I like Marc’s take on having exposure/ interest in cultures or things that don’t align with whatever silly stereotypes there still are about your race, gender, class. It creates empathy and connection to other people. I grew up on the same block as a mosque and would always skate and climb trees with the kids there on Fridays. Never had a problem relating to people who were different than me in stories as long as the story was interesting.
There's tonnes of black characters though. There's even muslim characters in comics now. I rarely find anyone from my etnicity or country. I do agree I would like to see some characters of my ethnicity but don't want them to be forced but rather a character which is actually needed.
I grew up watching Bruce Lee and Eddie Murphy as child. I wanted to be Both of those guys as a kid. Their Race had nothing to do with how I saw myself in their characters...
I agree, actually one of my favourite characters as a kid was the black sergeant from Aliens. Didn't see the movie, didn't realize he didn't last so long or play much of a role, thought he looked cool with his cigar and shit. Whatever. Your story and my story don't tell THE story, they tell our versions of our stories, those are anecdotes, not significant pools that we could use to do a statistical analysis. One person gets hit by lightning, does that meaning the math will say it is likely everyone will? Only if you keep the study limited to that small sample pool of the one guy. And as a Canadian, we do get happy when we can list off all the awesome Canadians that are dominating American markets in music, comedy, film, TV, sports, etc. Pride and patriotism goes into that shit. I work at Home Depot, for Christmas we sell dancing Santas. Last year we had black ones as well as the white ones we normally sold. There are a bunch of kids that are happier because they got a dancing Santa that looks more like them than me. I find that awesome. Never mind that Saint Nicholas was probably Asiatic Greek and looked more like Osama. Btw, fun fact, Osama is the name of a horrible monster of a Middle Eastern man that murdered a bunch of people, but is also the Ainu word for poop, just put that together, been reading manga about Ainu. Probably the name of a lot of other not horrible people too, but that is besides the point.
I get it, but my question is..why is it up to "They" to create comics about African Americans? If you don't see what you think should be there, be the person who puts it there. In other words, be the change you want to see.
comics are supposed to be fantasy anyway. When you're ten you probably don't know yourself; so why would you expect to see yourself in a comic? I always wanted to see somebody else, and to actually BE somebody else. A fantasy.
Yeah, but that fantasy works better when it is relatable. Part of suspension of disbelief. If it makes no sense, is totally unbelievable and doesn't get you, then you just think it is bullshit and you don't have THAT fantasy, it is not a fantasy to you, it is someone else's fantasy.
God he's smart, I'd listen to him monologue on just about anything.
Agreed!
When you realize Kevin Smith is the Watson.
The very stoned Watson.
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I like Marc’s take on having exposure/ interest in cultures or things that don’t align with whatever silly stereotypes there still are about your race, gender, class. It creates empathy and connection to other people. I grew up on the same block as a mosque and would always skate and climb trees with the kids there on Fridays. Never had a problem relating to people who were different than me in stories as long as the story was interesting.
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Such great delivery
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There's tonnes of black characters though.
There's even muslim characters in comics now. I rarely find anyone from my etnicity or country.
I do agree I would like to see some characters of my ethnicity but don't want them to be forced but rather a character which is actually needed.
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I grew up watching Bruce Lee and Eddie Murphy as child. I wanted to be Both of those guys as a kid.
Their Race had nothing to do with how I saw myself in their characters...
White Noise I don't think you understand what he's saying.
I agree, actually one of my favourite characters as a kid was the black sergeant from Aliens. Didn't see the movie, didn't realize he didn't last so long or play much of a role, thought he looked cool with his cigar and shit. Whatever. Your story and my story don't tell THE story, they tell our versions of our stories, those are anecdotes, not significant pools that we could use to do a statistical analysis. One person gets hit by lightning, does that meaning the math will say it is likely everyone will? Only if you keep the study limited to that small sample pool of the one guy. And as a Canadian, we do get happy when we can list off all the awesome Canadians that are dominating American markets in music, comedy, film, TV, sports, etc. Pride and patriotism goes into that shit.
I work at Home Depot, for Christmas we sell dancing Santas. Last year we had black ones as well as the white ones we normally sold. There are a bunch of kids that are happier because they got a dancing Santa that looks more like them than me. I find that awesome. Never mind that Saint Nicholas was probably Asiatic Greek and looked more like Osama. Btw, fun fact, Osama is the name of a horrible monster of a Middle Eastern man that murdered a bunch of people, but is also the Ainu word for poop, just put that together, been reading manga about Ainu. Probably the name of a lot of other not horrible people too, but that is besides the point.
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I get it, but my question is..why is it up to "They" to create comics about African Americans? If you don't see what you think should be there, be the person who puts it there. In other words, be the change you want to see.
comics are supposed to be fantasy anyway. When you're ten you probably don't know yourself; so why would you expect to see yourself in a comic? I always wanted to see somebody else, and to actually BE somebody else. A fantasy.
Yeah, but that fantasy works better when it is relatable. Part of suspension of disbelief. If it makes no sense, is totally unbelievable and doesn't get you, then you just think it is bullshit and you don't have THAT fantasy, it is not a fantasy to you, it is someone else's fantasy.