original green lantern was white, and he's the main one. he's the one you see in Superfriends for example.
his main rival, and 2nd green lantern of earth, was white too.
because they needed a black guy, they went through storyline stuff and became not-really-green-lantern anymore. replacing was a black guy, and afterwards another white guy. black guy was in the cartoon as token black guy much the same way as black lightning was (i always loved the fact that the only black guy has to be called black). for most of the past 4 years or so now the most the black guy's done is be off panel moping, depressed, and trying to figure out how to rebuild or fix stuff he destroyed. like planets.
and goddamn i hate this change. fully expect to see parker revived as like one of the few Ultimate characters to get a 2nd life.
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The future must protect the clone's past.
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