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jeriendhalOnce again the moronic ahem patriotic Right in my country is up in arms about Muslims being treated as, y'know, individual human beings instead of a faceless horde.
Short Version: The latest Detective Comics annual has Batman running into a Parkour inspired superhero calling himself Nightrunner. Who just happens to be a Frenchman of Algerian descent and a Muslim. This is apparently a problem for some people because of course French citizens who immigrated from former French colonies and who have lived in France their entire lives can't be, y'know, French.
Bear in mind this is coming from the same political spectrum decrying France as being full of "Cheeze Eating Surrender Monkeys" back when they declined to participate in Bush Jr. trying to work out his Daddy issues by invading Iraq. Headdesk
Frankly, my beef with this comic has less to do with using real world politics in a comic than the idea of Bruce franchising his Dark Avenger of the Night schtick. I'm definitely buying this one when it comes out on the stands though. And the "99" cartoon is utterly extraordinary. Hopefully Netflix will carry it after the first season comes out on DVD.
It only goes to really show that racism is being increasingly marginalized, the louder the Right screams about it. Try to imagine a show like 99 coming out twenty years ago, when the most positive non-white, non-Christian character in an adventure cartoon would have been Hadji in Jonny Quest reruns.
Short Version: The latest Detective Comics annual has Batman running into a Parkour inspired superhero calling himself Nightrunner. Who just happens to be a Frenchman of Algerian descent and a Muslim. This is apparently a problem for some people because of course French citizens who immigrated from former French colonies and who have lived in France their entire lives can't be, y'know, French.
Bear in mind this is coming from the same political spectrum decrying France as being full of "Cheeze Eating Surrender Monkeys" back when they declined to participate in Bush Jr. trying to work out his Daddy issues by invading Iraq. Headdesk
Frankly, my beef with this comic has less to do with using real world politics in a comic than the idea of Bruce franchising his Dark Avenger of the Night schtick. I'm definitely buying this one when it comes out on the stands though. And the "99" cartoon is utterly extraordinary. Hopefully Netflix will carry it after the first season comes out on DVD.
It only goes to really show that racism is being increasingly marginalized, the louder the Right screams about it. Try to imagine a show like 99 coming out twenty years ago, when the most positive non-white, non-Christian character in an adventure cartoon would have been Hadji in Jonny Quest reruns.
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Date: 2010-12-31 05:45 pm (UTC)They need to note that the French were right about a war in Iraq, just as they were right about Vietnam being a bad idea. But hey, they are just wussies, I guess.
They need to note that the riots in 2005 were limited to burning cars and not beating people up. They were also in response to mass layoffs of younger people in the workforce due to financial problems, combined with laws that will allow anyone from a french affiliated country to be educated cheaply in France, but you cannot be employed after graduation...you are supposed to go back to your own country. Religion had nothing to do with the situation. So basically, the young French/Muslim Batman is finding non-government sanctioned employment. You'll know if he is Truly French if he works a 30 hour week, takes a two hour lunch, and disappears for two weeks in August.