Emerald Archer
06-26-2002, 02:09 AM
Ok, I usually do everything I can to avoid topics like this, but I just saw this news posted on another board, and I have to at least vent a little.
Marvel announced today the creation of an African American Captain America.
I just don't get it. Cap is a symbol of all Americans, no matter age, race, gender or religion. Much like Uncle Sam is a symbol. I have felt for many years now that one of the major problems facing us as a nation is the fact that we are marginalizing our heroes. Except for a very import exception, which I'll site in a moment, we are creating a society of cultural icons, and not societal heroes. Every group in our country now has to have it's own niche hero. You do not make a cohesive country that way.
Heroe's stand for the nation as a whole and not for a group within that whole. As I said we had a great exception to that on September 11. Those 3 firefights who raised that flag on Ground Zero were heroes. I have no clue what ethnicity they were, nor do I care. They were heroes. I do know that some in the Metro New York area wanted to rewrite history a few months after the terrorist strike and change the ethnic backgrounds of the 3 for a statue being created to commemorate that event. The howl
of public protest stopped them dead in the water. It also unfortunatly killed the statue all together.
It saddens me greatly to see Captain America diluted in this way. Now if I am wrong and Marvel pulls this off without looking like they are bowing to being PC, then I will be more than happy to come on here and post a full blown apology. Only time will tell.
Thank you for listening to me rant. Now lets go back todiscussion the really important issues of the day..........
Who is the Better Green Lantern, Hal or Kyle? :)
Marvel announced today the creation of an African American Captain America.
I just don't get it. Cap is a symbol of all Americans, no matter age, race, gender or religion. Much like Uncle Sam is a symbol. I have felt for many years now that one of the major problems facing us as a nation is the fact that we are marginalizing our heroes. Except for a very import exception, which I'll site in a moment, we are creating a society of cultural icons, and not societal heroes. Every group in our country now has to have it's own niche hero. You do not make a cohesive country that way.
Heroe's stand for the nation as a whole and not for a group within that whole. As I said we had a great exception to that on September 11. Those 3 firefights who raised that flag on Ground Zero were heroes. I have no clue what ethnicity they were, nor do I care. They were heroes. I do know that some in the Metro New York area wanted to rewrite history a few months after the terrorist strike and change the ethnic backgrounds of the 3 for a statue being created to commemorate that event. The howl
of public protest stopped them dead in the water. It also unfortunatly killed the statue all together.
It saddens me greatly to see Captain America diluted in this way. Now if I am wrong and Marvel pulls this off without looking like they are bowing to being PC, then I will be more than happy to come on here and post a full blown apology. Only time will tell.
Thank you for listening to me rant. Now lets go back todiscussion the really important issues of the day..........
Who is the Better Green Lantern, Hal or Kyle? :)