead of harassing her to be on their side.ย Theyโll start sending her hate for being a turncoat.ย
Hey everyone, letโs chat aboutโฆ racism and fandom! Believe it or not, boys and girls, racism is not limited to openly hating a POC character because they are a POC!
It can sometimes be a little more subtle than that! Here are a few examples:
-ย โI hope this POC character, the only POC community leader ever to appear on this show in nine seasons, dies and leaves my white Queen to be leader instead!โ -ย โI hope this POC character dies because I personally view him as minor and unimportant (because representation means fuck-all to me), and in my world itโs totes ok for POC characters to be killed off at a rapid clip to further the main (read: white) storylines!โ -ย โBecause this POC character is so obviously minor and unimportant, his whole storyline must just be a distraction from White OTP Endgame!โ -ย โBecause this POC character is so obviously minor and unimportant, anyone who ships him with my white fave is just doing it to annoy me!โ -ย โMy white fave obviously would never find this POC character attractive, despite the fact that he is objectively attractive!โ -ย โMy white fave obviously would never want a relationship with this POC character, despite the fact that he treats her well and pursues her and wins her trust and respect over a two-to-three season arc!โ
And in theย Maybe Not Racist, But Still Quite Possibly Racistย categories:
- โThis interracial relationship feels forced to me for some inexplicable reason, despite two fucking seasons of buildup!โ - โThe two white people just happen to be a more natural, compatible couple, and hopefully it has nothing to do with a subconscious bias against viewing interracial couples as either natural or compatible!โ -ย โI feel entitled to seeing this white OTP go canon because they seemed destined for each other in early seasons by virtue of being white, single, opposite gendered, and the same age, which is all it usually takes for an OTP to go canon in most shows, and now I feel wronged and misled by the writers, even though they clearly havenโt been invested in this OTP for several seasons!โ
So you're saying if someone does NOT ship Ezekiel and Carol and ships Caryl instead that they are racist? Good to know.
Not even a little bit.ย Itโs not racist to ship C@ryl, itโs not racist to be annoyed if Carzekiel goes canon, and itโs not even racist to straight up dislike Ezekielโs character.
But come on.
There are an awful lot of people gleefully cheering for a strong black characterโs death or marginalization rather than simply hoping that Zeke and Carol break up.
There are an awful lot of peopleย who honest to God think itโs anย injustice that something they wanted to happen on a television show might notย happen.
If your ship is more important to youย than quality POC representation on TV, youโreย racist.
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Okay but why is it YOUR job to police the Caryl fandom? We neither want nor requested your opinion, sweetie.
Fair point. Calling out racism in your fandom isnโt my jobโitโs yours. Are you doing it?
Hell no they arenโt.ย They are suddenly deaf, blind or dumb to it.
(I accidentally deleted an anon I just got on mobile, because the app sucks, but I wanted to answer, Iโll still answer though)
@the anon coming back in my ask box, saying โso we are calling out racism because Khary is being harassed, but no one is caring about MMB, Norman, or Diane being harassed because theyโre white?โ
I canโt believe Iโm again forced to answer to this, but I shall, I so shall.
1) no one was talking about mmb, Norman, or Diane. The subject was people being RACIST TOWARDS A BLACK ACTOR AND HIS BLACK CHARACTER AND THE INTERRECIAL SHIP. Thatโs the issue. Period. DONT MIX OTHER UNRELATED TOPICS CAUSE YOU DONT HAVE ARGUMENTS LEFT.
2) no one said that we donโt care about Melissa, Norman, or Diane. Donโt understand where you even pulled that out from? Like??? Where did I post I donโt care? Proof? You canโt prove it cause I DO care, if you must know, I do, and if I saw a post about it, Iโd reblog it as well.
3) and ALSO, last time I checked, itโs c@ryl shippers harassing these three because theyโre so obsessed with the ship that they canโt stand Norman to have a life and other girlfriends and are crazy about it, molesting and harassing them all. So maybe thatโs also your job to call that out, instead of mixing this up with something that has NOTHING to do with it.
4) you obviously donโt have any arguments other than being โbohoooo so we donโt care about white people?? I want attention too!!โ โ are those comments racist comments ????? NO. People are just crazy and canโt accept that actors have a private life and harass them. IT. HAS. NOTHING. TO. DO. WITH. RACISM. OR. THIS. TOPIC. WHATSOEVER.
5) make a post about people harassing those three, tag me, and i shall reblog it at once. Cause, just because I DARED to care about a black character for five seconds, you felt so neglected, cause, equal rights, right?? (You sound like those pathetic โwhite lives matter tooโ people. Because apparently you didnโt understand what this is about and what racism means, but I wonโt explain that to you, Iโm not your mother, maybe try google). But you should know, that i care about those three as well, and donโt ignore it. But the topic now was RACISM. And I canโt say anything about racism if Iโm not defending every other white person on this planet simultaneously apparently. Do you see how ridiculous youโre being?
6) just admit that youโre butthurt over people calling out stuff that screams racism, and youโre offended cause you might share those thoughts and are scared of being called out. Im sorry about this, but if this doesnโt apply to you, then youโre NOT addressed. The world doesnโt revolve around you. Tragic, I know. But I guess its why youโre so mad at us that you feel the need to keep sending @canoncannon and me these asks.
7) rant over. Iโm sorry if I sounded a bit annoyed. But you know WHAT?? Iโm stressed in real life, my brother was SICK and I was scared heโll die, I also have other fucking problems in my life, and sparing your feelings isnโt my job if you canโt just accept that we care about someone else than your beloved ship and MMB and Norman, like, sorry, BUT WE ALL HAVE LIVES AND OPINIONS. So Iโm reallyyyyy sorry if I sounded a bit bitchy now, but my patience is used up cause of caring about my sick brother and angsting over his life for a week - that can be emotionally draining. I sincerely apologise.
Why I want Carzekiel instead of Caryl
There are some who believe that the only reason fans ship Carzekiel is to keep Carol and Daryl apart. Well I admit that I do not want Carol with Daryl, but not for the reasons they believe. It has nothing to do with looks or age. I really donโt find NR that attractive. I do not want Carol with Daryl because he is a man-child and their bond is more like that of siblings. Carol deserves a real man like Ezekiel. A man of honor. A man who is capable of being romantic. A man who can appreciate and understand Carol beyond the fact that she was abused in her prior marriage. One who understands that she wears a mask sometimes to get through difficult situations. Ultimately a man who knows that if Carol is broken again she can fix herself. She will not need someone else to pick up the pieces.
Carol: exists Ezekiel: ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐โค๐ (x)
Full offense, but Negan doesnโt โdeserveโ a redemption arc, he crossed that line when he intentionally created a system that exploits women and started raping them. And he killed Glenn too.
Negan literally has NO redeeming qualities. The fact that people have to scrape the bottom of the barrel and make up completely erroneous and/or irrelevant so called โredeemingโ ones only proves how much he doesnโt have them. Plus, the fact that they can be easily disproven with logic and reasoning is proof that people will ignore it to try to justify Neganโs actions.
You can think Negan/JDM is attractive all you want, but donโt pretend that Negan is the epitome of morality and righteousness because heโs not. Heโs not this messiah-like figure saving people out of the goodness of his heart. His only motivations are greed and self-interest. I donโt care about his โmy wife, who I cheated on multiple times, got cancer and Iโm sad that I couldnโt put her downโ excuse for using violence and terror to subjugate people. Thatโs such a fucking pathetic and weak-ass attempt by the writers and Robert Kirkman. There are plenty of other characters who have been through worse and still didnโt end up like him.
You want to start talking about a redemption arc? Come back to me with actual redeeming qualities.
I will forever love the way Richonne is highlighted to promote articles about the actors.
Rick Grimes: Season 9
My aesthetic
I say this and I actually mean it and I say it to Andy, as well. This is the only show Iโve worked on as a regular. I was saying that I truly believe this is the best leading man on television. And I truly believe that he has made us all better. His leadership, his character, his discipline, his heart, his generosity, his kindness have really paved the path for all of us to understand how to carry on without him even though itโs extremely painful to. As he said, the death of the relationships that happen when Rick exits are very real, but at the same time he has so equipped us to carry on, which is what a great leader does. I couldnโt be thankful enough for the time Iโve gotten to work with him and learn from him and understand him. โ Danai Gurira