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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSuperman saved undocumented workers from a racist and conservative media is mad about it
The latest issue of Action Comics No. 987 contains a scalding scene: A white supremacist, fed up with a company that just laid him off, decides to load up his machine gun and kill the undocumented workers he believes took his job. Luckily, in the nick of time, Superman arrives to shield the would-be victims from a storm of bullets:
Still, the action of preventing a mass murder, which seems in line with Supermans moral compass, hasnt come without controversy. Fox News has a column calling the Man of Steel a propaganda tool for the defenders of illegal aliens, and the right-wing website Breitbart derided him as Social Justice Supes.
Their argument is that comic book writers and artists have inserted a proillegal immigrant agenda into their comics, and that its part of a larger trend of politicizing comic books.
But there are a couple of things to note about the issue.
The first is that the undocumented workers designation in Action Comics No. 987 comes from the homicidal white supremacist an unreliable narrator. It could be interpreted that hes shooting at the workers at his company who arent white because hes stereotyping and projecting his bigotry onto them.
https://www.vox.com/culture/2017/9/15/16307794/superman-undocumented-workers-white-supremacist-action-comics
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)Can you just imagine how frustrating it must be for them to be deprived of the joys of a mass killing? So very sad for them. Anybody want to check under some pebbles to see if we can't find traces of their lost humanity?
onecaliberal
(33,008 posts)world wide wally
(21,762 posts)Dave Starsky
(5,914 posts)Stands to reason. He is, himself, an immigrant refugee.
cagefreesoylentgreen
(838 posts)The digital version, since I have no more room in my house for comics longboxes. But I'm more than happy to give my support of it pisses off Nazis. Yay, go Supes!
J_William_Ryan
(1,762 posts)There is no proillegal immigrant agenda.
That one is undocumented doesnt mean hes illegal.
All persons in the United States are entitled to a presumption of innocence and due process of the law including those undocumented.
That most on the right oppose these fundamental principles of American jurisprudence comes as no surprise.
Behind the Aegis
(54,064 posts)Superman is an illegal alien! LITERALLY!
Fuck, these are stupid people!
Ken Burch
(50,254 posts)when I was in high school.
You're the only other person I know of who picked up on that.
madaboutharry
(40,247 posts)Superwoman too.
NickB79
(19,301 posts)While Superman is wearing a DACA T-shirt.
Behind the Aegis
(54,064 posts)Of course, other so-called "illegals" among the superhero pantheon; Wonder Woman, The Martian Manhunter, Hawkman/woman and Aquaman. Of course, there are many others. It would be great to see DC and Marvel (Thor) take on the anti-immigrant bullshit by pointing out many of the beloved heroes of their universes are from places OTHER THAN the US, and sometimes, Earth!
Behind the Aegis
(54,064 posts)...Superman is a JEWISH creation and his story, especially his origin story, mimics the plight of immigrant Jews, via the story of Moses.