Path: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Rhino Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: Black Fans Lose Their Minds Over Revelation That the New Black Panther is White Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2025 19:16:11 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 96 Message-ID: <101t8fr$1kb6a$2@dont-email.me> References: <101ssqi$1o4o7$1@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2025 01:16:13 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="6e7cdd7ec5e58009249aebfc71eb0d99"; logging-data="1715402"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+n669w5hEW0X24aPliIWgd4ru9c0BD3yc=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:HPLZinitecmDxGpDO5V715nN9IY= X-Antivirus: Avast (VPS 250605-8, 6/5/2025), Outbound message Content-Language: en-CA In-Reply-To: <101ssqi$1o4o7$1@dont-email.me> X-Antivirus-Status: Clean 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