soundscream
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"What If Only Black People Had Superpowers?" - Comic Kickstarter for "BLACK"
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Superman is real and he is my friend.
Agreed.
I'd actually be tempted to KS this (I have yet to back anything), but the $50 physical reward doesn't ship outside of the US.
Is this super hero cosplay then?
Black History Month already off to a good start.
Byronic Hero
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This looks interesting though, I like the concept. It's similar to an idea for a story I had a couple of years ago. I'll definitely check this out when/if it happens.
It still endorses segregation and double standards imo, but hey I'm also with Morgan Freeman on Black History Month:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeixtYS-P3s
Angelus Errare
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Those pesky negroes and their double standards.
How the shit does a comic book marketed towards a specific demographic encourage segregation.
Is Static Shock, as a character, encouraging segregation? Is Black Panther encouraging segregation?
Just because it doesn't put the white folx in the starring role doesn't mean it encourages segregation. Jesus christ. Not to mention that this has a ton of potential for interesting themes and ideas.
I would think the point of the project is to address the issue, not support it.
j_k_redtail
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soundscream
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How are you still here? You do nothing but post ignorant shit, and don't listen when people tell you why it's ignorant.
So we could watch him take a shit on this and prevent any sort of growth for the characters?
Mass_Pincup
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But you have to understand, if he's black they can't relate.
CheekiBreeky
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Ugh just...ugh. I can't even
I'm not an American I don't feel like I owe black people anything because many white people are racist. For me everyone is equal and nothing justifies double standards.
Angelus Errare
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Comics that target the white male demographic = The last 50+ years of the comicbook industry. If blacks ask for better representation and more characters, or a black character takes up the mantle of a white character, they're told to make their own comics instead.
Which leads to...
Comics that target the black demographic = Supporting segregation and double standards, and whataboutisms.
America
Which leads to...
Comics that target the black demographic = Supporting segregation and double standards, and whataboutisms.
America
It's not a double standard though. There are tons of fictional worlds that focus on white characters. Even a previous comic imprint that focused on minority characters, Milestone, had plenty of white characters. It just had the bulk of titles and teams starring black characters.
If having a series of stories that focuses on one race is segregation then every book store is damn near the Jim Crow south.
Edit: 3/6 of the characters teased on the Kickstarter are white.
Nah, the dude is European. So it's more like Europe. In this thread, at least.
Concept is super interesting and I might back it later on, but why is there only 1 (white?) female character out of 6? Because they talk about underrepresentation in that video it seems like an oversight not to have e.g. Black female main character(s)? I apologize if I missed something.
Anyway, just an observation and the project has my support.
Anyway, just an observation and the project has my support.
You stand with a rich hollywood star whose reality is so disconnected from your average black person living in America that he is unable to see why Black History Month should exist?
Mass_Pincup
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Which double standard are you even talking about?
Angelus Errare
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And black people don't owe you or anyone else shit either.
electroshockwave
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Yeah, and what about mixed race people? Is the one drop rule in effect for superpowers?
Edit: Maybe a supervillain could be somebody with black heritage but racist beliefs. When their powers awaken they can't deal with the idea of their black ancestry and grow into a villain because of it.
Then don't read or support the book?
Just because you live in your own delusional world doesn't mean everyone else does.
This can't be real
Captin Quacker
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#alllivesmatter
There are villains throughout comics that have no superpowers at all, right?
make a show where white people are genetically superior (e.g. they have super powers, black people do not) and it's racist.
May my boy Dwayne McDuffie rest in peace. God bless that man.Man you dudes must have hated Milestone
Aaronology
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Preach, etc.
soundscream
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What is the double standard? You are completely missing the point of the comic,. Others have explained it yet it's like talking to a brick wall. You don't want to engage in a discussion you just want to spew out your bull shit in thread after thread.
Then you post a clip from KING OF THE NEGROS Morgan Freeman to try and support your crap arguments because if one Black person said it, it must go for all black people.
Angelus Errare
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I would imagine so, I mean when was the last time anyone ever called Obama a "white man"?
Mass_Pincup
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Which show are you talking about? What superhero show/comic/book/whatever where a white person is a superhero get called racist?
So 95% of superhero media?
The only thing that upsets me about those covers is the phrase "First Issue Collector's Item".
wtf are you saying? I just said I have the same opinion on the matter, not that it must go for all black people.
name one show where race defines if you have powers or not.
Angelus Errare
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Clearly you want it to go for all black people why else would you quote a black person on the subject and not a random white person?
j_k_redtail
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Ah, the allegation of a double standard - the refuge of a mind with no concept of context.
Someone brought up Black Panther supporting segregation. Its not really quite the case but aren't the Wakandans isolated from the rest of the world of their own doing and really only care about their own well being? Haven't they sort of segregated the rest of the world from themselves, other black folk not from Wakanda included?
Though maybe segregation isn't the best word but perhaps isolation?
Though maybe segregation isn't the best word but perhaps isolation?
GamingOblivion
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Wouldn't this give people an excuse to hunt and kill them, or at the very least discriminate against them?
It's not exactly like mutants are loved in the X-men series, but now they're all black
It's not exactly like mutants are loved in the X-men series, but now they're all black
Stumpokapow
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You seem to be saying you'd be OK with a comic where only black characters happen to be heroes, but not OK with a comic where only black characters are heroes.
Aaronology
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SillyEskimo
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They saw a hole in the market and are filling it. Good for them.
Somehow I don't believe you.
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