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Spiderman's Politically Correct Replacement

Posted by samzenpus on from the taking-it-in-a-different-direction dept.

jbarr writes "In the latest Marvel Comic series 'Ultimate Fallout,' Miles Morales replaces Peter Parker who has been killed off by the Green Goblin. Morales is a half-black, half-Latino teen, and the creators haven't ruled out that he might be gay. From the article: 'Marvel's editor in chief Axel Alonso denied that having a black Spider Man was a publicity stunt. 'What you have is a Spider-Man for the 21st century who's reflective of our culture and diversity. As someone who grew up on a steady diet of Luke Cage, Hero For Hire and Shang Chi, Master of Kung Fu, I am personally invested,' he said. "

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  1. PC? by ceswiedler · · Score: 5, Insightful

    How is a half-black, half-Latino teenager more politically correct than a white teenager?

    1. Re:PC? by elrous0 · · Score: 4, Insightful

      For that matter, when did Latino become a race?

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    2. Re:PC? by alen · · Score: 4, Insightful

      or better yet what is a latino? i'm sure the mexicans and peruvians think of themselves as different

    3. Re:PC? by Mindcontrolled · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Wrong direction. Since when are English, German and Russian anything but nationalities? The diversity amongst humans is not nearly large enough to qualify the introduction of biologically solidly defined races. Local varieties, that's all. 'Race' in humans is a pure social construct.

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    4. Re:PC? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Hi, black male here.

      I'm not the one you responded to, but I'll have you know that I'm sick and tired of people playing the discrimination card just for getting personal gain. I could have entered some programs just for being black, even when I didn't qualify otherwise. I declined.

      Stop discrimination: give everyone the same treatment. That would do more towards equality than anything else.

    5. Re:PC? by NiteShaed · · Score: 5, Insightful

      they should be earned for academic or athletic excellence.

      Wait, what? Why should "athletic excellence" count for a damn thing? We're talking about education, and furthering ones intellectual pursuits. Why exactly should the fact that someone can throw a ball or run really fast mean they get money for extra education while a smarter (although not brilliant) kid who is a better study does not? If they're good at sports, great, let'em go to football camp or something, but if they want an educational scholarship, perhaps they should display intellectual aptitude. And please don't tell me about how it's because the university can make money off of sports, that doesn't strike me as any better than saying we should have special scholarships for exotic dancers because then the school can open a strip club. Schools are in the education business, not the entertainment industry.

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    6. Re:PC? by salmacis · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Maybe I'm sensitive, but it's because I've been ridiculed, dismissed and attacked.

      I transitioned in my twenties, and have lived and worked full time as a woman for over a decade in some very conservative work environments. The hormones did wonders, because even without any cosmetic surgery I don't think anyone here at work "knows" about my past, because if they did, it would get around pretty fast.

      So, because I'm "stealth" I get to hear the nasty things that cis gendered people say about trans people. The gay jokes are pretty much unacceptable these days, but the jokes about trans... those still seem to be okay in a lot of people's minds. And that won't change until people speak up.

      So I'm speaking up

  2. How is that "politically correct"? by eepok · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Political correctness is daintily tip-toeing around words and phrases because those words or phrases may or may not be taboo relative to modern cultural, racial, religious, sexual, etc. constructs.

    A Spiderman with non-white ethnic background is just diverse. Anyone can get bitten by a radioactive spider.

  3. "politically correct?" by Fanolex · · Score: 5, Insightful

    terrible, antagonizing post title. having minority characters isn't inherently politically correct. sometimes it's just real.

  4. Leave him the fuck alone by Infiniti2000 · · Score: 4, Insightful
    From TFA:

    Italian artist Sara Pichelli, who designed Spider-Man's new look, added: 'Maybe sooner or later a black or gay - or both - hero will be considered something absolutely normal.’

    How about you make a NEW superhero that is black or gay, or whatever, and for the superheroes that I grew up with just leave them the fuck alone! Where's your goddamn originality? Of course this is a fucking gimmick to make money, you stupid asshole!

  5. Re:Don't you know what political correctness is? by jimbolauski · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I am a conservative and this is how I and many conservatives like me think.

    Making a deal about race is what got the US into the mess in the first place and to fix it we are going to focus on race? Race plays too big of a role in the American conscience and in order to fix our problem we need to make this a "nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character".

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