#BoycottStarWarsVII, the latest trending boycott movement in the news, may be one of the strangest boycott movements yet, despite its popularity.
The #BoycottStarWarsVII movement stems from the fact that cast of "Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens" features several non-white people, and the people behind the hashtag has decided to call the "phenomena" "white genocide."
The #BoycottStarWarsVII hashtag began conception Sunday night on Twitter, where people tweeting it express their discontent over the film's lead characters not being white males, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Specifically, an African-American actor is a Stormtrooper in "Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens."
According to the creators of #BoycottStarWarsVII, the film will not be true to the original trilogy anymore due to the cast. They deem "Star Wars 7" unwatchable due to because "the lead character is black."
#BoycottStarWarsVII because white children deserve wholesome movies, not more PC anti-white diversity crap.
— End Cultural Marxism (@genophilia) October 19, 2015
Unsurprisingly, the trolls were able to get responses from netizens, however, it is worth noting that many non-white actors have played lead characters in the previous "Star Wars" films. These include Boba Fett, Lando Calrissian, Mace Windu and Darth Vader, to name a few. For some reason though, this fact has been overlooked by the trolls.
when #BoycottStarWarsVII supporters find out an African-American man did darth vader's voice >>> pic.twitter.com/BoZyfswlbx — BILL_NYE_THO (@Bill_Nye_Tho__) October 19, 2015
Dear Racists, I dk if you know this but Lando Calrissian is kinda, u know...black #BoycottStarWarsVII pic.twitter.com/gS6ZK9fKsQ — Romane (@RomaneGoodlow) October 19, 2015
It is also worth noting that around 95 percent of people who have decided to get into the #BoycottStarWarsVII conversation are "disgusted" by the whole thing, according to Vox.
So how did the hashtag become so famous in a short amount of time without so much actual supporters?
#BoycottStarWarsVII started trending after a handful of individuals simply tweeted repeatedly. The bottom of the thread would reveal tweets that raid, "What the hell is this #BoycottStarWarsVII thing all about." It would then become obvious that the trend began with fewer than a dozen individuals.
According to Vox, the #BoycottStarWarsVII hashtag really began Sunday with user @DarklyEnlighten, then in user @genophilia's timeline. The two Twitter accounts are responsible for most of the #BoycottStarWarsVII tweets, with both clearly wanting to get the hashtag going.
Overnight, user @officialCritDis helped spread further negativity.
Thus, #BoycotStarWarsVII began trending, with @genophilia becoming delighted.
Yes, #BoycottStarWarsVII is now trending @genophilia
— End Cultural Marxism (@genophilia) October 19, 2015
This morning handful of alt-right people started the #BoycottStarWarsVII hashtag. By midday the SJWs are going apeshit. #winning — End Cultural Marxism (@genophilia) October 19, 2015
Despite the number of tweets using the hashtag, majority of the tweets are dumbfounded with it even existing.
Lunatic #BoycottStarWarsVII racists, weren't you serving drinks in Mos Eisley cantina? ("We don't serve their kind here.") — Darryn M. Briggs (@darryn_briggs) October 19, 2015
I'm going to #BoycottStarWarsVII because I am a babyman who's terrified of the world around me
— Vid Icarus (@vid_icarus) October 19, 2015
#BoycottStarWarsVII folks, Lemme get this straight: Wookies, Ewoks & Droids are fine but a BLACK PERSON is a problem? Go home.You're Drunk. — Audra McDonald (@AudraEqualityMc) October 19, 2015
The ironic thing is, even if these people are against the trend, they are simply amplifying the hashtag, giving the trolls what they want. Therefore, instead of giving them a piece of your mind, it would be best to simply report the users on Twitter, block them, or better yet, ignore them, providing little to no power to the hashtag.
In a previous press conference, "Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens" director J.J. Abrams had been questioned about racial diversity. He said he really wanted the cast to be more well-rounded, according to The Inquisitr.
"We wrote these characters but when we went to cast it, one of the things I had felt, having been to the Emmy's a couple times - you look around that room and you see the whitest f*****g room in the history of time. It's just unbelievably white. And I just thought, we're casting this show and we have an opportunity to do anything we want, why not cast the show with actors of color?," Abrams said.
