tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620698560611640068.post1528205911865683040..comments2024-03-21T06:36:04.196-05:00Comments on The Idol-Head of Diabolu, a Martian Manhunter blog: Justice League Quarterly #11 (Summer, 1993)Diabolu Frankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04685199809207954223noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620698560611640068.post-60054826124151154652008-06-18T20:19:00.000-05:002008-06-18T20:19:00.000-05:00As a person from Texas-- generally nuh-uh, but wit...As a person from Texas-- generally nuh-uh, but with major reservations. In the writers' defense, they're Australian, and the story was set in '63. Today, Atlanta, GA is a black haven, and most African-Americans are Southerners. Doesn't mean they aren't suppressed and exploited still, though.Diabolu Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04685199809207954223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620698560611640068.post-61526197054574768392008-06-18T19:21:00.000-05:002008-06-18T19:21:00.000-05:00Ah yes. Because all white folk in the South are, ...Ah yes. Because all white folk in the South are, secretly or otherwise, racist. <BR/><BR/>Beyond that though, sounds like a good story. Using J'Onn J'Onzz as an observer to predjudice and discrimination is an easy route to take, but it seemingly can produce a lot of useful results, so one can't really blame the creators who use it. It's like the Silver Surfer lamenting about man's cruelty to man; it just comes natural.<BR/><BR/>And I'll even admit that in Alabama in 63, yeah, most white folk probably were somewhat racist, although probably not to the over-statement contained herein, and in pretty much every other depicition of the South produced in either New York or California.Lukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07352646370918575626noreply@blogger.com