DrZed [237786]

I think you meant the show Black lightening. Not thunder.

I did not really watch it except for the one episode that tied into Crisis. Loosely connected to it.

Wollongong [12833]

So, I was bored and brwsing through Netflix, when i came across this thing called Black Lightning, who is apparently the first black Marvel superhero (I am not a Marvel comnaizseur).

In the era of #BLM it makes sense that a black superhero would be fighting racism (ironically, from a albino African American who hates black people for some reason).

I also understand that the show is made from a USA perspective, things are different there than in my little country.

However, it seems pretty much every white guy in the show is a forking racist (except the one token white guy). It's kinda interesting to see the tables turned... instead of an all-white cast and a token black guy, have the cast be blac with a token white guy.

Emancipation is a good thing, too. Slightly overdue, but ok.

But what I struggle with: how is a show that focuses on racial issues going to help us close the gap? How is a show where heroes with black skin fight white people who are all racist going to help us grow closer?

I have a severe dislike for racial prejudice. Nit every Maroccan kid is out to rob me (that's a racial issue here), not every black person deals crack. And not every white person feels superior than all other skin colors.

So how can this Marvel tv-series help us become a better society?

Wollongong [12833]

So, I was bored and brwsing through Netflix, when i came across this thing called Black Lightning, who is apparently the first black Marvel superhero (I am not a Marvel comnaizseur).

In the era of #BLM it makes sense that a black superhero would be fighting racism (ironically, from a albino African American who hates black people for some reason).

I also understand that the show is made from a USA perspective, things are different there than in my little country.

However, it seems pretty much every white guy in the show is a forking racist (except the one token white guy). It's kinda interesting to see the tables turned... instead of an all-white cast and a token black guy, have the cast be blac with a token white guy.

Emancipation is a good thing, too. Slightly overdue, but ok.

But what I struggle with: how is a show that focuses on racial issues going to help us close the gap? How is a show where heroes with black skin fight white people who are all racist going to help us grow closer?

I have a severe dislike for racial prejudice. Nit every Maroccan kid is out to rob me (that's a racial issue here), not every black person deals crack. And not every white person feels superior than all other skin colors.

So how can this Marvel tv-series help us become a better society?

-El- [463504]

He's a DC character, not Marvel.

But what I struggle with: how is a show that focuses on racial issues going to help us close the gap?

It's not supposed to. It's entertainment.