Well hello again! I'm here to discuss once again the idea behind superheroes and their roles and how it effects society/others. In this article The impact of superheroes on self-esteem, with emphasis on individuals of color offered many great points on how children and even adult look up to superheroes and more specifically superman "This research believes we chose superman because of his ability to triumph against seemingly insurmountable odds." we choose superman because he has extraordinary powers and a great morality he is a great role model for kids as well as the perfect image as how many see him, white, super enhanced body and gifted unlike many of us regular people. Those images certainly lower our self-esteem when we see ourselves and seeing that we look nothing like superman or do anything he does. I agree that superman is a great role model for kids as to what he does his sense of selflessnes but on the other hand he isn't the perfect man and shouldn't be looked upon his color or the way he looks and thats how many see him. They don't see him as clark kent but as superman who actually gets lois lane's heart.
This article's point is that " the good guy among comic book characters usually wore white and the bad guys wore black( Zorro was a rare exception)." I certainly disagree with this statement making it seem like being a different color, the way you look makes you bad and being like superman white and strong is who you should want to be. Well that should never be the case everyone is different and just because a comic book makes you think you're different well don't let it. Comic book represent many biases that subliminally represent either right or wrong, good or evil and those things get to our heads and thats when we start seeing ourselves as outcasts when we shouldn't be. We don't have to be like superman we can be what we choose to be and not let what social media is putting as "our role model' superheroes.
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