thespectacularspider-girl:

bohemian-dragoness:

thespectacularspider-girl: ricwulf: black-to-the-bones: This is the best example of how to avoid racial stereotypes while having a black man play a “man ape” character Funny. I remember the SocJus crowd throwing a shit fit when Marvel did this in Doctor Strange. Remember when people demanded Danny Rand, the Iron Fist, be Asian because he knew martial arts? I remember. Wait so instead of have a giant intelligent gorilla as the villain they’re gonna have a black guy in fur armor called man-ape? How is that less problematic? Am I misunderstanding this?

You’re probably thinking of villains like Grodd or the Ultra-Humanite, who are an actual apes (sorta, Ultra-Humanite is weird).

Man Ape, the Black Panther Villain, is from a tribe rival that of T’challa’s, who seeks the throne of Wakanda. He killed one of the rare, sacred white gorillas of Wakanda, ate its flesh, drank its blood and wore its pelt. This ritual gave him strength, agility, stamina and toughness roughly on par with said mystical ape.

He also, as a Wakandan, has access to vibranium