Reply #109: King Kong is not racist, as some would want you to believe.

[sleipnir]

The Giant Ape is a metaphor for the unknown, mysterious past of the world. A sort of underbelly of humanity and the natural world that has existed in silence for thousands of years. This primordial relationship with humanity can sometimes be tender or it can be extraordinarily violent.

The fact that some claim it to be "racist" is simply assigning a visual context to a deeper metaphor.

Light versus Dark has been a battle since Zoroastrianism, significantly before Christianity.

I don't blame academics for trying to make statements that provoke thought and discussion, which is were I see these claims living. It's a good thing to discuss and we should ask ourselves why people make this association with King Kong and black racism. Otherwise, we are simply limiting the debate on a very important subject matter.