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Subject: Re: Black Fans Lose Their Minds Over Revelation That the New Black Panther is White
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Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2025 01:15:01 -0000 (UTC)
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Rhino wrote:

>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-Pant
>> her-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.
>
>

Righists only watch pedophile porn, why would they care about a movie?