Here's a discussion about
heroes of color -- and the lack thereof -- in comics and movies.
Why are there so few? I guess because some writers have a shortage of imagination, producers have a shortage of faith, and they seem to think that only bigots buy things.
Me, today I wrote about an Egyptian-descended soldier who adopted an orphaned alien and finally got to meet one of the alien relatives. Because
my audience gives me freaking cool prompts. Oh, and LJ user rix_scaedu recently did an awesome rendition of
discrimination among angels.
I don't know why people write boring predictable stuff instead of diverse stuff. It's not like there aren't plenty of other options.