I know this is a little off topic, but you're a big inspiration for me. The passion you put into your videos is amazing! Just wanted to say thanks even though we make wildly different content

I don’t understand why they’re unwilling to adapt actual black characters like Spawn or Static Shock. Spawn would make such a fucking badass movie.

For me, as a Puerto Rican and black man, I would rather see an original character who happens to be Puerto Rican or black, instead of taking a white character and race swapping them. Like my GOAT Spawn for example, I love Spawn

To me, things feel more authentic when characters are created and kept as is.

The thing that bothers me about raceswaps is that why the fuck would you wanna raceswap certain characters when your already have well established characters that are already black, asian, japanese, haitian etc

Honestly I grew up with black Nick fury and I was surprised when I found out he was white this whole time

"Superman should give man hope"meanwhile Demigah uses injustice Superman in the background 💀

So, while the idea of a black Red Hood/Jason Todd sounds cool, there's no way that you'd be able to cast a black dude in that role and not expect everyone involved in the decision to get cancelled. It'd be "promoting negative stereotypes about black people", "not all black youth are criminals with loser parents", etc. We live in an age where the colour of your skin determines everything - backstory, character, values. I can't see a world where that'd work. Also, can we get some Asian representation up in here? I'm not Asian and yet I feel like they're pretty much invisible in media these days.

"Batman falls into a depression" You say that as If he isn't already depressed

As long as black Jason doesn’t have that kill monger cut I’m all for it

agreed Superman should be a symbol for everyone

Fun Fact: Nick Fury in the MCU is based on the one from the Ultimate marvel comics.

The issue I have with race swapping establish characters is because they never give black characters who are originally black or any other race in the comics a chance and they take the easy way out by race or gender swapping them

How Jason get Batman’s tires off with a basic old tire iron lmao

1:15 Jason JERMAINE Peter Todd got me dying!!!😂😂😂😂

I know right? When I’m halfway through a race they just change the whole location, now I gotta run another full race again.

I also heard they orginally tried to cast Will Smith as Superman , but he said no, and that's how we got Hancok

I didn't even know Nick Fury was white

I feel like Nick Fury is one of the only race swaps that actually worked. Samuel L Jackson is a great actor.

Yeah Jason Todd is 100 percent an honorary black man and invited to the cookout

Facts, reminds me of an native American version of ghost rider from a comic I saw once. It made the pre-existing character unique, made sense with the lore, and added a different perspective. That's what these characters should be about. Adding things of value, not just adding for the sake of looking "Cool".

Man just wants to be live action Jason Todd 😭

Making Aqualad black in young justice is one of my favorite race swaps (granted it was a completely separate character from OG Aqualad but let's be honest Kal is way cooler then Garth) He was strong, he was natural born leader the other characters good look up too, had cooler powers then Aquaman (electricity and water constructs hell yeaaaah!) and to top it all off, he was the son of pre existing villain, Black Manta! Which adds stuff to the lore and what not. Aqualad was so damn cool in that show. Also getting to become Aquaman in season 3 But him being black wasn't an aspect of his personality. It was just a design choice for the best version of that character.

While I agree with you on the idea of Jason, I still rock with white Fury. That man was a menace in the comics, even whipped a congressman.

I am against ANY race swaps. ANY. You can always create new characters with new names and interesting abilities.

"HE'S REACHING!" 😆

Wait, isn't Damian Wayne and Talia al Ghul from the middle east? So technically wouldn't that mean they could have a slightly darker skin tone?

Why I hate race swaps is because not only it is lazy, it's racist because they only see legitimatcy in classic white characters (youngrippa59) and every time they create a "new" character and it's terrible they fall on racism

0:31 That Nick Fury is based on Nick Fury Jr from the ultimate comics, which is the son of the original Nick Fury, technically it is not a raceswap.

Race swapping in media can be pretty ridiculous, especially when it feels like it's being done just to push a certain agenda. It's one thing for fans to have their own interpretations of characters, but when it's forced on you, it's just cringeworthy. And when they start race swapping real historical figures, that's a whole other level of absurdity. Just imagine being remembered for something important even after 100's of years, only to have your legacy overshadowed by a completely different version of yourself made by some hate all men karen.

As a white guy, I am all for a black Jason Todd, and I agree that it could work way better than him being white. And to be honest, I don't mind if any character has their skin color changed as long as their purpose and personality aren't affected by it. I love characters for who they are, not for what race they are portrayed as. But I absolutely hate when characters are changed to minorities in the name of diversity when the only real reason is to get appeal and hopefully make more money (which never works, idk how they haven't learned their lesson) Your examples comparing the likes of Nick Fury to Deadshot and Velma are perfect. We want our heroes to be real people, not political statements.

I don’t see Red hood being black. At least not the Pattinson-verse. I could see him in the DCU though. The reason why I feel like him being white is better is because he’s was designed to look like one to one Bruce Wayne except the fact that he went down the opposite path. The Pinnacle of Batman who kills. He in fact resembles Bruce Wayne’s face the most out of the whole family aside Damien Wayne.

I just want it to be authentic. No DEI or companies using race as a shield for criticism. A character being developed. A character we can see as a person and not just companies pulling something.

That Jason Todd idea is actually really good. But yeah typically I don't care about race or gender swapping (I used to but nowadays I don't care as long as it's done right) but typically it's done to shield from criticism. Like Rey is basically gender swapped Luke Skywalker in all but name and is written incredibly poorly. But instead of acknowledging it, Disney just writes fans off as "woman haters"

Race swapping already well established characters is the definition of "Stop touching shit!"

Don’t want Red Hood to be black. Here’s a bright idea. How about we make Mr Terrific, Cyborg, Vixen, Black Lightning, Static Shockajd the many other amazing DC characters and make them awesome and mainstream? Of better yet, make a new original character and make them as compelling as Red Hood? Hunh?

Bro that fucked up joke of Tim Fox was hilarious, you'd make a great writer on the boys 😂😂 this is Kripke levels of social commentary and im here for it.

I always hated the implication that a non-white character had to be carried by the legacy of an existing and beloved character. Everyone is too scared and insecure to try to stand on their own.

The thing with Miles is that he isn't just a black Peter but his own person

Speaking of Black Red Hood, that reminds me of John Boyega saying he wanted to play Red Hood in a live action film, I think he could pull it off very well

My thing is why do you have to change characters that are white for no reason instead of actually using characters of that race and making a good movie,tv show or game about them. Making them popular and well liked.

1:39 what about signal ?

It only makes sense to me if they're their own character like a Miles Morales, but I wouldn't like it if they just made Peter Parker black

I am split on race swap. I hate it when a preexisting character is changed but I have zero problems if it’s a new universe and the character is different in that as that makes a lot more sense.

In some cases I think they try to do this to push some sort of people pleasing agenda.

I’m neutral, To race swapping I don’t mind it when make sense , but I don’t like it because just to race swap the character just because

2:02 "me-la-nin", with each part sounding even more intense then last one, lmfao

Dr.Voodoo kicks so much ass. He’s sorcerer supreme level strong. If they ever put him in a movie I know people are gonna love his ass.

I remember when race swapping bit someone in the cheeks A twitter user race swap a character in the manga (or adult manga, i dont remember which), saying that representation matters... the person was had a response from someone who said "Congratulations! You made a sex slave black!" What we learn children? Dont race swap a character unless you have a good reason

I mostly hate that a lot of race swaps take the place of already existing black characters We got so much more to offer than electricity but they don’t have a big name to them and writers don’t feel like building a big name And it’s hard to push for the og black characters cause weirdos will scream woke over anything with melanin on it 💀

Too be fair to Brother Voodoo, he was a character on his own. He just happened to become sorcerer supreme at one point and time like other characters in Marvel.

The main issue with RS is that a lot of the times, its pointless. They tend to choose ginger characters to be black and what started as a coincidence is now a pattern. Personally I'd love to see more inclusion of established/new black characters like they did with Bloodsport in the new Suicide Squad. Duke Thomas is also a good character to look more into as he's one of the memebers of the bat family. Making Jason black is a risky concept, not many writers would know how to go about portarying the character correctly as DC has shown they have no idea what to do with Jason anyway. Its a good idea I'd personally would love to see fleshed out, but I doubt we'll see it anytime soon.

All I wanted to say is that I have never had any problem with relating to fictinal character just bcs they don't look like me. Idk if anyone could have this problem...

What the fuck? 8 minutes and 3 seconds? How much fucking time do you think I have?!

They should make a animated red hood show voiced by demigah

Batman sees jason: well well well 🦇

White and black deadshot are so different that i be asking if either of them are deadshot 💀

People might have a problem with Jason Todd becoming black, because it'd seem like Batman is his "white saviour".

Jason Todd being black will be a terrible race swap.

“He’s reaching” 😂😂😂

Same here. I'm African-American and I'm sick to death of all the race swapping. At first I found it amusing and flattering but once they started doing it too much to other characters then I started getting annoyed and insulted. Example Jimmy oslen a red head white guy in the comics and in Superman TAS. Now they flipped him from white to black. All in the name of useless diversity

I grew up with white nick fury and it was wierd for me at first when I saw that he was black in the mcu(I didnt know about the ultimate comics)

I like the autistic Batman

5:16 That "Anymore" lip syncing was actually really smooth!

3:29 BRO I AM FUCKING DYING LAUGHING😂😂

We already had a black Superman character his name is Icon and his sidekicks name is Rocket they're both from Dakota like Static shock

I think people will complain if Jason Todd was black. He has the toughest backstory, rocky relationship with Bruce, died horribly and by popular vote and a killer. People will think they wrote him like that because of prejudice. I’m all for it, but you know how people are.

2:54-2:56 Well it's not, because Jason Todd's troubled childhood is not exclusive to us black folks. I grew up in mixed low income neighborhoods, and I knew many white kids who came from broken homes. I knew white kids who could probably steal the hub caps off a car to get some cash, if they haven't already. Although in the end this validates what you said earlier in the video about his race being the sole aspect of his character. Because Jason's backstory could happen to anybody. So writers doing it for DEI reasons would be stupid.

Actually, the reason Nick Fury is black in the MCU is because he’s based off of Nick Fury Jr.

Ur Val Zod point is huge. U rlly put that into words well. Superman is the hero for everyone. And honestly I think alot of ppl hate on Superman growing up but once we get older we realize why he is such a great character. He’s the most human of all the heroes and he’s an alien with immeasurable strength.

That's a view point i also share, i dont really care about race swap as long as they don't: A) Change the character completely into something they're not or B) Make their skin color their *entire personality.* And unfortunately most change of the color palette is usually one of these two things which is why i like if not love characters like Miles Morales and Val Zod whilst also not liking what they do with characters like Velma for example

I don’t think that any characters should be race swapped. Just be original and make new characters instead. It just makes characters less recognisable and is an unnecessary change just to be more inclusive.

to a certain extent, i kind of hate creative liberty haha these stories like the hbo harley quinn show. DON'T change the characters, just give us more of what we already love

There’s is no reason to even race swamp characters to begin with

Has anyone noticed in movies and games that recently, a black man ends up being gay? Dei gets out of hand on that one.

i hate how DC would rather race swap the popular characters than actually use the black characters they have like all the milestone media characters john Stewart vixen black lightning steel cyborg etc edit also the racist fans under the aforementioned video are most likely synder fans not true fans because true fans politely disagree

I know I'm a bit late to comics and superheroes as a whole - hell, my first superhero movie was the 2012 Avengers movie (damn was it good) and I didn't really get into superheroes until 2016/2017. But for me, my one big issue with race swapping is that I want to see an as comic accurate portrayal as possible. That means, how the character looked in the comics should be as similar, if not on point to the actor in live action. It's not that some actors can't pull off some characters (Nick Fury played by Sam Jackson is the only Nick Fury I know, Will Smith playing Deadshot was just cool - he made that movie for me and even Dwayne Johnson as Black Adam had its moments too), but unless the actor is that good and the potential is there, it's always a struggle for me personally to accept, especially when there are some darker skinned heroes who absolutely should take a greater center stage - like Static Shock, John Stewart's Green Lantern, Luke Cage just to name a few examples. I'd even go as far to say new original heroes could be created, because while the classics are always classic, there's nothing wrong with throwing something new into the mix just to spice it up. That's just my opinion I wanted to share. Love your take as always, Demigah.

Ion gon lie jason has the black part already played out His dad left moms dead he was a criminal when he was young all u need is some dark skin and for him to be called JT short for Jason todd

I had no idea white Nick Furry even existed 😭 Also I think the only reason why they haven’t race swapped Jason Todd is because of how he met Batman, I think they know that some people will call it stereotypical which I think sucks because you have a point with making Jason black. I think the only ‘race swap’ I’ve seen that I’m okay with is Selina Kyle/Catwoman, her name is literally Selina and I’m not trying to stereotype but that’s a Mexican/latin name so her (from what I’ve seen online) in most recent iterations being some form of Mexican/Latin is fine with me.

Bro wants the one Robin that stole for a living, prior to being adopted by Batman, to be black! YOU CANNOT MAKE THIS SH*T UP 😂

We need ORIGINAL black heroes, why change falcon into captain America, he is THE FALCON. Also Bucky was the one who should have been the new cap. They should focus on Spawn, Static shock and even Batwing

The problems are 1: The people being *racial swapped are rarely ever simply that, they're often also given a trait or more normally associated with the racial ethnicity they've been changed to. 2: Only probably 40%, at most, still look like the character but with a different racial ethnicity. Like Hugo in Gotham, Wilson in Ben Affleck's Daredevil and actually Johnny in Fant4stic. And 3: The people behind the *Racial swapping sometimes do it with the wrong character. Like look at 2015's Fant4stic movie, it would have made more sense to turn Ben black instead of Johnny due to the fact that he's got Hood Life, had a rough life growing up and is already the token minority of Fantastic Four in general with him being Jewish (Cuz for some reason now, that's been legally turned into some kind of racial ethnicity instead of just a religion)

A black red hood is actually a really interesting idea

Ngl I don't mind race swapping for certain characters but I hate making characters LGBT when they never have been before for not even a good story or no story at all they just wanna make them LGBT for the sake of it instead of using actual gay characters😂😂💯💯

do get me wrong demigah i like you also as another person who has redhood as there favorite dc character i disagree with race swapping him

For the record the "Black Superman" makes ZERO sense. There are multiple kryptonians. They are capable of having different skin tons. He ALSO isnt Clark Kent. He is a completely different person. He even became president. He is his own person. You should look into character before saying oh he is just black Superman for black people. No he isnt. He is simply a different Kryptonian that is on earth. There are TONS of them that show up to earth. It makes sense that not all of them are black. Before anyone says he should have a different name. Why? Connor became Superman as did plenty of other Kryptonians. It is the same as Miles using the name Spiderman. This was a very bad take.

My Main Problem is when it's Done to Check a Box

The second i saw the title i instantly thought of what they did to my boy jimmy olsen in adventures with superman. They literally took his style and turned him into a generic black guy. Im not egainst race swapping or anything but if ur going to make my boy black ATLEAST MAKE HIM STAND OUT, why the FUCK is his hair not red

One definitely had a problem with Iris West being black. Two I would much rather there just be original black character rather then shoehorn stuff in because people NEED to feel special and see themselves in everything.

The issue is each Robin has to look like the last one, to confuse others to think there's only one Robin, instead of having spares.

Erm technically Nick Fury wasn't race swapped, the black Nick Fury is the son of the white Nick Fury ☝️🤓. And the black Wall𝗮𝗰𝗲 West is the white Wally West ☝️🤓

To the people who are in favor for race swap imagine if they race swap Black Panther and cast Ryan Gosling yall would have wanted the man's head for that

First comment Good vid ❤

John Stewart is so fucking cool. So glad he’s coming with James Gunn DCU. I’m gonna need him to get Static on the phone immediately tho, he needs to be here. Also as a white guy, black Red Hood sounds awesome. Being honest though, most race swaps are just downright lazy and are given to characters who absolutely don’t need to be.

The Milestone universe is LOOOOONG overdue for any sort of mainstream recognition. We need Static, Icon, and the rest of the crew on the big screen. So many original Black American IPs get swept under the rug for crazy reasons.

Making this video 8 mins right after that community note is WILD timing😭😭

As someone who’s black myself, I’ve got my thoughts. I just feel that race swapping is unnecessary in general in comparison to just making a new character (preferably with a different identity and name, we don’t need “Two characters named Spiderman situation again”). With a new character, even if it’s inspired by a legacy character, you have the freedom to tell the story that you identify with and relate to better than you would a legacy character. 1. It diversifies the pool of characters so we don’t rely on the same ones we already have multiple stories with and know about to a fault, killing any potential over saturation. 2. It doesn’t cause *nearly* as much uproar as switching out the race of an iconic character for the sake of *looking* diverse That said, while it’s unnecessary I don’t think it should never be done. Fiction is still fiction at the end of the day, so it feels stupid to enforce something just because it might get backlash from detractors. I mostly agree with you in saying that changing a race shouldn’t really dictate their character as well. Batwoman is a good example. However, my only hang up is Red Hood (Sorry XD). I personally don’t see a good reason for him being black at all. You mention his backstory involving his parents as a reason for the change, but despite it being recognized as a black struggle we aren’t the only ones to come from broken homes and families. Drug dealers and overdoses have always been an all round issue for just about everyone in America, both back then and nowadays. But I digress, if a character’s race isn’t *that* integral to the plot or their story/background then it seems relatively harmless to change it around. Nick Fury is a good example and a good way to look at it. All and all, it’d just be better to make more original characters or better utilize the minority characters owned by the specific I.P. rather than workshop it into a pre established character that doesn’t fit the mold. That’s ultimately my opinion on the matter. Cool video nonetheless, nice work Demigah.

Dick Grayson, Scarlet Witch and Doctor Doom are Romani, but they are still depicted white Duke Thomas, Firestorm, John Stuart, and Batwing exist, but DC doesn't want to use them that much Thalia and her father are Middle Easterners are depicted white, but it depends which region in Middle East so I don't know.

Now hold up, hes got a point

I hate race swapping as I find it just lazy and i mean in any direction. I sure as hell dont want blade to be white or even latino like me.Also it shows whoever is in charge has no faith in making thier own character or trying to prop up an already existing character.