Finn Jones, Whiteboy Extraordinaire
I know that the last year or so has been rich in white audacity, but when it comes to TV representation, Finn Jones is really trying to take the damn cake. First of all, he’s starring in Iron Fist, which you probably already know is racist & Orientalist as fuck. And then he gets on Twitter and makes everything worse.
First of all, he had the fucking gall to retweet Riz Ahmed’s completely gorgeous, incisive, effective speech about the necessity of substantial gains in entertainment diversity. Considering the fact that Riz has been fighting throughout his career to not be typecast as a terrorist and when he did actually play a terrorist in a movie he almost had his arm broken in an airport by suspicious security guards, Finn Jones trying to use this as virtue signalling is insult to injury.
Then, Jones tried to argue with Asyiqin Haron (writer at Geeks of Color) about the racist nature of Iron Fist when she calls him out–and it was ugly. It had all the classics, including but not limited to the “YOU CAN’T JUDGE IT BEFORE YOU’VE SEEN IT!” argument and “UM ACTUALLY WE’RE SO DIVERSE!” spluttering.
Yeah, to quote: “I will go as far to say that it may be one of the most diverse shows out of the three.” That’s factually inaccurate on a NUMBER of levels–first of all, there’s 4 Netflix Marvel shows, just like there’s 4 Defenders–does he not even know his basic canon? Also:
HOW IS A SHOW LED BY THIS MAYONNAISE SMEAR GONNA BE MORE DIVERSE THAN LUKE CAGE?
Bless Asyiqin, she didn’t back down, so he ragequit and deleted his Twitter in hopes that would help. Apparently he needs to “stay focused” on acting.
Iron Fist is coming out soon, and please give it low ratings & boycott it. If you’re interested in watching some great martial arts, watch one of the Ip Man movies on Netflix. If you really want Iron Fist, then feel free to watch this fan-produced Iron Fist movie that stars an Asian woman. Also, stay tuned for Luke Cage season 2! Probably won’t be here for a while, but it’s been renewed for a second season, and frankly one single shot of Rosario Dawson’s perfect face is more valuable that the entire Finn Jones filmography.
Support Riz Ahmed. It’s not his fault that some whiteboy is trying to use him for cover, and already the media is trying to paint him as some kind of out of touch person, with headlines like “Star Wars Actor Riz Ahmed Says People Join ISIS Because Movies Lack Diversity” which is such a nasty and reductionist way to twist his words, it’s ridiculous.
Be the Asyiqin Haron you want to see in the world. Call out the whiteboys & watch as they flail & ragequit Twitter! Good times.
Submitted by when-did-this-become-difficult
Thanks for this! BOYCOTT IRON FIST EVERYONE!