Why Is Just Black People That Need To Take Care Right Now? I Mean Chadwick BOseman Meant A Lot To A Lot

why is just black people that need to take care right now? I mean Chadwick BOseman meant a lot to a lot of people I’m sure he would want to everyone to take care of themselves right now

I’m going to explain this in the kindest way I possibly can: 

Chadwick Boseman, and T’Challa in particular, represented more to the black community than non poc can ever imagine and while your ignorance is understandable this is not the time to get into it with me . 

For my brothers and my father and my uncles who live in American society where they are demonized and othered and made out to be thugs and evil and violent every fucking day; Chadwick Boseman was the hero they never had before. He showed people that Black Men can be kings and can be graceful and passionate and emotional and kind and loving. Black people turned up on a massive scale to see Black Panther because they finally got representation on a prominent commercial level that they could be proud of. And more than just the character, Chadwick was himself the picture of utter grace and compassion, giving little black boys someone to look up to. He was so unbelievably talented and he used his roles to lift up the black community with him without giving into the hollywood madness. I can’t even put into words how good it felt to know that there was a black man out there doing everything he could to represent me and my people. 

white people got a fun new hero to enjoy, but black people got an icon to be proud of and to show off and say: this is who we can be. he’s everything to us and to me.