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Heimdalls race is though the guy even states it in the post, the Scandinavian people who created the Norse Mythology wouldn't have just randomly made one of their dieties black, after describing him as a fair skinned god, also the fact that when the religion came about Scandinavia was filled with Caucasians, and any depictions of he Norse dieties are depicted as white, the thing is he's a lesser known character within the marvel comics, and a lesser known god of the Norse pantheon. I get that Black Panther is a big deal to African American people for being an African super hero, and I applaud them with going at the issue of blackwashing previously white characters with something as big as this, because by turning a character such as Black Panther white seems absurd, but everything they point out is what most people say about characters that where previously white that where turned Back, and by doing it with something of this stature shows it more than a lesser known character

As and African American, I can honestly say I've never felt closer to a character just because they where black, or white, or male, or anything close to what I am, I feel close to a character if I like them, if I'm watching or reading something and go, hey that's a cool character, and get invested in them it's never because of skin color, or gender, or whatever, I personally believe people who feel the need to like a character just because they share a skin color, the same gender, or even the same sexuality, is pretty single minded, now that's just my opinion on it, tho I've been able to adore characters I share nothing in common with and feel close and invested in them, I'd say throughout the entire MCU I only truly felt invested in Tchalla in civil war, but the main person I connected to was Tony Stark, and Clint and Nat, now Tchalla has been in fewer films so as time goes on then maybe, if he's written well, and I feel like they can do that

That could also be said about most if not all characters, they even stated Heimdall in Norse mythology he's sometimes even stated as the whitest of gods due to his fair skin, they even did the same with Valkyrie and in Norse mythology Valkyries are women with fair skin, blonde hair, and blue eyes, the actress who plays Valkyrie has none of these traits, now I love the actor and actress that potray them, but what the guy in the photo is trying to say is state is that this happens to characters who are white without little to no backlash whatsoever while if it's done to a character who are originally black well as the joker said, "everyone loses their minds." He's stating the double standard between the two if it's ok to do it to white characters then why not be able to do it to characters of other races? As long as the story is good and stays true to the original characters ideals and traits, and if it's actors or actresses if they're good at what they do, then why not?