"Thor" Opens In Utah Theaters, But Council Of Conservative Citizens Leading Boycott Against It Because A Black Actor Plays Heimdall

The highly touted movie "Thor", rated PG-13. has finally opened in various theaters around the Beehive State; a complete list of locations and showtimes is available from the KSL Channel 5 website. And in case you're not sure if it's worth watching, two local media outlets have provided reviews of the movie.

The plot in a nutshell: As the son of Odin (Anthony Hopkins), the king of the Norse gods, Thor (Chris Hemsworth) is soon to inherit the throne of Asgard from his aging father. However, on the day that he is to be crowned, Thor reacts with brutality when the gods' enemies, the Frost Giants, enter the palace in violation of their treaty. As punishment, Odin banishes Thor to Earth. While Loki (Tom Hiddleston), Thor's brother, plots mischief in Asgard, Thor, now stripped of his powers, faces his greatest threat yet.

The first review is provided by KSL's Doug Wright. He's obviously impressed; he writes, "This is one of my favorite movies so far this year. Everything works, and that's in no small part due to the direction of Branagh. Hemsworth delivers an evolving character that charms; Portman is incapable of a mediocre performance and Hopkins is, well, he's Sir Anthony and that says it all". He awards it 3 1/2 stars. KSL news video embedded below:

Video Courtesy of KSL.com

A much more detailed and thoughtful second review was published by Scott Renshaw in the Salt Lake City Weekly. Less effusive than Dough Wright in his praise, he characterizes the movie as "one of a kind". Kershaw writes, "So you will get three big action set pieces. You will get a Stan Lee cameo appearance. You will get a few insider details for the comic-book nerds to geek out over. This is the way of things, and fighting it would be like trying to arm-wrestle the Hulk".

Yet neither reviewer mentioned one of the more significant characters of the movie -- Heimdall. In the story, Heimdall is the brother of the warrior Sif. He is the all-seeing and all-hearing guardian sentry of Asgard, he stands on the rainbow bridge, Bifrost and stands watch for any attacks to Asgard. Not an insignificant character. Yet there's no mention of him in either review.

Playing the role of Heimdall in Thor is Idris Elba. A black man playing the role of a Norse god.

And that got the dander of the Council of Conservative Citizens up back in December 2010. This is because blacks are not indigenous to Scandinavia, thus they could not have been Norse gods (had there been such entities). So to choose a black man to play Heimdall would be much like choosing David Duke to play the title role in a movie about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., or like selecting Ed Decker to play the title role in a movie about the Prophet Joseph Smith. It simply does not fit -- unless one is doing a parody. When the controversy first flared, Idris Elba said it is justified for the studio to cast a black man as a Norse God because “Elizabeth Taylor played Cleopatra”; some historical revisionists claim Cleopatra was actually black. But the “Cleopatra was a black woman” story is actually a flimsy myth put forth by the Nation of Islam and other radical black power groups; Cleopatra was a Macedonian Greek as shown in these illustrations.

So the CofCC organized the Boycott Thor campaign. They want to keep social engineering out of European mythology; they've pledged to boycott the movie because of its insulting corruption of Germanic mythology to promote a left-wing political agenda on race. In their FAQ, Boycott Thor assures us that they object just as much to white actors playing the roles of non-whites in movies; the issue is historical accuracy and context.

The CofCC also notes that a book entitled "Hollywood in Blackface" is being released coincident with the release of Thor. The book's premise is that filmmakers skillfully manipulate character and dialogue, conflict and action, in ways that allow them to cast positive and negative images; in so doing, filmmakers profoundly shape the perceptions their audiences hold of different racial groups which they, the audience, rarely encounter in real life. Occidental Dissent also explores the broader trend of anti-white racial films produced by Hollywood.

Perhaps the Heimdall issue would have remained anecdotal had it not been for the tendency by the Left to play the race card so much in other aspects of society and blame Whitey for all the sins of the world, past, present, and future. The Boycott Thor campaign sends a message to the Left that turnabout is fair play, and that we can hoist them upon their own petard of political correctness.

GAO Report Reveals 68 Percent Of All SCAAP Criminal Illegal Aliens In U.S. Prisons Are From Mexico; Total Federal Costs Around $1.6 Billion

The chart above says it all. Extracted from page 9 of a General Accounting Office report entitled "CRIMINAL ALIEN STATISTICS: Information on Incarcerations, Arrests, and Costs", it shows that 68 percent of all SCAAP criminal aliens incarcerated in American Federal prisons are from Mexico. This disproportionality is not just restricted to the Federal level; a separate chart on page 13 shows that 66 percent of criminal aliens in state prisons are from Mexico, and another chart on page 15 shows 70 percent in local jails.

SCAAP is the acronymn for State Criminal Alien Assistance Program; the significance of the distinction, as explained on page 63 of the report, is that the GAO report does not reflect all criminal aliens incarcerated in the United States, since submission to the SCAAP program for reimbursement is voluntary. Consequently, not all state prison systems and local jails will be included.

-- Read the entire 65-page report HERE (may take about three minutes to download via DSL).
-- Read the one-page GAO Highlights Report HERE.

Apologists for Mexico will immediately seize upon Mexico' proximity to the United States via a lengthy shared border as the explanation for the disproportionality. And yes, it's true that Mexico shares a lengthy border with us. So does Canada, but if you look back at the graph posted above, you'll note NO SEPARATE ENTRY for Canada. Canada is lumped in with the remaining 172 countries that together comprise 10 percent of the criminal alien population. Thus Canada's share alone can be assumed to be less than one percent.

Think about it. Both Mexico and Canada share borders with the United States. Yet while 68 percent of illegal aliens in prison are Mexican, less than one percent are Canadian. Even accounting for the fact that there's more poverty and violence in Mexico than in Canada, that's still disproportionate.

The report also contains information stratified by state. On page 12 of the report, mouse the cursor over the state of interest to determine the trend. You'll note that the one-year trend in several states, to include Ohio, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Utah, is sharply rising. On page 63, you'll find the specific numbers; the number of criminal aliens in Utah's jails and prisons skyrocketed from 2,018 in 2008 to 3,438 in 2009.

How much does this cost us? On page 34, the GAO estimates a total cost of incarceration in federal prisons and SCAAP reimbursements to states and localities to be $1.6 billion in 2009. Page 37 shows incarceration in state prisons to cost $1.1 billion in 2009, up 56 percent from 2003 (this represents a combined federal-state prison cost of $2.7 billion). Furthermore, they estimate the aggregate operating costs (i.e., correctional officer salaries, medical care, food service, and utilities) associated with incarcerating criminal aliens in our state prison systems has totaled $7 billion from FY 2003 through FY 2009. Based on available appropriations, states were reimbursed for only about $1.6 billion of the $7 billion, about 23 percent of the costs. Of course, whether it's paid for by the state or reimbursed by the Feds, the common original source of the funds is Mr. and Ms. John Q. Taxpayer.

The report was in response to an inquiry by Rep. Steve King (R-IA), who is an immigration hawk. Rep. King is using the study to back his push for a fence and a wall that would run along the U.S.-Mexico border as a way to stop people from coming into the country illegally. Rep. King sits on the House Judiciary Committee’s Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security & International Law subcommittee.

A Google news search did not reveal a whole lot of media interest in this story. Outlets publishing reports included The New American, the Washington Times, which noted that one of every four inmates in federal prisons is an illegal immigrant, The Hill, and the BBC. Also weighing in on the report was the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS), and the American Third Position Party,