Monday, February 23, 2009

Secret Heros: The Asian American Anthology



April 2009, there is a comic book coming out. The setting is during WWII after Roosevelt signed the 9066 in response to the attack on pearl harbor. Main character is a Japanese-American superhero who was thrown into the interment camps. http://www.secretidentities.org/

The comic book world is expanding their characters to more than mutants and white folks. What I like about this comic book is that it may bring up issues that relate to Asian-Americas, but also expose more stereotype to those who never had first hand experience. One way to relate this to a more understanding issue is the Tyler Perry shows. Sure he might bring out the life style of one stereotypical black family, but that does not mean that is all black-americans have experienced that way of living. When it comes to race in the media, I feel it will always be an issue on how its being portrayed.

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