Racism Meets The Eye or Revenge of the FUBU

So I was watching Transformers 2 a few weeks ago and was forewarned of the blatant racism used for two of the B-Side characters. Hmmm, could the B possible stand for Black Transformers? The filmed portrayed these two "advanced" alien beings as "ghetto, illiterate, clumsy and basically attempted to play it off as the comic relief for the film.

It was pretty horrible. At one point as the crew is trying to decipher an ancient alien dialect which none of the humans can read they decide to ask who? You guessed it! The two bumbling, "urban" Autobots, Skid & Mudflap (do these names conjur positive images). What is their reply you ask? Well, they weren't exactly sure how to interpret the ancient language because they "don't do much readin'".

WHAT!?!

I can't wait for the 3rd installment of this film. I only pray Vatobot will be cruizin' in a classic low-rider with an aztec painting on the hood.


A photo of Skid from Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen

-FB