Wasn’t Black Lightning or something on Superfriends in like the 60s?
Comment on Walter Emanuel Jones reacts to Black and Yellow Power Rangers casting comments
thisisdee@lemmy.world 3 months ago
“While some choose to seek out the negative, I’ve always believed in focusing on the positive,” Jones wrote. “I understand the impulse to address what might be seen as cultural insensitivity, but calling it a ‘mistake’ would dismiss the impact it had on countless people around the world who found inspiration and representation in TV’s first Black superhero — morphin’ into none other than the Black Power Ranger! It wasn’t a mistake; it was a milestone. It was an honor.”
Zorque@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Kraven_the_Hunter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 months ago
Shhh, give him this.
sik0fewl@lemmy.ca 3 months ago
I was thinking the same thing, but I’m way too white to suggest it.
Yellow, in the other hand…
Ulrich@feddit.org 3 months ago
“While some choose to seek out the negative, I’ve always believed in focusing on the positive,”
Sounds like “I don’t care about your problems”.
corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 3 months ago
Huh. He’s a role model when out of costume too.