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Subject: Re: Black Fans Lose Their Minds Over Revelation That the New Black Panther is White
Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2025 05:14:31 -0000 (UTC)
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On Jun 5, 2025 at 6:13:25 PM PDT, "pothead" <pothead@snakebite.com> wrote:

> 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-Panthe
>> r-white-revealed.html 
> 
> Did you know the paper your quoting supported Hitler during WW2!

And Volkswagen made military vehicles for the Nazis during the war. What's
your point?