Originally Posted by
Gitagon
A mixed race dude who clearly leans more on the white side in terms of features and skin color is suddenly black when he is cast as Tim Drake. Is it really that hard for Americans to let go of the one drop rule.
Anyway, I'm team Duke too. No need to racebend these characters when all media clearly does not reflect that.
Even for Iris, she's black in the TV show and movies but still her original race in the comics. Same for Aquaman, Momoa is actually half-white and is biracial so you would think it would be easier to pull that off in the comics. But again, the one drop rule only works in one direction and Aquaman has to be "pure" white for some reason otherwise people will start saying he was race-bent. While Momoa's version is only recognized as Polynesian despite being half white both for the actor and character in the DCEU. Basically, DC can't even let comic Aquaman be 50% white, he must be 100% Aryan, or else! And this is all despite a billion dollar film. They copied Momoa's tattoo though but tossed any actual authenticity out the window.
So personally, I just prefer actual POC characters being adapted on the big screen. Not characters whose onscreen look will never be represented on the page.