I tried my best to ignore the haters being bitter about this monthās Invincible Iron-Man, The tags flooding with hate and trolls wonāt stop @āing me with salty rants and nasty video responses. I just had to get something off my chest as to why this rubs me off the wrong way.Ā
If you didnāt read the chapter, it starts with a flashback of Riri in elementary school.
What pissed off a lot of fanboys is little Riri asked her teacher to tell her she will never do it. This gives the impression that Riri wants to be oppressed or experience racism in order to succeed. So-again-white people declare her a bad character. While everyone is up at arms and cursing black women for this issue. They forget one thing: Black people arenāt running Invincible Iron-Man. Brian Michael Bendis is as white as most of these haters. So why youāre blaming black people for a white manās poor writing style is beyond me.Ā
I had mutuals come to me saying I complain about this too much and Iām taking this too seriously, but itās difficult to ignore. Comic book writers have a big audience and they use the characters as a platform. And how Marvel is going, their political platform is going downhill. Fanboys say Marvel isĀ āpandering to SJWSā when I donāt see how. Turning Captain America, Magneto, and Scarlett Witch HYDRA nazis is not a leftist move. And other characters are mouthpieces to be a shame of their race, gender, and sexuality and bashing activism (Nick Spencer, Iām looking at you). Fans are angry how classic white characters are erased for women and PoCs to step in; like Tony Stark being in a coma from Civil War 2 and Riri filling in as Iron-Man. But, itsĀ STRAIGHT WHITE MEN making these bad decisions. But fanboys still blame women, PoCs, and LGBT folk for how Marvel comics is heading
As for Riri, I still love her. I just think her story is poorly executed by a white man who doesnāt know what itās like to be black. Social commentary is not his strong point. How Riri asked her teacher to disbelieve her for motivation reminds me of how Bendis had Miles Morales say not to acknowledge his blackness to that fangirl as if being black is a bad thing. Or had Miles get in a debate with Ganke about whoās the most oppressed. In reality, black people would not do this.Ā
Black people do not compete with other people of color. Black people do not go up to white people asking them to be racist to them. Bendis is only teaching his white readers that racism isnāt real and black people are exaggerating for attention or that we want to be oppressed.Ā
I stress how a black woman should write Invincible Iron-Man, but it seems Marvel will stick to Bendis. My advice to upcoming white writers, listen to us. Learn about our culture and struggles if you plan to write black characters. Theyāre fictional, but they represent us and how you write them affect how your readers view us as people.Ā