richardmurray

The question is: Has the comic book industry failed black people? 

Before I viewed the video, my thoughts

The question makes an erroneous assumption. Did the comic book industry of the usa ever pledge to support or favor the black community in the usa? To fail on making a goal, you have to first state the goal. The comic book industry in the usa never ever said it was trying to support the black community in the usa in any way.

Now some will say, The comic book industry , like any other, only serves revenue. But this is a  lie. No industry is ever purely on financial gains. Every single industry has communities that control it. From the white jewish community in Hollywood. To the  white irish or white italian community in law enforcement. To the white anglo saxon protestant in christian communities. Each industry by default has a desire for more revenue. But each industry has a community that controls it and seeks to maintain its control. 

The comic book industry in the USA is owned by whites, who want to retain their control. Its goal is to gain revenue from all humanity. 

The question is, how can the black consumer in the usa generate a black owned comic book industry in the usa?

After I viewed the video, my thoughts

He doesnt address the question. The validity of a person's claim to any subject is easily rankable based on truth. The community of Black Nerds as it relates to comic books/anime/ or the entire entertainment global complex is complex but doesn't answer the question. Black people in the comic book/animation industry being told by any other, including black people,  that they can not be a character whose phenotype they do not share doesn't answer the question. White guilt or shame does not answer the question. The level of information of the general community online doesn't answer the question. The video blogger's personal life doesn't answer the question. Stating a desire to have a discussion on the comic book industry and as it applies to the black community while having that as the title to your talk is poor prose. 

The issue isn't complex. Those who own control. Those who own in fiscal capitalism, have two desires, to make money, to block others from owning.