Minorities In Comics and Related Media

[KOSLOX]

Jessica Jones Has a Problem with How It Handles Race and Gender When Superpowers Are in the Mix
by Princess Weekes

https://www.themarysue.com/jessica-j...r-superpowers/

That article is on point.

[Osiris-Rex]

Jessica Jones Has a Problem with How It Handles Race and Gender When Superpowers Are in the Mix
by Princess Weekes

https://www.themarysue.com/jessica-j...r-superpowers/

As certain groups like to compare Jessica Jones with Supergirl, and Supergirl is viewed less favorably I have to say at least Supergirl treats POC with more dignity and respect.

[MasterOfMagnetism]

Does this have season 2 stuff in it?

Yes, the article is about season 2. Without giving away any spoilers it has to do with equating prejudice against real-life minorities with prejudice against fictitious super-powered minorities.

I'm a fan of the show overall but it does have a problem with portraying POC characters. It's also worth noting that Jessica Jones is still the only part of the MCU that consistently includes LGBT people, (although there is also Karolina Dean on Runaways, but I don't know if that counts as a part of the MCU.) but with that being said I want the show to get better at how it portrays LGBT people too.

[leo619]

As certain groups like to compare Jessica Jones with Supergirl, and Supergirl is viewed less favorably I have to say at least Supergirl treats POC with more dignity and respect.

Agreed, my only criticism with Supergirl really is how they handle the James and Supergirl relationship, you can't really put the two together when it comes to minority treatment. Jessica Jones definitely have some issues, Supergirl, eh not as much.

[Vic Vega]

Agreed, my only criticism with Supergirl really is how they handle the James and Supergirl relationship, you can't really put the two together when it comes to minority treatment. Jessica Jones definitely have some issues, Supergirl, eh not as much.

I don't really think Supergirl has a minority problem as much as it has a Jimmy Olsen problem.

He's a character without a role to play on the series. Winn Schott does most of the
traditional sidekick stuff. So they give Jimmy a romance with Supergirl so there's a point to him being there.

Then when that didn't work, they made him into a another costumed hero in a show where Super Girl and Martian Manhunter are regular characters.

[G. Boney]

https://twitter.com/DCComics/status/973514059005005824

I can't say I'm surprised about how people are reacting to this, but it does serve as further proof that the bigoted 'fans' on the Marvel side of things don't actually care about hero replacements or how good a book is, just that they hate any character that isn't a straight, white Cis-guy or a sexily drawn woman.

That said, I'm still waiting for a non-binary character from DC that isn't either support or an anti-villain, but an actual hero.

I don't see how that particular link points at marvel fans specifically. Seems to be bigoted dc fans in that case.

[Handsome men don't lose fights]

That article is on point.

Heh, Luke Cage went to jail for a year at the end of his season and he didn't pull half the **** that Jessica did in season 2. Seems almost meta in hindsight.

[leo619]

I don't really think Supergirl has a minority problem as much as it has a Jimmy Olsen problem.

He's a character without a role to play on the series. Winn Schott does most of the
traditional sidekick stuff. So they give Jimmy a romance with Supergirl so there's a point to him being there.

Then when that didn't work, they made him into a another costumed hero in a show where Super Girl and Martian Manhunter are regular characters.

Well the minority problem is associated of course with a black male being paired with a white lead character, which of course is a major no no in television.

With that said, he doesn't really need to be the tech guy or sidekick guy per say. There's nothing wrong with Jimmy's character essentially being the romantic partner as long as he's 3-dimensional and has his own things going as well. Him being a male lois lane per say is perfectly fine, it's when they took that away when it became a problem. Because now he's just there.

[Carabas]

Yes, the article is about season 2.

Thank you. I'll save it for later then.

[Assam]

Without giving away any spoilers it has to do with equating prejudice against real-life minorities with prejudice against fictitious super-powered minorities.

Not looking at the article since I haven't watched season 2 yet, but isn't that what the X-Men have been doing since the 70's?

(although there is also Karolina Dean on Runaways, but I don't know if that counts as a part of the MCU.)

Nico as well, although it isn't clear where this version of the character lands on the sexuality spectrum. And while it is completely disconnected, far as we know, it IS part of the MCU.

I don't see how that particular link points at marvel fans specifically. Seems to be bigoted dc fans in that case.

It's the same kind of people with the same BS and the same buzzwords.

[Handsome men don't lose fights]

Not looking at the article since I haven't watched season 2 yet, but isn't that what the X-Men have been doing since the 70's?

Yah. That's primarily why the X-Men suck. Speaking as a person of color, I'd rather be in Necron's Black Lantern corp, than any X-team. You'd get treated better.

[Anthony Shaw]

Yah. That's primarily why the X-Men suck. Speaking as a person of color, I'd rather be in Necron's Black Lantern corp, than any X-team. You'd get treated better.

It will probably be the creative folks at the MCU that make the X-Men cool again (provided the Fox deal goes through).

[MasterOfMagnetism]

Not looking at the article since I haven't watched season 2 yet, but isn't that what the X-Men have been doing since the 70's?

The article specifically starts talking about the X-Men and the infamous scenes with Kitty Pryde.

It will probably be the creative folks at the MCU that make the X-Men cool again (provided the Fox deal goes through).

Yeah, I used to like the X-Men movies but I've become completely bored and uninterested in the series. Disney/Marvel might make some good X-Men movies if/when they get the rights but at this point having openly gay characters is the only thing that would make me get hyped for an X-Men movie.

[Assam]

Yah. That's primarily why the X-Men suck. Speaking as a person of color, I'd rather be in Necron's Black Lantern corp, than any X-team. You'd get treated better.

Really, the comparison never made sense to begin with. You can't compare people of color, or in the case of the Bryan Singer films LGBT people, to people who can wipe out entire cities or in a few cases, all of humanity. Nor did it ever really make sense that this prejudice would exist in the Marvel universe.

[KOSLOX]

Really, the comparison never made sense to begin with. You can't compare people of color, or in the case of the Bryan Singer films LGBT people, to people who can wipe out entire cities or in a few cases, all of humanity. Nor did it ever really make sense that this prejudice would make sense in the Marvel universe.

Especially since we KNOW metas in the MU were able to operate relatively freely (see Invaders, Marvels Project, Mystery Men, The Twelve) with notable exceptions for people like Isiah Bradley and Blue Marvel.

It wasn't their powers that were the issue.