Anna Diop, who is the woman that plays Starfire, is not African American.
She is Senegalese.
She was born and raised in Senegal which is a country in West Africa.
The Atlantic archipelago, Cape Verde is located of its coast.
It was a Portuguese colony until 1975 , and then it became an independent African nation.
I have ancestry from there.
Most Africans that the Portuguese imported into Cape Verde were more likely to have been Senegalese.
Originally, Starfire had golden skin that was chalked up to being a Mediterranean Tan and auburn hair. Her father had auburn hair, and her mother had red hair.
In some comics, Starfire even had brown hair to go with her golden skin.
Later on, Starfire had orange skin and red hair and sometimes even orange hair.
The woman that plays Starfire is not African American.
She's Senegalese.
I created a thread about Dick Grayson/Nightwing and Koriand'r/Starfire. It is to acknowledge and honor their iconic and popular relationship.
I created a fan page about Peter Parker/Spider-Man and Mary Jane Watson. This page is for all the Spider-Marriage fans.
Different covers have Jean in different costumes, so who knows what she’ll actually be in.
Jean is one of five X-Men included in the Marvel 80th Anniversary frame variants (with the other X-Men being Cyclops, Wolverine, Storm, and Rogue).
Cyclops standing next to Scarlet Witch is heresy.