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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 DanTheStone · · Score: 5, Funny

      And changed his/her name to "Spiderperson".

    2. 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.

    3. Re:PC? by rubycodez · · Score: 5, Funny

      SpiderTranny is more catchy.

      SpiderTranny, SpiderTranny,
      butt implants for a woman's fanny,
      wears a bra, any size,
      can't you see, he likes guys,
      look out, here cums the Spider Tranny.

    4. 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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  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. 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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