When it comes to superheroes, black superheroes are automatically racialized, i.e — the Black Panther, while whiteness is normalized. The cultural gatekeeping of race and representation can be seen across all forms of comics, whether we are talking about comic strips, comic books or graphic novels. Still today, we see a very small percentage of black writers at DC and Marvel and there is still a problem with diversity as opposed to inclusion. Adding a minority character is “diversity”; however, [integration of] a superhero or character into the plot as more than a sidekick is inclusion.
Posted on: Sat, 20 Sep 2014 15:03:55 +0000
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