>>8660915I don't hate black people, I just knew and recognized that it was forced and in your face to begin with, and the articles from before Ep 7 released all highlight how diverse the cast was going to be and making a very big deal about it, and J.J. was making a big deal about it. They even made sure that the VERY FIRST IMAGE you saw in the Force Awakens trailer, was Finn's face. The only reason Finn was black was because of some kind of political statement that J.J. Abrams was trying to make with the casting, which again was why he was the first person image in the trailer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erLk59H86wwhttps://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/oct/20/twitter-trolls-boycott-star-wars-black-character-force-awakens-john-boyega>The release of the new Star Wars trailer has been met with excitement online except by a small faction of Twitter users who called for a boycott of the upcoming sequel, claiming it to be “anti-white propaganda”.>The hashtag #BoycottStarWarsVII was started after trolls were angry over the casting of black actor John Boyega, claiming the film was promoting “white genocide”. The same user also referred to director JJ Abrams as a “Jewish activist”.The character naturally received backlash because of the perceived forced diversity that J.J. and Disney were trying to do, and how they were acting like they should get a pat on the back for doing it. They then went out of the way to attack the fans and anyone who criticized them as racist. And then it was sort of funny afterwords how Disney immediately dropped Finn for episodes 8 and 9 because of the backlash. Disney according to leaks regarding Episode 9's production demanded:
>more fan service and less controversy. 