Originally Posted by
garazza
When did I advocate for harassing creators? Pointing out that putting Damian in a suicide vest isn't harassment, but pointing out that Damian should be colored brown is harassment? I don't get that.
Gleb successfully colored Damian correctly when he colored the first issue, but penciling, inking, and coloring a comic is a lot of work for one person, so the second issue was done by someone else and they colored Damian as white. I doubt the new colorist was directed by the higher ups to color him as white. The most likely answer is that, unlike Gleb, the new colorist is unaware of the implicit bias to color characters not explicitly stated otherwise as white. Pointing out to them that it would be great if they could continue doing what Gleb was doing is not harassment. What would be harassment is if they were accused of being racist for coloring him white and not brown and bombarding their social media with those false accusations until they were forced to leave.
As an American, I can say that a lot people here don't know what whitewashing is. Just because we know what it is doesn't mean everyone else does. For a lot people, racism is seen as being mean to people of color and not a complex system of oppression that permeates all facets of life. Do you think all creators are aware of the intricacies of racism manifests itself in art and pop culture, such as whitewashing? Some are, and some aren't. Some may know a little bit, some may know a lot, and some may not be aware at all about how it manifests. Being proactive in spreading awareness of how little acts like how a character's skin is colored or how they act or how they are treated is important and should not be diminished.
Glass wasn't fired for his little stunt, but Meyers was fired for being respectful and proactive. That is racism, but not the only way that racism is present in comics.
The fact that there are those on the inside that are trying to be a positive force for change but are thwarted by a racist company shows that we should be supporting those individuals while also trying to convert others that would potentially be sympathetic to that cause. WB/DC can be changed from within just as much as it can from without. If there is enough internal support within a company, the company can’t fire all of them, but right now the number small, so it’s risky, but that doesn’t mean it shouldn’t be attempted at all. Meyers being retaliated against should not be a sign to give up and stop trying to inform creators. It should be a reminder this is going to be a long and hard process with no easy answers or solutions, but trying something is better than not trying at all.
But apparently I’m in the minority here and I’m not capable of giving thorough and thoughtful explanations for why and how racism in comics should be addressed, so I’ll stop here.