They're not in the MCU yet. Gonna be fascinating to see how they cast the X-Me- sorry, X-Persons.Mystique
Jean Grey
They're not in the MCU yet. Gonna be fascinating to see how they cast the X-Me- sorry, X-Persons.Mystique
Jean Grey
They're not in the MCU yet.
It can only be a matter of time before sportsmen start taking the knee for gingers as an oppressed minority.
With the **** show that is DC at the moment, I don't even think they could answer that question. As a DC fan, it's ******* depressing.Remember this is a movie for HBO MAX. They are also doing the Gotham P.D. show, so I wonder if Jeffrey Wright will be in both of these? Can you have technically 3 live action universes (CW, DCEU, The Batman) going on all at once?
Where is the "Kick a Ginger" Day again? Britain?
The DC sections are like a ghost town. It's sad.With the **** show that is DC at the moment, I don't even think they could answer that question. As a DC fan, it's ******* depressing.
And where are all the new non-white characters now? Oh that’s right, there aren’t any still. Geez. Whatcha gonna blame that one on?Really odd takes considering most comic book characters started out as white, because other races weren't considered worthy.
But again, these same people are the ones who don't want kids to be taught that Ku Klux Klan was bad, so I can understand the position, as morally bankrupt as it may be.
GINGER LIVES MATTERYeah, this is exactly the reaction I expected here when I saw the news.
I can already see the reactions in the thread when Hot Toys drops the teaser.
They could just make new characters. I have no issue with POC characters at all, what I take issue with is changing existing and established characters to tick a diversity box.Really odd takes considering most comic book characters started out as white, because other races weren't considered worthy.
But again, these same people are the ones who don't want kids to be taught that Ku Klux Klan was bad, so I can understand the position, as morally bankrupt as it may be.
That's a very blunt view. America was 90% white when most of the really popular superheroes(including Batgirl) were created.Really odd takes considering most comic book characters started out as white, because other races weren't considered worthy.
But again, these same people are the ones who don't want kids to be taught that Ku Klux Klan was bad, so I can understand the position, as morally bankrupt as it may be.
They could just make new characters. I have no issue with POC characters at all, what I take issue with is changing existing and established characters to tick a diversity box.
Marvel have a ton of non-white characters under their belt now.
Yep, here’s a list of the POC Marvel characters that I can think of, most of which have already been popularised (or soon will be) via either the MCU, Fox X-Men, animation, video games, etc.This is the crux of the matter.
I have long thought that simply changing the race of an established character merely piggy backs on the success of the white character.
In colonial studies this is very close to the idea of white patronage - that success is only gifted, and not earned through merit. That the non-white person is incapable of succeeding without external assistance.
I know it isn't easy to immediately establish mass popularity for a new character, but as you wrote there are numerous established non-white characters in popular culture that could be developed as well.
Yep, here’s a list of the POC Marvel characters that I can think of, most of which have already been popularised (or soon will be) via either the MCU, Fox X-Men, animation, video games, etc.
I’m sure there are PLENTY more that I don’t even know about, that could easily be brought into the spotlight via the MCU, no race bending required.
Falcon
Luke Cage
Jimmy Woo
Storm
Miles Morales
Blade
Ms Marvel
Misty Knight
Jubilee
Black Panther
Shuri
War Machine
Wong
Shang Chi
Bishop
The entire Dora Milaje
Pandering is the latest rage!
Just in the Spawn movie from 1997. Al's best friend who married his wife after he was killed was played by a white guy. Don't remember the actors name as I didn't care for the movie.Has a white male ever taken place of another gender or race of an established character?
Well that doesn't happen because part of the current push for diversity is based on a response to power structures, i.e. it's not a simple question of ***-for-tat race-switching, but meant to redress an imbalance.Has a white male ever taken place of another gender or race of an established character?
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