@Gelderland I don't think it's Black Pete himself that's the problem in this comic, it's that he has to be played by a white guy in blackface! Blackface has some pretty awful cultural/historic connotations.
There's also the more modern issues with hiring a white person to play a black character, a cis guy (or cis girl) to play a trans woman, or a skinny guy to play an obese character, when there are plenty of excellent black, trans, or fat actors who would *love* to play the part in a much more genuine way…..
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@Gelderland I don't think it's Black Pete himself that's the problem in this comic, it's that he has to be played by a white guy in blackface! Blackface has some pretty awful cultural/historic connotations.
There's also the more modern issues with hiring a white person to play a black character, a cis guy (or cis girl) to play a trans woman, or a skinny guy to play an obese character, when there are plenty of excellent black, trans, or fat actors who would *love* to play the part in a much more genuine way…..