There is a horrifically disturbing so-called movie that hit the theaters on May 15, 2026. The writers/directors/producers had the audacity to call this piece of misdirected humor “Is God Is.” This movie is an anti‑Black narrative that portrays Black characters, Black women, and Black family structures in the most ignorant, disrespectful, unholy, and grotesque piece of so-called art ever.

Even though “Is God Is” is created by a Black woman and celebrated for its exploration of Black female rage, the imagery and narrative structure still reproduce patterns historically used to dehumanize Black people. It reinforces Anti-Melanated Tropes where Black life is synonymous with ignorance, brutality, trauma, and over-the-top rage. “I’m sure that it was not her intention.”

The core narrative is a violently dysfunctional Black family: a father who sets his wife and children on fire, a mother who commands her daughters to kill the father, and siblings shaped by trauma into instruments of revenge. They all lose in the end.

In this film, “Black Pain is treated as a Spectacle.” Again, the daughters are shaped into tools of vengeance rather than full human beings. The father is referred to as a monster, which is one of the oldest and most dangerous anti‑Black narrative patterns in Western media.

The film is almost entirely expressed through killing, violence, and obedience to their revengeful, dictatorial mother’s command. It echoes a trope where Black women are valued for toughness and a capacity for violence. There is nothing feminine, no softness, nor self-determination beyond trauma. The movie fits a long-standing list of anti-Black tropes: The Black man is depicted as inherently violent, predatory, and monstrous.

Let’s be clear: the definition of an anti-Black trope is a recurring stereotype, caricature, or narrative device used in media and culture that dehumanizes, diminishes, or marginalizes Black people. These tropes stem from a history of colonialism and slavery, reinforcing systemic prejudices by reducing complex individuals to one-dimensional clichés.

I am calling for a full boycott of the movie “Is God Is because”. It recycles anti‑Black tropes, exploits Black trauma for entertainment, and reinforces harmful narratives about Black families and Black womanhood/manhood. The Melanated communities deserve stories that honor our humility and humanity, not ones that distort it. I am certain that the movie director, Ms. Aleshea Harris, did not set out to intentionally offend her/our community. In my humble opinion, this move did just that.

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