Chadwick Boseman helps stop white people from ruining the Wakanda salute

Riddle us this: Why is the idea of a white person loving Black Panther great, while the idea of a white person doing the Wakanda salute sounds not quite right?

Well Saturday Night Live took advantage of having Chadwick Boseman — the king himself — as host to clarify the nuances of loving Black Panther while white: "See the problem is we as black people know that the salute comes from Egyptian kings who were buried right hand over left to clutch the royal scepter."

Boseman's character might be right spiritually, but perhaps doesn't speak for all black people distressed by white fans claiming the salute of a fictional, uncolonized African nation for themselves. Read more...

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