#i.e. haven't read too much of him as green lantern but the fact john stewart went from architect to military personell apparently

[rotzaprachim]

definitely some Conversations to be had about the specific intersections of race and American military imperialism with what a disproportionate number of the Black characters, especially darker skinned Black characters, are visibly part of the Us Military in action/comic book films 

#i'm nonblack so if anything here needs to be changed or the post deleted pls let me know! #along with the parallel conversation about the number of Black characters that are C0ps #all of them are interesting characters and all are sidelined by fandom #also all adapted from comic books which were primarily written by white writers so... Many Choices #much to say on the fauxgressiveness of consistently writing Black characters in the military #much also to say on the structural racism of the US and exactly how the us military recruits #much to finally say on nonblack writers having a hard time writing Black characters as CIVILLIANS #scientists stay at home moms office temps nurses doctors artists teachers etc #if anyone has any other examples add them on i don't really watch dc movies or action movies much at all #looking through comics though it was also like hmmmmmm #i.e. haven't read too much of him as green lantern but the fact john stewart went from architect to military personell apparently? #RIGHT