Some Green Lantern fans are apparently shocked — SHOCKED — to discover that John Stewart is Black… and that his experiences as a Black man might actually matter to his character.
In this video, I respond to the complaints about the “race messaging” in Lanterns Episode 3 and explain why the idea that the show has suddenly made John Stewart “political” falls apart the second you actually look at Green Lantern history.
John Stewart debuted in 1971, and race, politics, authority, inequality, and social justice were baked into his earliest stories. In fact, Green Lantern comics were tackling racial issues before John Stewart even existed.
So if Episode 3 acknowledging John’s identity made you uncomfortable, I regret to inform you…
YOUR COMMENT DID NOT PASS THE VIBE CHECK.
We’ll talk about John Stewart’s comic-book origins, the progressive history of Green Lantern, why representation is not the same thing as “forcing politics into entertainment,” and why some of these complaints sound an awful lot like people discovering the character for the very first time.
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