Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 4

[whisky]

But it is easier to prove a white guy isn't Chinese, than a black guy isn't a fictional god.

I mean none of the white guys in Thor are actually Scandinavian either, at least none of the ones playing gods.

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[The Question]

But it is easier to prove a white guy isn't Chinese, than a black guy isn't a fictional god.

Okay, except it's a fictional god dreamed up by nonfictional white people, and is way older than the Marvel Comics interpretation.

From Henry Adams Bellows' translation of the Þrymskviða:

Then Heimdall spake, whitest of the gods,
Like the Wanes he knew the future well:
"Bind we on Thor the bridal veil,
Let him bear the mighty Brisings' necklace;
"Keys around him let there rattle,
And down to his knees hang woman's dress;
With gems full broad upon his breast,
And a pretty cap to crown his head."

And until they retconned him to favor Elba, the Marvel Comics version looks like this:

Guess it was okay to blackface a white character, but not to whitewash an Asian one.

 

[whisky]

Well one creates diversity, the other takes it away.

 

[CaptainWacky]

Chloe Bennet is hot.

 

[The Question]

Well one creates diversity, the other takes it away.

I think it makes more sense if we just call it what it is: Racism.