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Graphic Novelist Sues US Government To Change Its Race Laws
But it's another project that his attention right now, as he wants to change US law regarding the way it differences races in the statistics it gathers. Screencap: lawsuit PDF He is suing Wynn Coggins in her official capacity as the acting director for the U.S Secretary of Commerce, Ron Jarmin, in his official capacity as the[...]
Gendercrunching June 2012 – And A Little Ethnocrunching Too
It's not enough that I wage a battle of the sexes each month, now I've got to start a race war too? Shame on me. Actually, these numbers are really interesting, especially compared to the gender stats People have been asking about ethnicity in the comments for a while now, and the results were surprising in[...]
Racebending At San Diego Comic Con – "Do You Really Want To Let Everyone Know You're Black?"
Follow him on Follow him @LouieFalcetti Racebending.com's 2nd annual Comic-Con panel (Creating Spaces For Diverse Characters and Representations) was, much like the site itself, diverse, fun, informative and tinged with a touch of modern sadness The panel was made up of creators and writers from the worlds of video games (David Gaiden, Dragon Age), comics (Marjorie Liu,[...]
And Now Some Hilarious Thor Commentary About Race
And this Black Heimdal has a really bad job – being a Black doorman/gate keeper who must work 24/7/365 far, far away from the fun of the White gods in Asgard. Thor is perfectly cast – the little Nordic White boy actor of young Thor is also very good, so is the presentation of Loki –[...]
Flashbending
At the weekend DCWomenKickingAss asked if that was meant to be the mixed race Legionnaire character XS with a bad colouring job Looks like someone else noticed and ordered a rush recolouring job in time for the USA Today print run. From the Flashpoint preview in the Green Lantern Free Comic Book Day issue, available[...]
I Am Invincible (Black)
This is the new look for Invincible by Robert Kirkman and Ryan Ottley, coming next year. With a new character, seemingly, in the blue and gold.
Racebending With The X-Men
Seen by a Little Bleeder holidaying in Vietnam, who noticed that they have a line of men's skin care products named after the X-Men, using the movie logo.
No More Mutants #6 by Andrew Wheeler – Black Label
Black Racer (1971) Black Widow (1964) Black Lightning (1977) Power Man (1972). The answer I'm looking for is, of course, Black Widow She's not black at all! Like Black Canary, Black Widow predates the 70s trend for using the word 'Black' to denote the skin colour of superheroes and villains She is a white Russian masquerading[...]
Frozen In Time – James Hodson's Race
In a world where we're getting used to late, rescheduled and delayed comics, Melby Comics is fighting a race against time Creator James Hodson is suffering from scleroderma , a disease that is hardening his skin and his joints. His hand now frozen in a pen-holding position, Hodson doesn't know how long he has left to[...]