"here's your toy back nerd, it's broken now"

Lol someone's worried about being sued

That's fine. Jedi are paragons of justice and truth. Completely incompatible with social justice

Inb4: "durr no the word justice is in both of them so there then they are both the same"

Save it, red

Always glad to see the priesthood striking down false idols. Praise Science!

This is good. I can always point to this article as to why this rag is worthless

Some of the best examples of their retardedness

They specifically claim “The Jedi are inappropriate mascots for social justice.”

As for why, they immediately point to race, “They are a religious order of intergalactic police-monks, prone to (white) saviorism and toxically masculine approaches to conflict resolution (violent duels with phallic lightsabers, gaslighting by means of “Jedi mind tricks,” etc.).”

“The Jedi are also an exclusionary cult, membership to which is partly predicated on the possession of heightened psychic and physical abilities (or “Force-sensitivity”),” they add.

And this

Not only are the Jedi problematic in their minds, but they claim, “Star Wars has a problematic cultural legacy.”

They explain, “The space opera franchise has been critiqued for trafficking in injustices such as sexism, racism and ableism. Think, for example, of the so-called “Slave Leia” costume, infamous for stripping down and chaining up the movie series’ first leading woman as part of an Orientalist subplot.”

As for an Orientalist subplot, are they claiming that Jabba the Hutt is supposed to be Arab because he happens to be based on Tatooine? If so it makes no sense because that’s where Luke Skywalker was raised too! And they have the gall to accuse Star Wars of racism.

And this

Next, they point to ableism, ” The series regularly defaults onto ableist tropes, memorably in its portrayal of Darth Vader, which links the villain’s physical disability with machinic inhumanity and moral deviance, presenting his technology-assisted breathing as a sinister auditory marker of danger and doom.”

For a thousand generations the Jedi were the guardians of peace and justice in the old Republic. Before the dark times. Before the Empire.

Why would anyone who views the Jedi as a positive or aspirational symbol want an endorsement of that view from these people?

Thank you for your opinion, Scientific American

Goes back to watching anime

“The Jedi are inappropriate mascots for social justice.”

Rumor has it, they are trying to rename the abbreviation to J. A. R. x2

“They are a religious order of intergalactic police-monks, prone to saviorism and toxically masculine approaches to conflict resolution (violent duels with phallic lightsabers, gaslighting by means of “Jedi mind tricks,” etc.).”

I wouldnt call them religious. There are jedi who break the rules all the time, they become sith. these niggas only call it toxic masculinity because theyve only seen JJwars. lots of hot jedi that weren 'ToXiC mAlE BlAhhhhhh", the film duels are no more violent than your average fencing match. jedi mind tricks arent gaslighting, theyre mind control, totally different ideas shitlibs

“The Jedi are also an exclusionary cult, membership to which is partly predicated on the possession of heightened psychic and physical abilities (or “Force-sensitivity”),”

"partly predicated" you mean gay, fat, out of shape sjws couldnt be jedi? i sense some sour grapes here.

“Strikingly, Force-wielding talents are narratively explained in Star Wars not merely in spiritual terms but also in ableist and eugenic ones:

WeRes tHe WhAlE sJw JeDi HuH???? uR a RacIst GeOrgiEEEEEEE

and eugenic ones: These supernatural powers are naturalized as biological, hereditary attributes.

they arent supernatural, nigguh, its called magic, go read harry potter sometime dipfuck

sw never discussed the force as a biological attribute, you double soyfuck

that Force potential is framed as a dynastic property of noble bloodlines (for example, the Skywalker dynasty)

these niggars cant name ANY other so called dynasty. thats how you can tell theyre faggot SJWwars fucks

measurable via “midi-chlorian” counts (not unlike a “Force genetics” test)

ROFLmao, i wish we could ban these niggas from twitter and writing in SA, total ignorant SW criticsms

and augmentable via human(oid) engineering,

theres very little humanoid force augmentation, i think these faggots are just trying to play up the eugenics bit more than exists in the universe.

“The heroic Jedi are thus emblems for a host of dangerously reactionary values and assumptions. Sending the message that justice work is akin to cosplay is bad enough; dressing up our initiatives in the symbolic garb of the Jedi is worse.”

What the fuck does star wars have to do with cosplay, nigga? are these people retarded? but i repeat

They explain, “The space opera franchise has been critiqued for trafficking in injustices such as sexism, racism and ableism. Think, for example, of the so-called “Slave Leia” costume, infamous for stripping down and chaining up the movie series’ first leading woman as part of an Orientalist subplot.”

mEdiA ShOuLD Be SuNShIne No EvIls AllOwEd.. fuck you retards, lmfao. 'oritentalist subplot' these niggas are literally fucking retarded.

“Star Wars arguably conflates “alienness” with “nonwhiteness,” often seeming to rely on racist stereotypes when depicting nonhuman species.”

Like what? lmao... nvm bounding asks this too.

The series regularly defaults onto ableist tropes, memorably in its portrayal of Darth Vader, which links the villain’s physical disability with machinic inhumanity and moral deviance, presenting his technology-assisted breathing as a sinister auditory marker of danger and doom.”

jesus fuck these nibbas are god damn fucking retarded.

“What’s more, the bodies and voices centered in Star Wars have, with few exceptions, historically been those of white men. And while recent films have increased gender and racial diversity, important questions remain regarding how meaningfully such changes represent a departure from the series’ problematic past.”

"if FanTasY isNT 500% bLaCk (AfRiCan AmeRiCAn s in SPaAAcE - which i find preposterous - theres no africa in sw) then its RayCiSSSs

increased gender diversity in disneywars ? youre crazy bitsch

“JEDI connects justice initiatives to corporate capital.”

#TRIGGERED

, “We are, in effect, providing that corporation—Disney—with a form of free advertising, commodifying and cheapening our justice work in the process. Such informal co-branding entangles our initiatives in Disney’s morally messy past and present.”

dont worry retards, not even 1 tenth of the sw fanbase gives a shit about your gay virtue signalling attempts. go suck some dicks with the faggots who lift their trucks ROFLMAOKEKS

Disney has a long and troubling history of circulating racist, sexist, heterosexist and Orientalist narratives and imagery, which the corporation and its subsidiaries (like Pixar) are publicly reckoning with,”

I dont know what orientalist is and i dont care. nothing in star wars is oriental, retards.

“Aligning justice work with Star Wars risks threatening inclusion and sense of belonging.”

Good.

“Star Wars is popular but divisive.

No its not, nigguh

Identifying our initiatives with it may nudge them closer to the realm of fandom, manufacturing in-groups and out-groups. Those unfamiliar or uncomfortable with Star Wars­­—including those hurt by the messages it sends—may feel alienated by the parade of jokes, puns and references surrounding the term JEDI.”

i dont think you niggas could make any worthwhile puns or references with the name, and people who read your social justice shit will get triggered by SW and not watch it. this is literally a piece about NOTHING written by 5 "fully educated" retards.

Lets education check these fagoots

J. W. Hammond is a postdoctoral researcher in the School of Education at U of Mi

Sara E. Brownell is a discipline-based education researcher and professor in the School of Life Sciences at Az SU

Nita A. Kedharnath earned her M.A. in educational leadership and policy from the University of Michigan. She is the project manager for the Sloan Equity and Inclusion in STEM Introductory Courses (SEISMIC)

(Pointless title)

Susan J. Cheng is a forest ecologist and instructional consultant specializing in data analytics, assessment, and instruction of undergraduate courses

(embarassing qualifications for writing about SW gender disparitys lmfao

W. Carson Byrd is a sociologist focused on the intersections of race and racism, higher education, and scientific and knowledge production. He is a Senior Fellow-in-Residence in the National Center for Institutional Diversity at the University of Michigan.

ULTIMATE CRINGE

thanks for the entertainment tho you disney loving faggot sjw retards 🙃

well of course the Jedi are inappropriate for the sjws. The Jedi are slow to anger, and generally remain calm. Meanwhile sjws froth at the mouth over nothing.

Wut.

This is a wholly normative article.

• Assuming social justice is a goal (and of course the definitions of, "social", "justice" and "social justice" may themselves vary or be disputed

• Assuming it is desirable to be, or adopt mascots, or that mascots for same are virtuous

• Presenting measurable attributes as ideologically undesirable

This is clearly ideological but what has it got to do with science?