White supremacists want to boycott Rogue One over its “anti-white agenda”
There’s a mild disturbance in the Force today, as Forward reports that white supremacists plan to boycott Rogue One: A Star Wars Story for its “anti-white agenda.” According to the publication, these efforts began where they usually do—a subreddit filled with angry white men who want to cheer on the angry white men of the Empire without encountering what they deem a “pro-multiculturalism” message. Redditor and presumed Palpatine fan GenFrancoPepe put forth the perfectly ridiculous hypothesis that “(((Star Wars))) Is Anti-White Social Engineering” in one of the nooks of Reddit’s alt-right forum. The writer cites the casting of women and people of color as marginalized people, rebelling against an Empire described by the screenwriter as being full of villainous white guys, as part of an “anti-white agenda.”