As Marvel’s latest superhero movie Black Panther draws praise and rakes in millions of dollars at the box office, Twitter trolls have emerged across the country attempting to stoke racial division by spreading false reports about the film’s largely Black fans. Over the past few days, users have posted false claims that they were attacked by Black people while going to see Black Panther, the first movie from Marvel Studios led by a predominantly Black cast. “In the long run, it will not detract from the cultural significance of Black Panther, but it does blunt some of the positive force it has as it opens. In the tweets, the posters frequently blame “Black youth” for the attacks, using images taken from various unrelated sources. The user claimed the photo of Holderness was an image of his wife after she was attacked when they went to see Black Panther.

Source: thestar February 18, 2018 00:00 UTC