Will The Next James Bond Be Black?
A black James Bond? WHAT?!
Daniel Craig, the current James Bond, says that Barack Obama’s presidential victory has paved the way for the first black Bond.
“After Barack Obama’s victory I think we might have reached the moment for a colored 007,” Craig said. “I think the role could easily be played by a black actor, because the character created by Ian Fleming in the 50s has undergone a great deal of evolution and continues to be updated.”
Ian Fleming, by the way, had a chapter titled “Nigger Heaven” in his book Live And Let Die that describes a room in a Harlem club in which the “air was thick with smoke and the sweet, feral smell of two hundred negro bodies”.
Daniel Craig actually suggested that Obama himself might make a good James Bond. “Obama would be the better Bond, because, if he’s true to his word, he’d be willing to quite literally look the enemy in the eye and go toe-to-toe with them.”
How ridiculous…
