Spiderman's Politically Correct Replacement

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. "

Re:PC?

[elrous0]

Even more, if you sit a white European Mexican next to a full-blooded Mayan Mexican and ask them both if they're "Latino," they would probably both say yes.

Don't you know what political correctness is?

[bigsexyjoe]

It's what conservatives whine when people don't let them engage in overt racism or when others refrain from racism. So yes, a black/hispanic gay Spiderman is "politically correct." However, I don't think Marvel should limit it's art to appease people who cry "Political correctness!" They want to tell a story about someone who reflects the new America and I think the gay angle is great because Spiderman has always been an underdog.

Re:PC?

[Anonymous Coward]

something that benefits them while doing no harm to you.

No harm other than increased tuition/taxes, right? I mean, the money that paid for that Asian woman's scholarship had to come from somewhere.

Re:PC?

[MightyMartian]

The Victorian notion of "race" is of course nonsense, as much an artifact of how the Europeans explored the world as anything else. But there's no doubt that there are identifiable biological populations, all closely related (as compared to, say, chimpanzee populations), but still unique in some genetic and/or morphological sense. What the European explorers failed to pick up on was that there are no sharp divides, that populations exist as continuums, one merging into the other, so, if you look at two populations separated by say, several thousand miles of territory, you will find some striking differences, but if you view the intermediates, you find much more commonality.

For instance, the Victorian notion of race basically had one sub-Saharan African population, the Negro, when in fact genetics and morphology indicates at least four or five distinct groups, and probably more. A bushman and Zulu warrior were tossed together by the European racial theorists, when in fact there are very clear differences. In fact, sub-Saharan Africa has more genetic variation than is present in any other population in the world. There is no "negro" race per se.

Re:Don't you know what political correctness is?

[FhnuZoag]

You're a conservative and this is how you and many conservatives really think, if allowed to express your views annoymously and privately:

http://www.jstor.org/pss/2998167 [jstor.org]

Racism is very much prevalent in the US and especially amongst conservatives. It has simply become socially undesirable to express it. Hence racists have come up with a great number of euphemisms and a great many rationalisations to justify the fact that they are still terrified of a black family moving into the neighbourhood, let alone hire a black person, recruit a black student, etc etc.

Re:PC?

[elrous0]

What's a white European Mexican?

A Mexican of pure Spanish descent (no indian or moor in the ole' gene pool).

Re:PC?

[Reverberant]

(accidentally posted as AC, posting again under my account)

He represents the minorities. You know, the same minorities that get offered scholarships based on their race or gender;

The overwhelming majority of those "minority" scholarships (including the United Negro College Fund [uncf.org]) are actually open to all. There are a few scholarships that are limited to various demographics, including those of European ancestry.

the minorities that get hired in order to fill a quota,

Sounds just like "welfare queens driving Cadillacs" in that it doesn't exist. Quotas are illegal (in the USA at least), it's been that way since the 1970's.

with no regard for their actual qualifications;

Which would explain why minority unemployment in the USA is less than that of white unemployment, amirite? Oh wait [photobucket.com].

the minorities that can say whatever they want and play the discrimination card when someone calls them out, while the rest of us are told to shut up and be tolerant; the minorities that never seem to be at fault for anything, always shifting the blame to the persecution of the majority.

Remember the time when Al Sharpton picketed the Colleen Pageant? Yeah, neither do I.

This being the internet, I expect some of you may interpret this as a specific attack toward blacks and Latinos

This being the internet, I would have expected that you would have backed up your rant with some, what are they called again? Oh yeah, facts.