The always entertaining Copyranter blog noticed this ad in a recent "diversity" themed advertising supplement in Fortune magazine, in which TimeWarner proudly touted the many shades of their workforce rainbow using two of their most recognizable franchises. That's right: Work at a TimeWarner company, expect to see everything in their halls from a recently whacked Italian-American to the members of the Justice League.
But before you call foul, however, consider this anonymous commentator's astute and informed analysis of just how diverse the Justice League really is:
check it. Wonder Woman is a proud Amazon, and Themyscira's *really* close to Lesbos. Superman should be read as Jewish. Seriously. Walk into any, ANY, comic book shop and ask. Seigal and Shuster's Unermensch was a Jew. Green Lantern? Black. Hawkgirl? Chica Halcon. Her costume's *Mayan* fer Chrissakes. J'onn J'onzz? Martian. A green-skinned martian. Wally West (the Flash) is pure Irish/Scot/Welsh mutt. So....... The priveliged white male you're seeking to vilify is Batman. Go ahead. Make fun of Batman. Feel cool now?
We would never make fun of Batman! Though we might sit him down and tell him all about TimeWarner's attractive domestic partnership benefits program, something he might like to discuss over dinner with Dick Grayson when he gets home.
