Quote Originally Posted by dkrook View Post
Why do I sometimes get the same vibe with all the more powerful black male mutants? We get teased that Synch and Darwin are important and being used for important mission, while Bishop is picked up and put on team. We see these moves made to give service to diversity, just to see all 3 pushed to the side and forgotten. I can't wait to see how Bishop's role changes when Avita starts writing this book.
Because for some people (including, if not especially, certain black people) empty lip service to diversity is as good as the real thing. The X-Men has always been a franchise primarily about attractive white mutants dealing with oppression in clear attempts to associate their struggle with that of black Americans. All while failing on multiple levels to actually include said black folks in the narrative in a substantial way.

It's the white liberal equivalent of supporting BLM then proceeding to clutch their purse tighter whenever a black male walks by. For many if not most X-fans (including the black ones), Synch getting an appearance in one issue of X-Men is enough. Bishop getting promoted to Red Bishop is great character development and should be lauded.

Creators and fans in comics by and large don't care about or are actively against diversity so the status quo of white characters having 90%+ of the relevance is maintained and defended. Sometimes even preemptively, so that whenever a black character even remotely gets focus people are quick to complain. Can you imagine if Bishop got as much focus as Kitty was getting in Marauders? All the bitching and moaning that would've come over this forum and others like it?