question about Colleen and Misty

[schmevil]

There are a couple of occasions I can think of where Misty says something like, "I love that crazy white girl." (I think in the Fraction run, and somewhere else). But Colleen is of course biracial and was raised in Japan - so what's up with the erasure? As if Danny Rand isn't problematic enough...

And on a related note - how is Colleen not getting more attention from writers? idgi

Comments

[dorothy1901]

Colleen is of course biracial

Biracial? I thought she was Asian on both sides (maternal and paternal).

From *cough* Wikipedia:

Colleen's father is Professor Lee Wing, a teacher of Asian history and culture at New York Columbia University. Her mother was an unnamed Japanese woman, whose ancestors were samurai (warriors) and daimyo (feudal lords). Colleen's late maternal grandfather, Kenji Ozawa, was the head of Japan's secret service, and has been succeeded in that position by his brother.

[schmevil]

Prof. Wing was biracial, actually.

[dorothy1901]

I stand corrected. *g*

[schmevil]

:) I don't even know how I managed to hold onto that little tidbit of backstory.

Hmmm

[jazzypom]

If he had Colleen say, "I just love that crazy biracial girl" eyebrows would have been raised, I guess. Considering the dodgy myths that swirl around biracial characters when it comes to stories from back in the day.

Re: Hmmm

[schmevil]

Yeah... although I wonder why it isn't just, "I love that crazy girl"?

Re: Hmmm, the problem is..

[jazzypom]

Fraction thinks that he's hip at times. Although it works in some ways, it falls flat in others.

Re: Hmmm, the problem is..

[schmevil]

He did it for ~the sassy. *seethes*

Oh, how could I forget?

[jazzypom]

But Misty was always written as 'sassy', with her calling everyone 'baby' and the rest of it. I appreciated her badass, but the way she was written, I excepted snapping fingers too (but then, I used to read the HoH comics in the early 80s, haven't read much of 'em since).

I actually like Ultimates Misty a bit better, because she's the same bad ass but without the sass, if that makes sense?

[dirty_diana]

Fraction is...not always the best with getting that stuff correct? I met Colleen through those scenes in Immortal Iron Fist so I had no idea she was biracial for a long time.

Colleen is cool and has a sword so basically, yes, more love please.

Frrrraction!

[schmevil]

Collen is amazing. We need a martial arts based crossover so all these great Marvel characters can get the attention they deserve.