Native American Superhero Rant
By castleking 165 Comments
So i keep thinking of people who are upset about comics not having enough diversity and or mad that they feel some characters(black) are often stereotyped or written poorly and i think well at least you have black superheroes, what about the Native Americans?
I mean we hardly ever see them and i can only think of one comic title where a Native American was the star in the last 3 decades. Where are our Peak Human Captain America equivalent, I mean you got Black Panther who is Cap's African counterpart what about a legitimate actual Indigenous American?
Where is our Native American equivalent of Superman and Thor, i mean they even have a Black Superman aka Icon and why do all our native brothers have to be wearing loin clothes when Thor is wearing tights who should be wearing a skirt and fur.
If anyone should be upset about lack of diversity it should be Natives the fact that the world is full of mythology and one of the most diverse myths come directly from the Americas where the myth legends could give Captain America, Wolverine, Superman, Silver surfer, Thor and Odin a run for their money in story diversity and the power department.
I mean one of the my favorite Native story/religious character is Quetzalcoatl who is a creator god and man-god savior ala Thor and Superman yet he is constantly depicted as a giant serpent one of his totem animals and ignore his humanoid form and is completely written wrong as an antagonist when he is suppose to be a savior for humanity.
Marvel has him written as a dark red man with no beard and a cotton loin cloth yet he is suppose to be a white tan man with blue eyes, blonde hair and beard and handsome showing his connection to the sun and the sky, (weather) wind, (spiritual connection) earth, man and animal god.
also why is it that when Mexicans are shown in comics they are simply shown stereotypical pueblo ppl and outdated clothing when Mexico City and the various other cities are on par to places like New York and not all Mexicans sport mustaches funny hats and dark skin since it is simply a nationality not a race hence their are white, brown, black Mexicans the majority carrying Native blood as well as White. European Blood is in 60% of the Population which is what makes them Mestizo. Most ppl dont know this but Mexican populace has a strong influx of, Spanish, French, Irish blood in their populace and only 40% are pure Native Blood from Aztec/Maya/ tribal nations who's blood from the Yaqui, Navajo, Apache, Hopi, Comanche and various tribes from what was once Mexico from California, Arizona and whatnot.
So if anyone should be griping about not getting a fair shake in comic representation it is the Natives of the Land who are stereotyped and rarely depicted and when they are it is woefully wrong in history and even appearance .
Just want to say that Quetzalcoatl would have bn perfect for Jack Kirby and his ancient alien astronaut theory connection and mix of magic and tech since Quetzalcoatl and the various gods had Gold armor that could have easily bn transformed into tech New World armor with cool sounding names coming right out of Myth and Native religion.
comments positive and negative feed back is welcome.