ok. since this topic is all over the internet when it comes to civil war, the black panther and storms marriage and reggie as a writer, i have decided to just jump it off and get a discussion started here since we have been "dancing" around the issue and everyone else is talking about it. my thoughts:
when i hear the term "forced" by internet posters when it comes to this marriage, what i hear is "forced" to have to deal with the thought of black love, black sexuality and forced to confront what one believes about black people. yes and i did not stutter. i for the life of me can't understand how a person could have a problem with this marriage from an editoral, economic, creative or social/political point of view. the e-chatter of this marriage is forced on us or it's because they are black confuses me. question are more black people marriad to black people or are they in mixed marriages? so in the comic world where we are disprapotianatly portraid already how is it such a mystery that...gasp two black people marry each other. im not going to call people racist who are opposed to this marriage but i will say that based on the arguments that i have seen i think that the individuals have A PROBLEM with one of the issues mentioned above black love, black sexuality or are uncomfortable in being made even remotly to deal with their thoughts on race. granted if i could have my choice i would prefer to not have politics with my comics, i do read them in order to be entertained however i am not opposed to being challenged or to have my thoughts on a political social issue put to me in a non traditional way ie. comics.
what's up with the people who think that just because superheroes are "vigilanties" that blacks would automaticly be pro reg because we equate the kkk with vigilanties? maybe im wrong but when i think of the kkk i vision racist rednecks who because of a economic greed and an ignorent fear (add seld hate) terrorize blacks or people of color. some blacks have a general opinion that the government can only be trusted to be what it is so more or less they will be pro or anti as much as it effects them and their community. what is registration has changes from what it was initially. i can't offer a concensus of what blacks would think. yea we vote majority democrat and our views swing usually to the left but you to equate registration with political identification is missing the point. i think cage's decision on registration is what he feels is best for him given his situation much like bishops or bill foter is. let's expand the argument and not rely on racial sterotypes.
on folks who have a problem with this book based on reggie's supposed "racial" attitudes. i don't know where to begin here. this is probably one of the more unfortunate things i have seen come out of my two plus years experiance with this board. reg never once called someone racist, put someones race into discussion or used his book or his board to "push" a racial agenda. first the whole reggie is a racist thing started when 3 posters from the black panther message board brought up a point about his portrayel of tchalla and regs reply was simply "this character is apparently too strong for some people" how in the hell do you get race from that? ofcourse you can infer, hell you can infer anything. the point is he did not bring race into the discussion others then. on a side note i continue to be dissapointed that the 3 posters involved in the discussion one has admitted that "it wasnt even like that" here on this site but as it comes up else where stays mum on the subject and continues to spit afoul of reg's work even when reg continue to entertain his obvious "baiting" even as recently as today. reg is racial and deals with the issues of class (the katrina issue) and once again as opposed to being applauded for it he get's bashed for it.
the hudlin community has largly been dismissed on other message boards as being his zealots or dinkers of the kool aid. i swear if i ever ran into some of these guys, well anyway i am far from someone who needs an al sharpton or jessie jackson. i have my own thoughts. i am simply enjoy a character and enjoy the medium in which he is currently being presented.
