The whiteness of Superman

[Lex Luthor]

I think the public image of the great patriarch here to promote the american way is undeniably tied to white supremacy BUT that hasn't always been superman and I think there is a better argument for him being a critique of white supremacy and a fighter of the oppressed than the other way around even in bvs he very much paralleled the issues of immigration in such a way that critiqued white supremacist/nationalist ideas as he was the one who embodies humanity and the jaded fearful batman learned from. You probably have a better case making this argument with batman either way tho this reads like reactionary with very little insight into the character she's critiquing and ultimately offers nothing at least nothing that probably hasn't been said before by better writers

[Lax]

http://www.mtv.com/news/2889320/supe...-american-way/

what are your thoughts on this....

This article is nothing but hatred toward white men.

[Lax]

He was funny as hell but he wasn't a teddy bear.

Indeed.



Sources: https://board.freedomainradio.com/to...-muhammad-ali/

[Patrick Gerard]

i want to say things like critical race theory and the concept of whiteness are legitimate concepts that we have to have discussions about

however i don't know if superman fits that mold

I think there's probably a deeper dialogue you could have about Superman and "passing for white" but it's a hard fit for a topic in a monthly adventure strip and would work better in a prestige format, mature readers book, probably with input from actual creators of color.

[mace11]

Just doing a literal "black Superman" would be a mistake,

DC has had a number of black supermen over the years.
The most well known is president superman and the newest one,val-zod from the earth 2 comics.