So Green Lantern #0 came out today and the world was introduced to Arab-American superhero Simon Baz.
The verdict?
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Fen Of Color United - Green Lantern 0: Now With More Racefail
06 September 2012 @ 06:27 am
Green Lantern 0: Now With More Racefail
So Green Lantern #0 came out today and the world was introduced to Arab-American superhero Simon Baz.
The verdict?
This is stupid. This is really stupid.
Just looking at the cover, I wasn't sure what was so awful about him (well, OK, the ski mask isn't a really great look, but...) and then I read the article.
He’s a car thief and he blows up an American building because that’s how Arab-Americans get down apparently. For merely being suspected of being a car thief, he gets sent to Gitmo and right as he’s about to be waterboarded, the guards refer to him as Muhammad.
WHAT.
When shitty fanfics of 24 portray Arab-Americans in a better light than this garbage, you’ve fucked up.
QFT.
QFT.
