Unintentionally Racist Concepts

Originally posted by roughrider
It can mean the same thing as 'patronizing' or just being naive, or well intentioned. The Lois Lane issue was well intentioned, as an example.

Originally posted by Deadline
Sure there is, its just ignorance.

Thats probably how some Americans view it. "Nothing really happens in Canada..meh."

Answer to both: Racism exists, it just doesn't click as all that inmoral when you ignore or when you use "positive racism", is still racist. Not all kinds of racism answer to slavery, klukluxclan, apartheid, israelo-palestinien or tribe wars; there are simply many kind of racism. Most of them are still injustified.

(Ignorance could be a fair justification but wouldn't make it less racist)

Originally posted by Bentley
Answer to both: Racism exists, it just doesn't click as all that inmoral when you ignore or when you use "positive racism", is still racist. Not all kinds of racism answer to slavery, klukluxclan, apartheid, israelo-palestinien or tribe wars; there are simply many kind of racism. Most of them are still injustified.

(Ignorance could be a fair justification but wouldn't make it less racist)

Its still unitentional racism and that doesn't make a person bad.

How about Latveria, presumably an european country, comes to africa and rapes Wakanda for natural resources. Doom overthrows the goverment, establishes his own puppet leader and procedes to strip away wakanda's natural resources. Kinda hope it happened by accident and it wasn't an intentional colonialism allegory.

If you wanna go there, you can assert that the entire premise of X-Men/mutants is social commentary on race relations.

Originally posted by Deadline
Its still unitentional racism and that doesn't make a person bad.

Glad we agree that racism isn't necesarily evil.

Originally posted by Naija boy
No what i just pulled was the "Im black and clearly not a hater of my own race so take ur pretentious and hypocritical political correctness regarding racism and shove it up ur ass" card 🙂

Seriously the effrontery of some people is bewildering. I dont want to see a black spiderman because........spiderman in the comics isnt freakin black, he is white. Thats how he has been throughout his history and how he will remain. There is absolutely nothing wrong with that. Attempting to deliberately change his race in order to "accomodate" the minority is not a sign of racial acceptance. It instead just elevates the issue of race to a position it never previously held.

Ive seen u make retarded comments on the issues of comics in general but for u to come at me with ur nonsense regarding racism is a new low even for ur dumbass.....And i didnt think that was even possible facepalm

Originally posted by Denny Crane
How about Latveria, presumably an european country, comes to africa and rapes Wakanda for natural resources. Doom overthrows the goverment, establishes his own puppet leader and procedes to strip away wakanda's natural resources. Kinda hope it happened by accident and it wasn't an intentional colonialism allegory.

When did that happen? During Hudlin's run?

Originally posted by roughrider
(...Although, would Blade work with a white actor?...)

Originally posted by -Pr-
and re: that list, yeah, marvel has been pretty cruel to irish people in the past, banshee being a prime example.

* Banshee could have been a much cooler character, but he's dead now... Black Tom is okay... Siryn si hot... 😛

Originally posted by peejayd
* Banshee could have been a much cooler character, but he's dead now... Black Tom is okay... Siryn si hot... 😛

lol, and she's STILL a stereotype.

It's not just comics. People love to stereotype the Irish, Scots & Aussies in popular entertainment, because of the perception they're colourful. Sometimes Canadians get stereotyped, but mostly Americans think we've bland & boring - except on a hockey rink, where we turn into savages.

I always though Canadians were furry and small, you know, because of Puck and Wolverine.

Originally posted by Bentley
I always though Canadians were furry and small, you know, because of Puck and Wolverine.

No sir, the lumberjack stereotype is quite true. 😄 Shorties like Logan & Puck are the exception.

Originally posted by roughrider
but mostly Americans think we've bland & boring - except on a hockey rink, where we turn into savages.

Thats exactly what I was trying to say.

Originally posted by Bentley
Glad we agree that racism isn't necesarily evil.

That just didn't sound right.

Hey, it could've been worse.

Originally posted by Bentley
Glad we agree that racism is a necesary evil.

Originally posted by Bentley
Hey, it could've been worse.

Are you trying to be a smart arse? Cos I think you're trying to put words into my mouth.

Originally posted by roughrider
It's not just comics. People love to stereotype the Irish, Scots & Aussies in popular entertainment, because of the perception they're colourful. Sometimes Canadians get stereotyped, but mostly Americans think we've bland & boring - except on a hockey rink, where we turn into savages.

i've seen your hockey matches; the stereotype is accurate. and awesome at the same time.

Originally posted by -Pr-
i've seen your hockey matches; the stereotype is accurate. and awesome at the same time.

Regrettably so. I'm ashamed of the hockey violence that gets excused as being 'part of the game.'

Originally posted by Deadline
Are you trying to be a smart arse? Cos I think you're trying to put words into my mouth.

I'm just messing with ya 😄

yeah really an interesting episode.