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Question: Where you around when Aquald/Kaldur was first introduced? Because I was, and I remember people calling him “Blaqualad” from the second his face appeared on the promo. 

Not to mention many people had said he was going to die by the end of the season anyway. He was either hated or ignored once the show started, and once he took the position of leadership, a VERY popular trope was that he would die a glorious death so that Robin could take his “rightful place” as head of the team. 

There are plenty of other examples. Take the hatred Miles Morales got (and still gets) even though both he and Peter have been able to exist together. 

Take the hatred Riri Williams got during her introduction.

Most people are more than happy to erase Duke Thomas as one of Bruce Wayne’s “kids” despite the fact that he’s an original character who isn’t taking anyone’s mantel. 

Cyborg has been criticized as “not belonging” to the Justice League since the beginning of New 52. Hell, if anything, ya’ll should be happy that Cyborg’s there, because now they don’t have to racebend a white person. But, nope. 

Then there was Rue from the Hunger Games (played by  Amandla Stenberg) who was black in both the movie and the source material, and yet people still went to twitter to express how they “couldn’t sympathize” with her anymore. 

We’ve got Michael Burhnam, who’ll be leading the new Star Trek series and people are pissed off about a Black woman in the lead role. 

Let’s not forget how the Star Wars fandom felt about having a “Black Stormtrooper” before anyone knew anything about who John Boyega was even playing. 

If you were in the Glee fandom, you’ll probably remember how much shit Mercedes got for being just as ambitious as the rest of the Glee kids. And then of course, there were the people saying she didn’t “deserve” Sam Evans. 

And then there’s the entire cast of The Get Down that is routinely slept on.

There are the people who demonize T’challa and call him selfish for wanting to Avenge his father (who by the way was the acting monarch of a nation, so T’challa’s quest for answers was also a way of preventing a political fallout.) 

And I haven’t even mentioned Sam Wilson, James Rhodes, Mike Peterson, Luke Cage,  John Stewart, Amanda Waller, Ben Sisko, or Ororo Munroe. I’ll give you a hint…all of those characters are crapped on and held to a ridiculously high standard that white characters aren’t held to.. .

So, instead of saying “Make your own original characters” instead, ya’ll can just say, “I don’t want Black people in my stories” 

At least then, it’ll save us all some time.  

To the people who say Cyborg “Doesn’t belong” on the Justice League, because he’s not one of the idotically named “Big Seven” from the Morrison run (Which, sorry fanboys, was just okay and some of the stories were utterly effing abysmal)

Here’s a list of some of the characters who aren’t a minority who people were fine with being on the JLA

Major Disaster (A former z-list supevillain who killed a bunch of people)

Commander Steel (Who while a good person, has abilities that include: has the power of being less invulnerable than Superman, less strong than Superman, less agile than Superman and not being able to fly)

Green Arrow (A man who has the twin powers of Lecherously Perving Over Women and firing arrows at people)

Blue Beetle (A hillarious character and a fun one but one who, I add, has ABSOLUTELY NO SUPERPOWERS and also unlike Batman does not have either years of detective training or years of combat training)

Batman (A powerless normal human being with no skills or abilities beyond those any person could obtain with the right time and motivation)

Guy Gardner (An example of what happens wen you give a moron from Reddit a Green Lantern ring)

Blue Beetle (A Hollywood stuntman who sold his soul to Satan)

Crimson Fox (A woman in a red costume, she is a fox)

Huntress (A normal human being with normal levels of skill in martial arts and a crossbow)

ALL of these people apparently were fine to be on the JLA

But a brilliant computer expert whose nigh indestructible cybor body is equipped with powerful weapons AND can interface with any computer system on earth

Apparently when a character like that is black they “Don’t belong” on the JLA

Or to put it simply

If you SERIOUSLY think the Justice League “Needs” Batman but that it doesn’t need Cyborg….your probably a fucking racist

Some of these characters are the most well-written, dynamic, likable characters I’ve ever seen. On top of that, they are played absolutely perfectly by charismatic actors. If these characters and your standards for them are different from your standards for white characters, you are missing out on some truly amazing acting and storytelling. 

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