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Subject: Re: Black Fans Lose Their Minds Over Revelation That the New Black
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Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2025 19:16:11 -0400
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On 2025-06-05 3:57 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
> The "relax, it's just a fictional character" crowd is on life support right
> now.
> 
> All these people running for the fainting couch over a race-swapped Black
> Panther... I bet none of them have had any problems with Hollywood's
> race-swapping crusade to turn popular white characters black.
> 
> ------------------------
> Marvel fans are in uproar after the debut of a controversial new storyline
> that reimagines Black Panther's legacy-- with a shocking twist: the latest
> heir appears to be white.
> 
> The premiere issue of MARVEL KNIGHTS: THE WORLD TO COME dropped Wednesday and
> introduced a new character named Ketema, whom T'Challa, prince of the
> fictional African kingdom of Wakanda and the original Black Panther, refers to
> as his son.
> 
> The comic reveals that T'Challa fathered Ketema with his early love interest
> Monica Lynne, a character pulled from earlier comic arcs.
> 
> In a major shakeup, Ketema grows to resent his father and ultimately
> challenges him for the throne. After defeating T'Challa in battle, Ketema
> removes his mask-- only to reveal blond hair, blue eyes, and distinctly
> Caucasian features.
> 
> The reveal sent social media into meltdown.
> 
> "They looked at this and thought it was a good idea?" one user fumed.
> 
> Another quipped, "Life is a horror movie in 2025."
> 
> The character of T'Challa was famously portrayed by the late Chadwick Boseman
> in Marvel's BLACK PANTHER films, celebrated for honoring African culture and
> representation. Fans are questioning whether the latest storyline undermines
> that legacy.
> 
> "Black Panther having a white son would be ridiculous," one person posted,
> while another raged, "Black Panther is white! Marvel actually did the
> unthinkable and it's insane!"
> 
> Some even speculated about which actor might play the character in a future
> film.
> 
> "I guess he looks a little like Ryan Gosling," one fan wrote.
> 
> Others were quick to clarify that the writer behind the new comic is black.
> 
> Christopher Priest-- who co-created MARVEL KNIGHTS: THE WORLD TO COME
> alongside Joe Quesada, Richard Isanove, and Richard Starkings-- is widely
> recognized as the first black writer-editor in mainstream comics. He
> previously served as editor of Spider-Man in the mid-1980s and later penned
> major titles at DC, including Green Lantern.
> 
> Still, one disgruntled fan claimed: "If there would be any writer who would
> try to give the Black Panther mantle to a white person, of course it would be
> Christopher Priest-- the man who made it his job to shove white characters
> into Wakanda's mythos."
> 
> The premiere issue kicks off with T'Challa’s death but the real twist comes as
> the story rewinds to reveal how he got there. After the death of his wife
> (X-Men's Storm), T'Challa attempts to preserve his legacy by fathering a child
> with Lynne, one of his earliest love interests in the comics. That child, a
> son named Ketema-- whose name means "fortified encampment"-- grows up to
> challenge his father for the throne of Wakanda.
> 
> Wearing the full Black Panther suit, Ketema defeats T'Challa in combat but
> spares his life. Then comes the jaw-dropping reveal: he removes his mask to
> show that he is, in fact, white. The big question lingering for fans is how
> T'Challa could possibly have a white son. Some readers are now speculating
> that Monica Lynne might not be the boy's mother after all. Instead, attention
> has turned to Nicole Adams-- a character who seems to appear on the cover of
> Issue #3-- as a more likely candidate. Although Nicole was believed to have
> died back in 2000, long-time comic fans know that death is rarely permanent in
> the Marvel universe.
> 
> Regardless of how the lineage shakes out, one thing has stunned readers across
> the board: the Black Panther mantle now appears to belong to someone who
> presents as white.
> 
> .
> https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-14780975/Marvel-Black-Panther-white-revealed.html
> 
> 
Wait, I'm confused! Isn't it supposed to be true among "progressives" 
that anyone can "identify" as anything they like, meaning that the son 
of a black man and a white woman *could* identify as black, regardless 
of his skin colour or even ethnic heritage? In fact, did Obama do 
exactly that? The only difference here is that this hypothetical son of 
a black man and a white woman is being imagined as somewhat 
lighter-skinned than his father, which is entirely possible given what 
we know about genetics and history.


-- 
Rhino