The part in the Museum when Kilmonger went on a tirade about how the ladys white ancestors stole things. Totally unnecessary. That scene could have went the same way without that ancestor jab in there.
When they showed the destruction of humanity glimpses, did they need to show slavery, in a movie featuring 99% black people? Unnecessary.
What about the fact that Kilmonger was a black supremacist who wanted to kill anyone who wasn't Black?
That was the whole point of Killmonger and his dad. His dad had been radicalized. This was stated in the film. It was his dad telling him about home in the beginning, so it'll have that bias. When we're introduced to him as an adult in the British Museum, that dialogue establishes that he's grown up following the same worldview. And the entire conflict of the movie is, basically, MLK's peaceful outreach philosophy versus Malcolm X's violent rebellion philosophy.
The "another white boy for me to fix" comment?[
A reference to Bucky's presence, and the two of them in an otherwise all-brown country...? Basic observation. Not racist.
Calling Bucky "white wolf" in the post credits scene
As speculated a couple posts up, there's a chance Bucky will be merged with another minor Marvel character of that moniker. Regardless, a nickname involving skin color is not, by itself, racist.
What about M'Baku telling the Martin Freeman "if you say another word, I'll kill you", while allowing the black people to talk.
That had nothing to do with race, and everything to do with Wakandan versus Outsider.
Unfamiliar to American audiences, as most films out of Hollywood ever present things from a Caucasian-American-straight-cis, etc., centric perspective, but presenting the viewpoint of a good chunk of people on or with ancestry from that continent viv-a-vis Europeans. It's more recent history for them than our rebellion against England, our Civil war... Even World War I. It's a current and relevant thing a lot of people are dealing with and getti mg through.
And yes, when one is raised within a background conversation of American exceptionalism, it can be jarring to run into a different worldview. Also doesn't make it racist. If Shuri had refused to treat Bucky or Ross because they were white? That'd be different.
What about the little remark of "Leaders build bridges and not walls"? Jab at the president
What about the remark of "When you let refugees in, they bring their problems with them"? Jab at the president
Those are universal, and, while currently relevant, also long-established prejudices, and those being addressed is the whole frikkin' point of the film. Be bad form to build up to it and then stop short for fear of offending some who would take it personally.
That's as far into politics as I'm going to get. BP is not racist.
--Jonah