Whitewashin' and Racebending.

[empressfunk]

I was asked one of the admins over at Racebending.com if they could use my comic for their site. And of course I said yes, but I had to edit it a little bit, since I didn't quite finish last time.

Comments

[pancakeghost]

I was just about to look for this comic on your tumblr (though it might have been for the shallow reason to look at Donald Glover as Spiderman in your style...ehm...), and I am excited to see what you added. Saving this into my computer forever and ever

[empressfunk]

Aw, thanks! (I just wanted Donald Glover as Spider-Man! Was that really so much to ask? Gosh

[pancakeghost]

Thank you for the answer =)

Yes, I would too love to see Donald Glover as Spiderman. The fans plastering his pictures in Spiderman costume all over internet actually made me look him up and start watching Community. Now all I wish is a Donald Glover Spiderman movie and Danny Pudi Batman movie. Everyone would be happy.

And thanks for the answer about Community. You know, I did not even realize they do portray Britta's feminism as a quirk, but now that you said it it's obvious. I need to be more critical when watching tv.
And I agree with you about the Jeff/Britta/Annie triangle. Jeff and Britta initially made me want to stop watching, as they made the show seem like a everyday cheap sitcom, but I was too interested in Abed. And then they gave me "Troy and Abed in the morning" and I was lost =) Aaaand that was a whole lot of info you did not ask for, you are welcome.

[pointedulac]

Dude, never mind "the" acting. I didn't see acting in TLA AT ALL.

*applauds*

Also I would kill to see Donald Glover as Spider-Man.

[empressfunk]

I saved myself the grief and headache after watching a few clips from seeing TLA. Just...no.

I am still sad Donglover wasn't Spider-Man. :(

[changeling0203]

Hey now. That's not fair. There are PLENTY of minorities (racial AND sexual orientation-wise) cast in lead roles as villains!

[empressfunk]

Lol. :(

It seems like evil society has more diversity training than legions of good.

There's a comic idea in this somewhere.

[changeling0203]

Oh, and people with disabilities. I never thought of them as minorities before, but after taking these classes at CSU East Bay, I realize just how screwed over they get by everything. In the EU, seven of the 27 countries (Austria, Finland, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and the UK) grant full voting rights to people with disabilities (learning disabilities and mental health problems). During the early part of the 20th century, developmentally disabled Americans were forcibly sterilized and prohibited from marriage (thanks, eugenics!), and those laws are still on the books (and thank YOU, Michigan!). Actually, more than 30 states prohibit marriage. Which is like saying that if you have a learning disability, no matter how mild or severe (and who draws the line, anyway?), you are deemed incapable of love, lust, or affection and cannot make the decision to be in a long-term relationship

[empressfunk]

All so very, very true. Especially the villians part--I'm noticing more now that if something terrible happens at the hands of one person (The guy who shot the congresswoman, Gaddafi), the first assumption is that they're "crazy." Like only people with mental or emotional disabilities can kill someone, or alternatively, if you do commit awful crimes, it must be because you're mentally unbalanced, not just because you're an awful human being.

Oh man, Artie in Glee. I just...ugh. They can't just let the guy be in a wheelchair without bringing up how they're trying to figure out a way to make him walk which would negate the point of visibility of disabled characters.

I swear.

[olukemi]

Yet another reminder of how you're so awesome. And all the examples you used were perfect.

[empressfunk]

Thank you very much! There were like a whole bunch more I was thinking of, but then I realized the comic would probably never end.

[olukemi]

Yeah, a few more did come to mind. *cough*Dragonball*cough*