Exactly. I mean, if they did Static Shock but they made him white, wouldn't that be racist? Why is it okay to change a white character into a black character, then?
Oh, sure, I'm sure there's all sorts of arguments about how "White kids have plenty of white heroes to idolize, can't you give one of them to the black kids?" Setting aside the fantastically racist idea that you can only look up to someone of your own race, this argument still offers up a plethora of insulting meanings.
"It's okay to take stuff from white kids/people and give it to black kids/people." "Things about the character are lost when they're changed from black to white, but nothing is lost when changed from white to black, because white people have no cultural identity. (Except racism.)" "Superhero fiction requires affirmative action."
>>Would it not be fine if instead of trying to make Spider-Man younger with sluts and the Devil and idiocy, they just retired Peter Parker and gave him a legacy character who was black or Chinese or Hispanic, and actually young?
Arana would like to say hi from shuffled-into-supporting-character-land, Peter.
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Date: 2010-06-03 01:47 pm (UTC)Oh, sure, I'm sure there's all sorts of arguments about how "White kids have plenty of white heroes to idolize, can't you give one of them to the black kids?" Setting aside the fantastically racist idea that you can only look up to someone of your own race, this argument still offers up a plethora of insulting meanings.
"It's okay to take stuff from white kids/people and give it to black kids/people." "Things about the character are lost when they're changed from black to white, but nothing is lost when changed from white to black, because white people have no cultural identity. (Except racism.)" "Superhero fiction requires affirmative action."
>>Would it not be fine if instead of trying to make Spider-Man younger with sluts and the Devil and idiocy, they just retired Peter Parker and gave him a legacy character who was black or Chinese or Hispanic, and actually young?
Arana would like to say hi from shuffled-into-supporting-character-land, Peter.