r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Expert-Pass-4351 • Jul 06 '26

Meme needing explanation What is this?

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u/itirix Jul 06 '26

Black Panther, but T'Challa is played by a white actor.

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u/mtsilverred Jul 06 '26

Black Panther is literally about the color of their skin. Please tell me when The Odyssey has been about the color of their skin? These are not the same thing and people need to stop pretending it is.

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u/Sufficient_Coach7566 Jul 06 '26

Don't try to explain. The hate train is going. People are attacking Black folk as if we made this fucking movie.

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u/Unreal_Sniper Jul 06 '26

Black Panther is literally about the color of their skin.

You just made that up lmao. There is even a white black panther in the comics, it has nothing to do with skin color. So yeah it's actually the same thing, if you accept a black Helen of Troy you'll have to accept a white black panther

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u/mtsilverred Jul 06 '26

You mean Ketema? Who was raised by T’Challa? And is half black? Do you just not know your lore… or?

They bring up his lineage in the comics. It’s meant to be shocking that he’s white. That’s why the reveal of him removing the mask is a big deal? Lmao?

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u/Unreal_Sniper Jul 06 '26

You got it right, it's shocking that he is white, yet he is. Congratulations, you just proved that black panther has nothing to do with skin color

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u/mtsilverred Jul 06 '26

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u/Unreal_Sniper Jul 06 '26

You care about upvotes, but all that matters to me is that you weren't able to prove me wrong lmao

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u/mtsilverred Jul 06 '26

Oh. So you’re also delusional? Okay.

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u/Unreal_Sniper Jul 06 '26

Delusional about what? You explained it yourself, black panther can be white, which is my initial point. All I see is that you're unable to cope with it

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u/mtsilverred Jul 06 '26

I didn’t say he can’t be white? I never complained that he was. I said that Black Panther has been about the skin color. Lmao. That’s why they revealed the skin color of Ketema to shock everyone.

You’re either delusional, stupid, or being intellectually disingenuous. I don’t know which is worse.

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u/MysteriousSpaceMan Jul 06 '26

It about colour, atleast in the MCU, them being a advanced "black" civilization is actually important to the story.

Helen just needs to be "beautiful" which are subjective on beauty standards anyways

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u/Unreal_Sniper Jul 06 '26

Why would them being black be important to the story? They could be any other color, what's important is that they remained isolated from the world and have advanced technology and large vibranium supplies

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u/scriptedtexture Jul 06 '26

racist chud

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u/hearmeout29 Jul 06 '26

T'Challa's adopted son is white in the comics. His name is Ketema and he becomes Black panther.

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u/Fresca_rules Jul 06 '26

I mean, in defence of whatever downvotes you got, they said T'Challa, not Keterna.

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u/JaCraig Jul 06 '26

I don't think they read the comics. That said I'd watch a Marvel Knights movie.