User blog comment:Blinkn/Correcting an Oversight/@comment-821254-20120111020927

I don't mind, hell I encourage change and the inclusion of ethnic actors, I was pleased with every change so far. I suppose my issue/ point is with the need to change these characters, because without these colorblind castings there would be no ethnic characters in these movies. An while I accept the reality of the Silver Age that merely including black characters was truly amazing, I speak to absence of diversity in the now. Of all those front line characters only a few have dated outside of their race in 50-70 years!

The only regular and memorable interracial action we see is from Iron Fist, Luke Cage, Wolverine and Northstar. The first two came out of a period of ethnic film crazes described as exploitation. Wolverine is an antihero, “I’m the best there is at what I do. But what I do best isn't very nice." So Wolverine dating every kind of woman isn't noteworthy or unusual for a maverick character. Northstar is the only positive story here, he's been "openly gay" for 10 years now, but just got a boyfriend who happens to be black. I was pleased as punch, I didn’t think Marvel had it in them.

The Young Avengers and Runawys are positive steps but, what I'm talking about is seeing this in the old guard, heroes we all know, love, respect, and adore mixing it up. In the last decade we've seen a lot of bed hopping so it doesn't have to be a long term thing.

As for aliens and this REALLY pisses me off, they can be blue, green, red, yellow or gold with bumpy heads and pointed ears but Galactus, Mar-Vell, and the Shi'ar are Caucasian... well good night nurse.

My point is love is these are written characters, written in and out of character depending on who's been assigned to the book. They love whomever they are written to love, and NO they don't have to date ethnic women to be for it but half a century and dozens of white male characters and less than 5 have dated outside their race... sometimes it's just about the symbol. So what if it seems cheesy, or pandering, or blatant. So was the inclusion of Alicia, Heimdall, and Fury. Force the issue until it becomes second nature, like the 13th, 14th, 15th, 19th amendments and Brown vs. Board of Ed forced necessary change. This new Ultimate Spider-Man needed to have only been as brave and selfless as his predecessor but they made him black, and how can the legacy of this honored beloved hero be diminished by seeing a lil brown boy carrying on his work with the same self sacrificing nobility. How can Cap, Spidey, Tony, Justice, Iceman, Namor, Torch, or etc character be lessened by being seen with a beautiful brown skinned woman on his arm? It cost nothing but can be a quiet message that makes someone smile feel included, attractive, etc...