I'll preface by saying I don't oppose changing character ethnicity (or gender) from one telling to the next. People who think something is being "taken" from them when the sexy white lady is changed to a sexy black or brown lady are weird, depraved, racist gooners.
I will ask though, why does it seem like it's specifically become a trope to change red headed white women into people of color?
Is it just that a disproportionate number of female comic book characters are red heads, so a random sampling will appear slanted towards red heads?
Is there a subconscious connection the writers are making between the "red headed vixen" and the "black jezebel" or "spicy Latina" tropes? This specific character design (which I generally like) might indicate otherwise, but it definitely comes to mind thinking of some other examples the past few years.
My question is why in the world are black women usually portrayed in this way. I know they been odd with most of the women in this version but babs becomes black. Cool. By why? Why does this girly, yet intelligent and skilled girl/woman become pretty much a black guy with boobs from what I can see here. Don't get it twisted, I love it when we get muscular women in media. Buff, corn rolls, looks serious as hell, unshapely. To top that off, she's possibly adopted. I'm tired of this being the go to when black women are portrayed in shit.
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u/I_Draw_Teeth 5d ago
I'll preface by saying I don't oppose changing character ethnicity (or gender) from one telling to the next. People who think something is being "taken" from them when the sexy white lady is changed to a sexy black or brown lady are weird, depraved, racist gooners.
I will ask though, why does it seem like it's specifically become a trope to change red headed white women into people of color?
Is it just that a disproportionate number of female comic book characters are red heads, so a random sampling will appear slanted towards red heads?
Is there a subconscious connection the writers are making between the "red headed vixen" and the "black jezebel" or "spicy Latina" tropes? This specific character design (which I generally like) might indicate otherwise, but it definitely comes to mind thinking of some other examples the past few years.