“Weaponized Historical Accuracy”
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They race swapped Heimdallr in Marvel as a deliberate racial attack. He is literally described as the whitest Aesir, so of course they make him a black man. It's everywhere man and it is all done maliciously and with intent.
No arguments from me. Most of the Thor I read in the comics as a kid was from the Avengers so I didn’t get into the Asgard part until I was older. I used to believe that race swaps weren’t a big deal since they were sporadic years ago but I finally opened my eyes after Annie came out. That was followed with so many to the point where I won’t even watch something if it’s race or gender swapped, or if it sounds interesting I just buy the book. Denzel is one of my all time favorite actors and even though I no longer have Netflix I’m not going to even pirate his Hannibal movie
And then I remember hearing people talking about how great Idris Elba did in the role ... and I was like, "did I miss something? He didn't do anything." There was certainly nothing particularly noteworthy in his performance.
But as a psyop, that makes perfect sense. "The whitest guy is actually black, and he was amazing! And if you disagree, you're probably a racist."