Wakanda U: Black Villains Matter
Name some Black comic book villains off the top of your head. Who comes to mind immediately? Black Manta is certainly a stand out. Fans of Netflix’s Luke Cage will probably call out Cottonmouth, Diamondback, and Black Mariah, even if they have never cracked open an issue of the titular indestructible Black hero. The Black Panther movie is around the corner. Do I hear a Killmonger (Michael B. Jordan’s Marvel movie redemption) or White Gorilla (Danial Kaluuya of Get Out and Black Mirror fame)? And how many of you brought up names of villains that weren’t originally Black? For instance, the late Michael Clarke Duncan’s Kingpin being the ONLY redeeming quality of the horrible Daredevil movie, or Jamie Foxx’s shockingly good Electro in The Amazing Spider-Man 2.
