Idris Elbast võib saada esimene mustanahaline agent 007. See uudis pani mind muigama. Kas tõesti? Mis järgmiseks? Aga miks siin peatuda?  Miks mitte muuta ka tegelase seksuaalset orientatsiooni. Kas siis homoseksuaalne mees ei võiks kurjuse vastu võidelda? Kas tema ei saaks sellega hakkama? Ja miks on filmis Bondi-tüdrukud. Ammu oleks aeg nad ära keelata. Bikiinid ja seksikad kehad ja ahvatlusted. Fui. Diskrimineerimine. Ahistamine. Ära kasutamine. Me too, me too, me too.

Ma ei ole rassist. Mul ei ole absoluutselt mitte mingit probleemi inimeste usu ja seksuaalse hoiakuga, veel vähem nahavärviga.  Ma näen inimeses inimest. Alles hiljuti arutasime me endiste vahetusõpilastega, mis on Rotary vahetusõpilaste programmi eesmärk. Näha inimeses inimest ja mitte teha vahet – jõudsime me järeldusele. 16-aastaselt olime me kõik lihtsalt õpilased, meid ei huvitanud üksteise sotsiaalne staatus, rahvus, nahavärv, seksuaalsus. Me olime kõik ühesugused õpilased, kes olid vette visatud. Me hoidsime kokku, toetasime üksteist ja õppisime ujuma. Selle käigus õppisime me tundma üksteise hoiakuid, usundit, rahvust. Erinevad, ent samas sarnased. Samasuguste eeldustega. Võimalustega. Me õppisime mitte vahet tegema.

Aga et siis mustanahaline James Bond. Miks see mind muigama paneb? Kui erinevad ent samasugused. Samasuguste eelduste ja võimalustega.  Asi pole ei näitlejas, tema andes, tema sobilikkuses rolli, vaid poliitkorrektsuses, mis igast uksest ja aknast sisse pressib. Pipi neegrikuningast isa tuli ümber kirjutada,  perekond Ingalls muutus liiga stereotüüpseks,  Huckelberry Finn on rassistlik ja lastele sobimatu. Mustanahaline James Bond on ju selles poliitkorrektses jadas ühtepidi vaid loogiline jätk. Aga nii veider jätk. Kas tegelased ei peaks jääma selliseks nagu nad on autori poolt loodud? Või peavad nad ajas muutuma, et oleks poliitkorrektne?

Poliitkorrektsus tapab. Absurdsus tapab.

Kui ma õigesti mäletan siis mingil reklaamplakatil retušeeriti dalmaatsiakoeral pepu pealt väike must auk (saate ju aru küll, mis auk) ära, et ei olla sünnis lastefilmi reklaamis näidata.

//Idris Elba might become the first dark skinned 007 agent. That news made me smirk. Really? What’s next? And why stop here? Why not change the sexual orientation of the character? Isn’t a gay man able to fight evil? Wouldn’t he be capable of doing it? And why do we have only Bond-girls in the movie? It is high time to ban them – bikinis and sexy bodies and temptations. Iu. Discrimination. Harassing. Taking advantage. Me too, me too, me too.

I am not a racist. I have no problem with people’s religion or sexual orientation, even more with the color of their skin. I see person in person. Not so long ago were we discussing with the former exchange students what is the goal of Rotary student exchange program. To see person in person and not to differentiate was our conclusion. At the age of 16 we were all just students, we didn’t care about each other’s social status, nationality, skin color, sexual orientation. We were all students, equally thrown into the deep end. We stuck together, supported each other and learnt to swim. During that we also got to know our attitudes, religion, nation. Different, yet similar. With same assumptions and opportunities. We learnt not to differentiate.

So, black James Bond. Why did it make me smirk? How different yet so similar. Same assumptions and opportunities. It is not about the actor, his talent, his suitability to the role – it is about political correctness that seems to be pushed on us from each window and door. Pipi Longstocking had to be re-written, because of her father was a nigger king. The Ingalls family became too stereotypical. Huckleberry Finn is racist and inappropriate for children to read. Black James Bond seems only the logical continuation in this row of political correctness’. But so weird continuation. Shouldn’t the characters remain as they were initially created by the author? Or do they need to change in time to become politically correct?

Political correctness kills. Absurdity kills.

If I remember correctly, then there was an ad board where they retouched a little black hole of a Dalmatian on his butt (you understand which hole), so it would be okay to show in a commercial breaks of children’s movie