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Prominent Black Lives Matter activist DeRay Mckessonsaccusations of racism againstthe creators of the upcoming film War for the Planet of the Apes quickly backfired Monday night.

In two since-deleted tweets, Mckesson slammed the movies creators for dehumanizing him and associating black people with apes. The indictment from the liberalprotester came in response to a new poster for the movie, which depicts one of the apes wearing a blue vest.

Mckesson and some other social media users assumed the vest must bea veiled reference to the Black Lives Matter leader, who is known for donningsimilar outerwear.

Another Twitter user, who describes himself as a black activist, said white supremacy is so deeply complicit in the movies America sees.

Mckesson, apparently offended at the perceived slight against his efforts as a progressive activist, shot off two tweets disparaging the summer blockbusters creators for their lack of consciousness.

Given the history of rendering black people as apes, Im offended & appalled by the lack of consciousness in Hollywood. #PlanetOfTheApes, Mckesson wrote. In associating black people w/ apes, active work is being done to perpetuate the dehumanization of black ppl in mass media.

It didnt take long for Twitter users even those friendly to the Black Lives Matter movement to suggest that accusing the movies creators of mocking Mckesson might be a bit of a stretch.

In fact, a simple YouTube search reveals that many of the apes in the original 1968 Planet of the Apes movie wore blue vests. This latest iteration of the film franchise is likely nothing more than a reference to the original movie.

Robby Starbuck, a Hollywood producer and director, was quick to point out that fact in a series of tweets.

Starbuck wenton to write: Theres some serious narcissism involved in assuming a film w/ hundreds of millions at stake would think about how they might offend DeRay.

If Mckessons claims are accurate, the Planet of the Apes franchise must have started mocking the activist all the way back in 1968, which was 17 years before he was born in 1985 and 45 years before the Black Lives Matter movement started in 2013.

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