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A flaw in the Luke Cage narrative, one that bugs me anyway is that realistically he would likely be painted as a villain & be a target of other supers. If he were real, I suspect he wouldn't be so averse to using that strength on cops. https://twitter.com/IVWall/status/1287559268066119680
I've been think a lot about Black superheroes and the current moment. I'm not sure America could handle real Black people with meta human or otherworldly powers. And I can't say I would expect a hero to come out of the hood and not want to settle some scores with police.
Functionally most caped heroes are sustaining oppressive regimes. There's a reason we don't really see Captain America dealing with Jim Crow that was both a function of the time & also a reflection of the ongoing flaw with the idea that heroes can protect America from itself
Let's spin this for a second across the imprints & say we live in a world where all the supers are real. How long before it's Captain America & Bucky casually using racial slurs? How long before it's Luke Cage, Storm or Black Panther on the run or burning it all down?
There's maybe 3 minutes before one of Batman's son Damian has to fight for his life against Cyborg. Maybe. Because as written? He would definitely let the n word out & tbh so would Batman. And what gets said to Nubia when she's introduced as Wonder Woman's sister?
Actually imagine the conversations between older Black heroes and the younger ones. And the tension of having the power to force change but not wanting to be seen as a villain. The respectability politics of heroes...
