The Magic Negro in Sci-Fi – YouTube
[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrtfMZY4KYs[/embed] In 2013 Dr. Shawn Smolen-Morton presents “The Magic Negro in Science Fiction Film: District 9 and the Alien Uncle Tom” during a Humanities and Social Sciences Symposium. It articulates a lot of what is disturbing to me about the Finn character in Star Wars, the Force Awakens. Gender-wise, the Rey character is just as…
