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| Topic | Why werent black people excited for Blade? |
| Ivynn 02/16/18 10:21:10 AM #67: | hollow_shrine posted... Because who the fuck is Blade? What about the name and lore of Blade directly references the black empowerment movement or the civil rights movement or the cultural 'pivot to Africa' that took place in the wake of the Civil Rights movement when Black America was trying to rediscover a sense of cultural identity that could exist independent of the white gaze. Black Panther was created months before the political party was. He has nothing to do with the actual Black Panther Party. IIRC, Lee and Kirby named him after an all-black WWII squadron that called themselves "the Black Panthers." --- ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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