Diversity in Comics

 In this blog by Charles Pullman-Moore, he discusses how in today's comics the main characters are finally becoming more diverse but argues that back in the 1940's when Dc and Marvel comics were first released there weren't any black superheroes. He also adds that  Lewis, a black journalist once said,"We weren’t very conscious about being left out, it was just the way things were. We identified with Superman, Batman, Submariner and the rest of them without giving much thought to it. If you’ve never seen a black hero you don’t spend a lot of time wondering where they are. Today you would, but back then, there were no blacks in ads. It just didn’t happen." Lewis is saying that back when comics were released that it wasn't such huge deal that most superheroes were white, that's just how things were. Most blacks were oblivious that the weren't even included in comic books because back in the 1940's blacks weren't viewed as highly as whites were. But he also adds that even though back then you wouldn't really wonder why there wasn't any black superheroes, you would today. Charles says in his blog that, "We’re currently living in a new golden age of comics, where the main characters are finally beginning to look like the people who’ve always read them." Although I agree with him I would have to argue that even though superheroes are becoming more diverse it shouldn't have taken this long to happen.