>https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/10-things-we-learned-ta-nehisi-coates-black-panther-w517210
>Personally, Boseman also identifies more with the villain.
>An African-American born in South Carolina, Boseman said that much like Killmonger, he felt a sense of disconnect from Africa and its history. He himself said he went on a search for his heritage and said he personally identifies more with Jordan's character. "Killmonger has been through our struggle," he told the audience. "We [as an audience] wouldn't accept T'Challa as the true king without him going through Killmonger."
>https://www.theverge.com/2018/2/28/17063218/chadwick-boseman-tchalla-enemy-black-panther
>Chadwick Boseman says T’Challa is the enemy in Black Panther
>There have been media takes discussing how Black Panther protagonist T’Challa sends a bleak message to black viewers by killing his rival. The message, some critics say, is that black liberation is only a dream, and only obedient, peaceful folks can expect tolerance and survival. In this reading of the film, that makes T’Challa the enemy. And Chadwick Boseman, the actor who plays T’Challa, agrees.
>“I actually am the enemy,” he says during a discussion with castmate Lupita Nyong’o and Marvel comics writer and journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates at Harlem’s Apollo Theater on Tuesday. (The comments were transcribed and reported by The Atlantic and Rolling Stone.) “It’s the enemy I’ve always known. It’s power. It’s having privilege.” He characterizes T’Challa as “born with a vibranium spoon in my mouth.”
>Personally, Boseman also identifies more with the villain.
>An African-American born in South Carolina, Boseman said that much like Killmonger, he felt a sense of disconnect from Africa and its history. He himself said he went on a search for his heritage and said he personally identifies more with Jordan's character. "Killmonger has been through our struggle," he told the audience. "We [as an audience] wouldn't accept T'Challa as the true king without him going through Killmonger."
>https://www.theverge.com/2018/2/28/17063218/chadwick-boseman-tchalla-enemy-black-panther
>Chadwick Boseman says T’Challa is the enemy in Black Panther
>There have been media takes discussing how Black Panther protagonist T’Challa sends a bleak message to black viewers by killing his rival. The message, some critics say, is that black liberation is only a dream, and only obedient, peaceful folks can expect tolerance and survival. In this reading of the film, that makes T’Challa the enemy. And Chadwick Boseman, the actor who plays T’Challa, agrees.
>“I actually am the enemy,” he says during a discussion with castmate Lupita Nyong’o and Marvel comics writer and journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates at Harlem’s Apollo Theater on Tuesday. (The comments were transcribed and reported by The Atlantic and Rolling Stone.) “It’s the enemy I’ve always known. It’s power. It’s having privilege.” He characterizes T’Challa as “born with a vibranium spoon in my mouth.”
