Originally Posted by
Sutekh
And yet, as a white dude, I don't find the kids who inherit sole control of billion-dollar companies (Wayne, Stark, Danny Rand, etc.) to be all that relatable, no matter how white or male they are. Ditto the aliens (Superman) or Norse gods (Thor) or WW2-era super-soldiers (Cap) or alien space cops who might be reincarnated Egyptian royalty (WTFman).
I always felt it was more of an excuse than anything. I could read and enjoy stories about Martian Manhunter, or Shadow Lass or Machine Man or Donald Duck or Casper the Friendly Ghost, and it never really mattered that they weren't white dudes. It feels explicitly pandering to white fear to not have showcased more black heroes back in the day, because white dudes don't feel threatened by imaginary aliens or robots or anthopomorphic animals the way they do around black men.