It's more that they're another culture emulating black culture that makes them wiggers. They're technically not white either.

 

Some people definitely think so. Or else this controversy wouldn't have happened.

 

Once I saw a dude claiming that the proof they were black was "thick lips"

Turns out Sentinel Prime uses the same kind of robo-lip design as the twins!

 

No, they were not supposed to be racists. There were however, considered to be racially insensitive and/or offensive.

It's because they embody what is seen as a negative racial stereotype.

 

Too be fair most people who actually thought they were (racist) have moved on by now. It's only sections of the fandom who need to continue beating a deadhorse over this issue like the OP, most people have simply forgotten about the twins especially since DOTM came out.

 

What about Sentinel means he can't be black? Although being a traitor might not be the best portrayal...

 

Then why bother?

 

You tell me, you made this thread? It's been discussed a million times.

People keep blaming it on the Liberal lefties and the PC brigade, when the reality is they don't give a shit anymore and it's only the fandom who keep bitching about this.

 

I think those same people who thought they were racist thought the Dreads were going to be Rastafarian.

 

I'm black too, and I didn't see how they were racist either. In my first viewing of the movie I didn't see them as racist at all. They were stupid, but I didn't understand how the hell that was racist.

Hell, it's probably more racist saying they were racist and black stereotypes than the way they were acting in the movie itself, lol.

 

I thought that they were awesome. Not racist.

 

Thank you...

 

Wait, you mean they're not?

*stops making custom cy-spliff and Jamaican beenie hat for Crankcase*

 

Because the films must be defended from any and all criticism.

 

...No matter the cost...

*Transforms*

‪Touch by Stan Bush from the Transformers The Movie‬‏ - YouTube

 

Ha ha Ha Don't bring politics into this. I'm left leaning and I still think that the race card is brought up too much.

 

+1

 

They weren't, OP.

They were 'urban'. Slang, style, etc.

Many people think 'urban' and 'racial stereotype' was the same thing, and thought that Bay was racist and expressing his racism through them.

Instead of having them just be 'urban' - a sort of Jazz gone wrong.

 

Let it go.

Regardless the Twins are idiots full and through.