The Four Color Media Monitor: Larry Hama seems to be alluding to "white privilege"

Hama may not have a Twitter account, which is actually a good thing. But he does have a Facebook account, and recently said what's shown in the following screencap, regarding the history of a Marvel employee named Morrie Kuromato, an American-Japanese who turned out to be a member of squad 442 who'd served honorably:

Important words from Larry Hama. pic.twitter.com/1TTcOaldxq
— ComicTropes (@CTropes) December 7, 2021

The subject was also in discussion over a year ago on author Sean Kleefeld's site (who's a leftist himself). Let's be clear. Of course the employees at Marvel past weren't saints, and if they acted disgusting around the guy, that is disappointing. But it sounds like Hama's accusing them of "white privilege" for the sake of tearing down the company of old and making them all sound inherently bad. Presumably because he never enjoyed working there in the first place? That's the feeling this post of his cannot escape. Somebody replied with this:

From the way he phrased it, it seems Hama is telling this story to say people should "check their privilege" for *complaining about racism*? Which would be bad enough on its own... But he's also leaving out the part where Kuramoto *did* blow up at his co-workers?
— Spoony Viking (@SpoonyViking) December 8, 2021

This is why some people may perceive what Hama's saying as being reminiscent of what ultra-leftist universities have been indoctrinating, and that's why the way he puts it doesn't have the impact it could. Another poster said:

This is very well said, and needed saying...

...but would read better NOT coming from a man who wrote a heroic character threatening to shoot someone in the head with a minigun for attempting to burn an American flag.
— Robo God 🤖 (@R0B0_G0D) December 8, 2021

While it's long been seen as offensive to burn flags considered patriotic symbols, threatening somebody with death is considerably much worse, and if Hama really did put a scene like that in GI Joe...yeah, that was in poor taste. It reminds me of a political story that took place in the old EC output by the late Bill Gaines, prior to changing the publications solely to MAD magazine, where a bunch of alleged anti-commies killed a blind man because he didn't salute the USA flag. If it was supposed to deal with a serious issue, the very unrealistic approach to writing ruined everything. Surrealism is fine in itself, but if they were passing this off as a social commentary on real life, they sure didn't make a plausible effort.

One more reply made to this was:

Oh god, another "feel ashame of being white" kind of crap
— Gareth Edwards (I'm a man, you know what to use) (@ricas_minas) December 8, 2021

While it's possible there were Blacks/Latinos at the Bullpen office who could've done this too, one still has to wonder if Hama's only alluding to whites when he says this. Maybe the weirdest part of all though, is, what if the staffers in question were liberals? If they were, why doesn't Hama have an issue with that, and whether their ideology led them to do that? Some things a leftist like Hama does are just so mystifying. The subject matter he brings up does deserve to be known. But the way Hama's approaching the subject is just sloppy and unhelpful.

Labels: history, marvel comics, politics

It's been well established that Larry Hama is anti-white. From Jim Owsley's (Christopher Priest) website -"Jim-Never let the white man take advantage you"" https://digitalpriest.com/legacy/comics/chips.html , scroll down to Part 3 "Enter the Dragon".
Well, in issue #287 of GI JOE ARAH on page 21 https://readcomiconline.li/Comic/G-I...7?id=190354#21, we get more anti-white racism, when "Black Hat" (referred to as "Victoria" when her file name is supposedly "Olivia Bajpaj") describes her "discrimination" in her all white ,all male, "Advanced Computer Class" back when she was a kid.
We also see some more "discrimination" when "Multo?" (artwork is really shitty in this issue, making it hard to differentiate between the new characters) describes how he saw anti-muslim graffiti spray painted on a wall after 9-11. https://readcomiconline.li/Comic/G-I...7?id=190354#15 So tired of Larry's bullshit these days.I was a friend of his on Facebook until we had an argument about his blatant anti-white racism and unfriended me and blocked me. His Facebook profile is nothing more than a echo chamber leftist cult, full of enablers and ass kissers. Anyone who dares question the "cult of Larry" is ostracized and blocked. FUCK LARRY "the leftist" HAMA, anti- comicsgate piece of commie shit.

Posted by Joerizzo2025 | 4:06 PM

White people are so hyper-sensitive these days.

Pointing out that discrimination exists is not anti-white; discrimination does exist. Do people have to pretend not to see it in order to be accepted?

Posted by Anonymous | 1:45 PM

"Pointing out that discrimination exists is not anti-white; discrimination does exist. Do people have to pretend not to see it in order to be accepted?"

I think the real problem is that those guys are literally acting like it's still Jim Crow even when Jim Crow stopped existing. Besides, it's not exactly hyper-sensitive when BLM is literally trying to lynch white people simply for being white, or how Critical Race Theory is literally repeating the same garbage that the KKK did, only swapping the places of black and white, heck, that various so-called Black saviors are even targeting Asians as being people to discriminate and kill, even though they're not white.

For goodness sakes, right now Michael B. Jordan is claiming that Killmonger is not a villain at all despite his explicitly advocating for genocide against whites (and unlike Magneto where he at LEAST had the excuse of being a Holocaust Survivor, Killmonger never had any significant interactions with whites due to Wakanda being isolationist, much less ended up persecuted by them beforehand).

Posted by eotness | 3:39 AM

Eotness, which white people have anyone in BLM tried to lynch? Lynching is not their thing at all. And which version of Killmonger advocated genocide? In the comics, he was mostly concerned about wakandan politics, and I didn't notice him advocating genocide in the movie.

Posted by Anonymous | 1:14 PM

"Eotness, which white people have anyone in BLM tried to lynch? Lynching is not their thing at all. And which version of Killmonger advocated genocide? In the comics, he was mostly concerned about wakandan politics, and I didn't notice him advocating genocide in the movie."

https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2016/02/vicious_knockout_game_racial_hate_crime_captured_on_camera.html

https://www.lucianne.com/2020/06/27/black_lives_matter_restarts_polar_bearbr_hunting_program__michigan_authorities_brcharge_18-year-old_black_male_damirebr_palmer_for_unprovoked_violent_attackbr_against_white_macys_employee_37573.html

As far as Killmonger, I'm talking about the movie. You know, where he advocated wiping out whites. It's literally talked about here: https://boundingintocomics.com/2021/12/15/michael-b-jordan-explains-why-he-believes-killmonger-is-not-a-villain-despite-the-character-detailing-plans-for-mass-murder/

Posted by eotness | 9:01 PM

You have to be stupid to not realize that Killmonger was advocating genocide in the movies. Then again, this particular Anonymous (assuming it's the same one that's been trolling here since early 2018) has proven time and time again that he's not the brightest tool in the shed.

Posted by AgentofSHIELD | 7:52 AM

The bouncing into comics article that eotness mentions does not say anything about wiping out whites as whites; it talks about wiping out the people in charge and taking over the world, no different from any other super-villain.

An individual assault is not mass murder. The two articles, from lucianne and american thinker, talk about individual assaults on individual white people, by people who are not identified with Black Lives Matter. They have nothing to do with genocide or BLM. It is like saying Derek Chauvin is guilty of genocide because he caused George Floyd's death. Or accusing Travis McMichael and Gregory McMichael and William Bryan of genocide because they killed Arbery.

Posted by Anonymous | 7:05 PM

"The bouncing into comics article that eotness mentions does not say anything about wiping out whites as whites; it talks about wiping out the people in charge and taking over the world, no different from any other super-villain."

"An individual assault is not mass murder. The two articles, from lucianne and american thinker, talk about individual assaults on individual white people, by people who are not identified with Black Lives Matter. They have nothing to do with genocide or BLM. It is like saying Derek Chauvin is guilty of genocide because he caused George Floyd's death. Or accusing Travis McMichael and Gregory McMichael and William Bryan of genocide because they killed Arbery."

Keep living in your bubble world, Anonymous.

Posted by AgentofSHIELD | 11:16 AM

Eh, it's not my fault all the previous posters and the topic maker all seem to read quack magazines for shits and giggles as well as "solid info". Try reading some other brands once in a while and you won't feel so tightly wound.

Posted by Anonymous | 11:50 PM

"Eh, it's not my fault all the previous posters and the topic maker all seem to read quack magazines for shits and giggles as well as "solid info". Try reading some other brands once in a while and you won't feel so tightly wound."

They're only "quack magazines" because you disagree with them.

Run along, troll. Go to some liberal blog instead.

Posted by Carl | 2:48 PM