Board Thread:The Flash discussions/@comment-807326-20170308013636/@comment-7890302-20170310164746

UltimateTitan6 wrote: Nobody700 wrote:

Fun fact, making Wally black also disintegrated his two Asian children, so New-52, by making Wally black... has actually become LESS progressive.

Also I read a recent Superman story with a black Jimmy Olsen, and I didn't mind at all... CAUSE HIS PERSONALITY WAS STILL THERE! Him being black meant nothing as long as he was still the loser we all know and love. Exactly! But oddly enough, that's another reason I hate race-bending. For me, it's not so much about me minding whether the character is black or not. What really makes me angry is that on the whole, DC and other superhero media are too lazy to create ORIGINAL black characters, so they use racebending as a cheap substitute. They keep all the core aspects of a character except make them black, and try to pass that off as "adding diversity" or "adding a black character." That's BS! This is why we can't get new black characters.

But it's even worse for Supergirl's Jimmy Olsen. They have a black character whose stature and personality actually match Mal Duncan, another black character. He's not a loser, he's a big friendly guy who should be playing sports. And who do they name him of all people? JIMMY-FREAKING-OLSEN! The wimpy photographer, the nerd who calls Superman to whenever he needs help.

So they introduce a character named Jimmy Olsen... who is basically the opposite of Jimmy Olsen, and more identically resembles Mal Duncan. They even gave him Duncan's superhero name for christ sake. Just WHYYYYY!?!

Yeah, it's basically saying 'Meh, why work hard?'

Sometimes it makes sense with characters who have a history of legacy, but 90% of the time it's just laziness.