LETS GOOOOOOOO (General hangout thread)

[Superjohn 2.0]

Zootopia didn't have that great of an allegory anyway. Why would predators be represented as the oppressed minority when they're the ones who eat people?

That reminds me of all those works that feature bigotry against a group of people with abilities beyond those of mere mortals. And in those cases the allegory doesn't hold up, because black people (for example) don't have any particular natural advantage over white people, while witches/wizards (for example) have a definite natural advantage. In which case the Beware the Superman trope comes into play; of course you should be scared of magic-users, psychics, superhumans, vampires etc.! Racism is irrational by nature, but if people in the other group all have the ability to mind-control you, tear your head off with their bare hands, burn you to ashes with eye lasers and so on, then bigotry against them is hardly irrational.

Of course, that isn't to say that this type of bigotry is unlikely considering the possible future existence of cyborgs, designer humans and other technologically enhanced people, but if you want to portray that, you should treat it like a new issue, not compare the treatment with current real-life racism.

I mean in those settings I'd argue we're getting a skewed perception, in many of those settings they're action based, meaning we'd only see the ones with extraordinary abilities. We'd don't get to see the ones with abilities that are more minor, unimpressive, or actively harmful to the person with them.


I'd would agree with you that using Superpowered people as stand ins for real life minorities is not a wise one, and I say this as a fan or the X-Men.