Forbes Magazine dubbed JAY-Z the richest rapper in the game.Diddy occupied the top slot for the entirety of the list’s seven-year existence, but Hova snatched his title after his earnings rose from $810 million to $900 million in the past year. This increase was attributed to Jay’s investment in the liquor business, the BBC reports.The rapper famously boycotted Cristal champagne in 2006 after the company’s owners complained about the bubbly’s popularity with rappers. He then bought stake in Armand de Brignac; that combined with his investments in D'Ussé cognac, Tidal streaming and his Roc Nation label placed him at the top.Diddy came in second at $825 million. The Bad Boy mogul is also a liquor connoisseur, and made a fortune with his investment in Ciroc vodka and his own DeLeon Tequila.Dr. Dre is third on the list at $770 million. The former N.W.A. member sold his Beats by Dre headphone company to Apple for $3 billion in 2014. Eminem and Drake rounded out the top five, earning $100 million each in the past...
It's that time of year again!Forbes has released its 30 Under 30 list, and it is filled with visions of the future that we can believe in. The list showcases 30 young superstars in an array of categories from art to style to venture capital. Of course, black excellence is all up and through the list!Jourdan Dunn, 27This London-born model is a superstar in every right. She famously strutted the runway while pregnant in a Jean-Paul Gaultier show and has appeared in two — count 'em — two Beyoncé videos! Awol Erizku, 29
That iconic, ethereal photo where Beyoncé announced she was having twins? Erizku shot that. Mic dropped.Davidson Petit-Frère, 28The co-founder of Musika Frère, a men's fashion line that boasts clients such as JAY-Z, Stephen Curry and Kevin Hart! Suited and booted!Diamond Stingily, 27Stingily is an artist who has had solo shows in Los Angeles and New York. She has an upcoming 2018 show at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Miami which is inspired by Kaa from The Jungle Book and showcases black girlhood! Martine Syms, 29This artist's work has appeared in MoMA, the Institute of Contemporary Art in London, the New Museum, the Studio Museum in Harlem, MOCA in LA and MCA in Chicago. Winning!Marah Lidey, 28Lidey is about that self-care, as we learned when we interviewed her earlier this year. As the co-founder of Shine, the daily text app that sends out personal empowering messages, Lidey is helping people navigate problems both big an small! Tariq Meyers, 25Serving as the Head of Inclusion and Diversity at Lyft, Meyers has adopted the company's first-ever gender inclusion and affirmation policy. Making moves!Chris Smothers, 29
Smothers has changed the game for workspaces as the co-founder of Spacious, which adapts the cafe-work and co-working culture by renting out spaces/tables at restaurants for a monthly fee. Jordan Buckner, 29Buckner is the founder of TeaSquares, which are healthy alternative snacks created from whole leaf organic tea. The southside Chicago native's products are now sold at Whole Foods! Adelanwa Adesanya, 27 Having to go to he hospital once is bad enough; having to go multiple times is a living nightmare. Adesanya and his co-founder Shuo Qiao started Moving Analytics in 2013 to help cardiac patients avoid readmission to the hospital through software like their virtual cardiac rehab. Moving Analytics has been a hit with investors, having already raised $2 million.Iyore Olaye, 23
Olaye is the lead product development engineer at Walker and Company, the tech company best known for creating beauty products for people of color such as BEVEL and FORM. Sarah Ribner, 28
Ribner is the co-founder of PiperWai, an artisan natural deodorant. She and her best friend first gained fame for their appearance on Shark Tank, and have since amassed a cult following! Iyinoluwa Aboyeji, 26
The founder of Flutterwave, Aboyeji has a great background in the entrepreneurial space with two previous successful startups! With Flutterwave, he is empowering Pan-African merchants to implement their businesses on a global scale.Zeina Barr, 29Barr has your HR needs in check as the founder of Raise the Barr, which makes diversity training more interactive by incorporating A.I. and chatbots. It's also very inclusive! The platform is compatible for deaf and blind users.Jay Hammonds, 25Hammonds is the VIP Operations Technician at Facebook, and has used his role to pay it forward to underrepresented groups by adding 150 interns to the tech company.Daniel Getelman, 27
As the co-founder of Remix, Getelman is helping to make public transit easier and more effective for customers through the Remix platform, which evaluates data to improve these systems.Kara Brown, 29Started from journalism and now she in a TV writing room! A former senior writer at Jezebel, Brown is now a staff writer on Black-ish and the upcoming spin-off series, Grown-ish, starring fellow Forbes lister Yara Shahidi. Danielle Cooper, 28 As a vice president of Bank of America, Cooper specializes in mergers and acquisitions, and has made a name for herself handling corporate spin-offs and for helping companies to separate without paying taxes. Over the course of her career, she’s handled $60 billion worth of deals. Yes, that’s billion with a “B.” And while doing all that, she still manages to take time out to promote diversity from her chair on the bank’s diversity and inclusion council.Sam Bailey, 28
Bailey co-created the hit Chicago-based webseries, Brown Girls, which has been picked up for HBO to develop on television! Bailey directed all of the existing seven web episodes. Steven Caple, Jr., 29
Caple is a writer/director who debuted his feature film The Land at Sundance and is currently writing an Emmett Till show at HBO. The HBO show is produced by Will Smith and JAY-Z. Ryan Williams, 29 The cofounder of Cadre, a real estate tech company, Williams first became interested in real estate while at Harvard. There he developed an algorithm that helped him to successfully flip houses. Years later, he partnered with current White House adviser Jared Kushner and his brother Joshua to expand that early program into a business valued at $800 million. Saron Tesfalul, 28 A vice president a Bain Capital, Tesfalul is an expert in the consumer, retail and dining sector. She started off as a consultant for the company, and worked her way up to the executive ranks through skillful portfolio management and by making astute deals in Asia. She now uses that experience to execute massive deals using Bain Capital’s $9.4 billion private equity fund.Sabaah Folayan, 27
Folayan co-directed the film Whose Streets, which chronicled on-the-ground accounts of the Ferguson protests. The film premiered at Sundance and was acquired by Magnolia Pictures.Jermaine Fowler, 29Fowler's humbled beginnings started when he performed stand-up in high school and is now the executive producer and star of CBS' Superior Donuts! Sam French, 28 French is the Head of Strategy & Business Development at A24. Yes, that A24, the financier and production team behind Best Picture Winner, Moonlight. French was pivotal in the process of helping it come to life. Wendy De La Rosa, 28 De La Rosa has been in the finance game since high school, when she scored her first job with Goldman Sachs. Now she works as the cofounder of Duke University’s Common Cents Lab, which she started with behavioral economist Dan Ariely. The lab works with fintech companies to find ways to incentivize people making good financial decisions. Jemuel Joseph, 24 In cities, everyone is scrambling for affordable housing. Joseph and Alexis Rivas have started Cover Technologies because they think they’ve found a solution: backyard studio apartments. Cover designs, gets the permits for, manufactures and constructs custom pre-fabricated studio apartments for people’s backyards. Their studios run from $120,000 to $160,000, and so far, they’ve raised $1.6 million in funding. Alandha Scott, 28 One of Alphabet’s master marketers, Scott currently heads the product marketing department for YouTube Originals. Her top campaign got more than 200 million views, and she’s directed marketing strategy content as varied as a livestreamed Katy Perry concert to an original series from Kevin Hart.Sasha Lane, 22
Lane earned critical acclaim when she starred in American Honey, which won the Cannes Jury Prize. She will step into her first big studio project in 2018's Hellboy! Madina Nalwanga, 17Nalwanga stole our hearts as the lead in Disney's Queen of Katwe, which earned her an NAACP Image Award, a Women Film Critics Circle Award as well as Critics Choice Awards nominations!Yara Shahidi, 17
Not only is Shahidi supremely talented in her roles as Zoey in Black-ish and the upcoming Grown-ish, but she has served as a role model for millennials by being so outspoken for diversity. She is the epitome of Yung Woke!Kofi Siriboe, 23Aptly dubbed "Kofi Siribae," Siriboe's breakout role of Ralph Angel in OWN's Queen Sugar spearheaded his career in magical ways. He's everywhere! Amandla Stenberg, 19
Stenberg's traction soared after portraying Rue in the young adult adaptation, The Hunger Games and has extended her reach beyond acting by speaking of for black women and showcasing her wide range of talents through art, music and writing.Elyse Burden, 28
Burden is the co-founder of Real World Scholars, which is an e-commerce platform that brings business building to any classroom! In 2015, ten classes grew more that 250 business in classes ranging from K-12 with areas specifying in STEM to art. Everette Taylor, 28 Taylor famously went from being homeless to being a force in tech and advertising. He spent some time with Skurt, a sort of ZipCar update, before founding PopSocial, a social media marketing company. Although the firm is still new, Taylor’s already bagged some high profile clients, including Anheuser-Busch and Microsoft. Cardi B, 25 You probably already know all about Cardi B. But here’s a quick recap: the former reality star and exotic dancer climbed to the top of the charts this year with her breakout single “Bodak Yellow.” She became the first female rapper since Lauryn Hill to top the Billboard charts, and is currently hard at work on her first full-length album. Playboi Carti, 22 Carti has had a big year. Since joining the A$AP Mob, Carti has racked up over 150 million streams on Spotify, and hit number 12 on the Billboard album charts. Like many other in the Mob, Carti is known as much for his distinctive fashion sense as for his music — this in part, helped him to land a six-figure deal with Adidas. Ayesha Curry, 28 Curry is working hard at cornering the market on food. She’s a chef, a food personality, the author of a bestselling cookbook, the owner of a meal kit company, the head of a kitchenware line, the owner of a barbecue restaurant and also the creative force behind a new cooking game app. All that’s left is challenging Amazon in the grocery store wars. We wouldn’t be surprised at all if that’s next.Allyson Dias, 28Dias is the program manager of Thiel Fellowship, that encourages entrepreneurship in the younger generation. The fellowships awards $100,000 grants to people 22 years of age or younger to drop out of school and start a business. Wow!Andrew Hill, 29
Hill is here for special education students and educators alike as the co-founder of LiftED, which provides real-time data in order to make component such as instruction more effective!E.J. Carrion, 28
As the co-founder of Student Success Agency, Carrion has used the smartphone to connect young people with nearby high-quality mentors!Tony Weaver, 23
Weaver is the founder of Weird Enough Productions which tackles media misrepresentation such as fake news via original content and media literacy education! Richard Williams, 29
Williams holds two titles: digital star and human rights activist. Naturally he combines the two talents for the bigger picture, which is fighting for civil rights. He has used his rapping and spoken word skills to become a global viral sensation.Ryan Williams, 28Williams is the co-founder of Jopwell, which boasts the title of being the first recruitment platform to connect top companies to diverse candidates. Lil Uzi Vert, 23 Hailing from Philadelphia, Lil Uzi Vert has had a string of recent hits. He was featured on Migos’ ubiquitous “Bad and Boujee,” and has had a hit all his own with the whimsically named “XO Tour Lif3,” which went multi-platinum. And he’s not just a singles machine. His record Luv Is Rage 2 hit the top of the Billboard 200. SZA, 28 Long an hero of the underground, SZA burst into the mainstream recently with her debut studio record, Ctrl. Certified gold, Crtl was lauded by critics and the public alike for its confessional lyrics and unique sound. The record itself climbed all the way to number three on the Billboard charts, and SZA is currently touring in support of the album. WondaGurl, 21 The Canadian phenom, whose real name is Ebony Oshunrinde, first blew the public’s mind with her beat for JAY-Z’s “Crown.” She made it when she was just 16. In the years since, she’s crafted hits for Big Sean, Lil Uzi Vert, Travis Scott, Usher, Rihanna, Drake and many, many others.Clint Smith, 29 We told you about Smith not long ago. He’s studying for his doctorate at Harvard, and recently released a dynamite book of poetry, Counting Descent, which won the 2017 Literary Award for Best Poetry Book from the Black Caucus of the American Library Association. Watch him recite one of his poems, A letter to five of the presidents who owned slaves while they were in office here. Marley Dias, 13 We’ve talked about Marley Dias before, too. She’s a 13-year-old who founded #1000blackgirlbooks, an initiative to collect and donate children’s books featuring black girls as their protagonists. She initially hoped to collect 1,000 books, hence the program’s name, and far exceeded that goal. Now she’s writing a book of her own. Michael Tubbs, 27 Tubbs is the both the youngest and first black mayor of Stockton, California. Just 50 miles from Sacramento, Stockton has a reputation for being a violent place with few opportunities. Tubbs has big plans to change that. He’ll be using a $1 million dollar grant to institute a universal basic income: qualifying families will receive $500 a month with no strings attached. He also plans to develop a mentoring, internship and travel program from his city’s at-risk youth. These young men and women would receive a stipend for their efforts so long as they stay away from guns and out of trouble with the law. Mary Elizabeth Taylor, 28 Taylor was once a Senate cloakroom staffer. Now she is a special assistant to President Trump, and is the top White House staffer for presidential nominations. In this role, she’s already led the Senate nomination process for over 100 nominees, including new Supreme Court justice Neil Gorsuch. As if that wasn’t enough of a job, Taylor also serves as a White House strategist for its dealings with several Senate committees.Sloane Stephens, 24 Stephens have been a force in the tennis world for years — this year, however, she made headlines by winning the U.S. Open, beating both Madison Keys and Venus Williams to seize the title. Overall, she has won five singles titles and is currently ranked number 11 in the world. P.K. Subban, 28 Canadian P.K. Subban put in work playing hockey for the Montreal Canadiens , winning defenseman of the year with the team. Just before the 2016/2017 season, however, Subban was traded to the Nashville Predators. He helped that team make it all the way to the Stanley Cup finals.Tyler Allen, 25 Allen’s well on his way to earning his doctorate from North Carolina State University. He has already earned accolades for his work on the cancer exodus hypothesis, which explains how cancer cells leave the bloodstream to develop new tumors. He’s currently working on several patents related to discoveries he has made during his research, and plans to use those patents to create a commercial solution for metastatic cancer screening.H.E.R., 20
A mysterious presence, but her image is everywhere! She is widely believed to be Gabi Wilson — with no official confirmation — but nevertheless, her music has earned her fans in Alicia Keys and Wyclef Jean.Khalid, 19
Goes by one name and has earned his claim to fame. With his hit single Location, Khalid's debut album American Teen earned platinum status! Saleem Young, 23
Young is a professional gamer who virtually took over EVO 2017, the world's premiere pro gaming tournament. Young started from underdog status to making it to the finals to compete against the top-rated player in the game! Migos (Offset, 25; Quavo, 26; Takeoff, 23)
Do it look like they were left off this list?! Bad and Boujee (which featured fellow lister Lil Uzi Vert) became a pop culture anthem and currently has half a billion Youtube...
Forbes recently released its 2017 Highest-Paid Athletes and it's definitely testosterone-heavy. But there is ONE wonder woman phenom parting the sea of men like an athletic Moses: Serena Williams! That's right, Queen Serena has shattered the glass ceiling with an epic serve! Williams sits at number 51 on the 100-athlete list, earning $27 million in the last year (with $8 million attributed to salary and winnings), per Time. Like many athletes, a bulk of her wealth accumulates via endorsements. She is the highest-paid female athlete in the entire world, fabulously unseating Maria Sharapova from her 11-year throne in 2016. Arguably one of the greatest athletes of all time, Williams has consistently exceeded already astronomical expectations, even recently dominating at the Australian Open and winning her 23rd Grand Slam while pregnant. Of course, the news is bittersweet given that out of a 100 athletes, only one woman is representing, which really speaks to the gender pay gap. But, if any one were to take the historical spot, there's no better woman than Serena...
Major moves are happening in Haiti!The Global Startup Ecosystem is an organization with the goal of accelerating startups from emerging markets. The group has announced that they will be hosting major summits in developing countries across the globe over the next 13 years.Haiti will be the first host.The inaugural event, which will be on Decameron Beach in partnership with the Haitian Ministry of Tourism, was announced on the eve of Haiti’s 2010 earthquake anniversary. The big announcement was shared by over 423,000 supporters within 24 hours.Ben Horowitz (co-founder of Andreessen Horowitz) will kick off the summit with a keynote address entitled: "To Create Culture, Start a Revolution."His talk will be followed by series of panel speakers from influencers who have launched startups in Haiti, the Caribbean, Latin America, Africa, Asia and Europe. Other noteworthy speakers will include Vicky Jeudy from Netflix's Orange is the New Black and the President of Haiti, Jovenel Moise. The summit has attracted 100 global speakers from over 18 different countries. Speakers will represent top companies such as Google, Airbnb, Tech Stars, Singularity, MasterCard, Github, Dropbox and more."Haiti is not open for business," Haiti Tech Summit founder Christine Souffrant Ntim said via a press release, "Haiti is open for disruption."In addition to running the summit, Ntim is an award-winning Haitian-American entrepreneur, startup ecosystem expert and founder of Vendedy. The summit, she says will "reframe the possibilities available to global startups in Haiti," helping Haitian companies to"be prepared to scale your product globally in emerging markets."Sounds good to us! If you'll be in Haiti from June 6-7, check it out. You can find more information on the Haiti Tech Summit...
It certainly is sobering when you hear black women are completely ghost in the highest levels of business leadership. Earlier this year, Forbes announced just that when they confirmed that absolutely no black women are running Fortune 500 companies. Well, the three ladies at Young, Ambitious And Beautiful (YAB) — Lauren Bealore, Brittany Daisy Colston and Courtney Griffin — decided to get into formation to change that alarming statistic.Per NBC News, Bealore was extremely frustrated with the lack of representation woman of color have within the business owner sector, and this very frustration led her to take matters into her own hands.After partnering with Colston and Griffin, the trio set out to build something that would mentor adult women that needed help growing and building both their own companies and networks. And thus, the YAB you see today was born.
The nonprofit helps their "venture partners," or the women-owned businesses that have applied and received entry to their program, in three main areas: business and development, community engagement and mentorship and personal development. "We each have an area that's befitting of where our personal careers lie," Bealore explained.The three ladies have a variety of expertise in their backgrounds. Bealore, who oversees business development, works in politics and has experience with running campaigns, fundraising and strategic partnerships. Griffin heads the community engagement vertical by using the 360 degree approach, while Colston leads the personal development sector.Bealore aims to teach her participants that "being a 'hustlepreneur' and being an entrepreneur is two different things." She added, "If we keep continuing to treat business as if it's a side project and not as if it's to create a conglomerate or movement or an enterprise, than I think that's one step closer to changing what we have historically found with women of color and business being synonymous."YAB provides a variety of services and support systems such as one-on-one and group coaching, hosting events with different coworking spaces, and providing opportunities to learn about resources such as accelerator programs."With Bamboo Detroit, a big co-working space, we brought the 'Sister Sip' series. That started because gentrification has become very popular and we wanted to debunk this myth of what gentrification is," Bealore said. YAB exposed their guests to women of color that owned businesses in the area to show that there was diversity.YAB services 30 venture partners and a community of over 3,000 people online. The team wants to further its scope by venturing into new cities and assisting the next generation of entrepreneurs by helping to fund young women who are interested in studying business in college.On campus, they've put their money where their mouths are, giving out two scholarships last year and a book stipend two years ago. The trio plans to double the number of scholarships YAB provides next year.Although Bealore says she has already seen a lot of positive results, she feels there is still a ways to go. "I feel like 'growing' is synonymous with getting your face out there, being 'in the room' but then there's a difference between being 'in the room' and being 'at the table.'" Bealore, who is eager to help funnel more women's companies into the Fortune 500, said."I feel like a table is where a lot of the decisions are made; decisions that affect people economically and the decisions that affect communities and I think that is where things could be shaken up a little bit more."That being said, Bealore says that by working together, black women can make that shake-up become a reality: "There's one model we always use in addition to our mission and that's the Dr. Martin Luther King model to 'lift as you climb.' We wouldn't use the crabs in the bucket mentality, but the 'guided hand,' helpful mentality and that's not just expressed in your resume, but in your character."Well said! Cheers to black women tearing down that Fortune 500 barrier and excelling toward the...
There are a few FORBES' lists people aspire to be on. Their 30 under 30 is the most popular. The World's Most Powerful People is another good one. The one list that only an elite few will ever be featured on was published this week and it's interesting, to say the least.2017 FORBES list of the World's Billionaires features thousands of people, ten of them being black. The 2016 list featured 12 but Nigerian oil tycoon Femi Otedola and cement mogul Abdulsamad Rabiu fell off the ranks.Nigerian cement tycoon Aliko Dangote is still the richest black person in the world, with a fortune estimated at $12.2 billion, according to Forbes. American media mogul Oprah Winfrey, Angolan investor Isabel dos Santos, and oil woman Folorunsho Alakija are still the only black female billionaires on the list.See the full list below:Aliko Dangote, $12.2 billionNigerian, Sugar, Cement, FlourPhoto: KokoFeedMohammed Al-Amoudi, $8.4billionSaudi Arabian, OilPhoto: Wealth Wrap UpMike Adenuga, $6.1 billionNigerian, OilPhoto: News of the PeopleIsabel Dos Santos, $3.1 billionAngolan, InvestmentsPhoto: Daily MaverickOprah Winfrey, $3 billionAmerican, TelevisionPhoto: CNBCRobert Smith, $2.5 billionAmerican, Private EquityPhoto: Washington PostPatrice Motsepe, $1.81 billionSouth African, MiningPhoto: Financial JuneteenthFolorunsho Alakija, $1.61 billionNigerian, OilPhoto: NaijassadorMichael Jordan, $1.31 billionAmerican, BasketballPhoto: MagicbitMohammed Ibrahim, $1.14 billionBritish, Mobile Telecoms, InvestmentsPhoto:...
At this rate, it’s only a matter of time before 13-year-old Taylor Richardson joins the ranks of the many smart, talented and driven black women who paved history.
If ever there was a time to rally together and build one another up, it’s now. Inspiration is contagious, and when 13-year-old aspiring astronaut, Taylor Richardson was invited to an exclusive, A-list screening of the movie Hidden Figures in Washington, D.C, she was truly inspired. “The biggest takeaway for me was when Michelle Obama stated that we have to do the work and that we have to take a seat at the STEM table and bring others with us,” Richardson said in an interview with Forbes. After hearing those words from the First Lady, the 7th grader asked herself, “What can I do to help others know they can dream big and with faith and hard work, even be a mathematician or an astronaut?” Upon returning to her Jacksonville, Florida home, Richardson talked to her mom about launching a GoFundMe campaign to raise funds for other kids to see the movie. The teen, who goes by the name 'Astronaut Starbright', raised a total of $17,000 to send about 1000 students to see the movie. In addition to that, she also gave away goodie bags with movie posters, copies of the book and snacks.More than just a box-office hit and critically acclaimed film, Hidden Figures tells the story of three African-American women mathematicians who helped send John Glenn into space. “The visionary trio crossed all gender and race lines to inspire generations to dream big,” Richardson said. “The women in the movie had every odd against them, but they fought for their dreams and made it.” At this rate, it’s only a matter of time before 13-year-old Taylor Richardson joins the ranks of the many smart, talented and driven black women who paved history.Never miss a headline! Sign up for Blavity's daily...
Science Forbes published an article that stated the obvious deficiency of one of our most famed superheroes.
Superman should be black.
After a brief reminder on photosynthesis, and explaining the pigmentation spectrum known on earth and what's possible on other planets, even a fictitious Krypton, JV Chamary breaks down why Superman, who gets his fuel from the earth's sun, would no doubt be super-hue-man. "When photons hit a pigment molecule, its electrons gain enough energy to leave their associated atoms...Photosynthetic organisms on distant worlds would use whichever pigments are most appropriate to the available wavelengths of light."
There are some things not too often considered, but once stated, sound too much like right to ignore. Once the tweet went out though, the real kryptonite of information set people off as expected.
Since Superman gets his powers from sunlight, science suggests he should have dark skin: https://t.co/arO2Usw386 pic.twitter.com/J580D4xUpq
— Forbes Science (@SciForbes) April 8, 2016
@SciForbes the comment section is going to be lit, let me sit here a while pic.twitter.com/6ddJZQ1CIm
— JDegarson (@johndegarson) April 8, 2016
Well, actually...
@SciForbes he's not even human, how could science prove anything about him? Lol
— José (@JoseDG8) April 8, 2016
@blackybooboo @SciForbes it applies to comic book characters? Okay
— José (@JoseDG8) April 8, 2016
@JoseDG8 @SciForbes pale skin that reflects light would be evolutionarily disadvantageous, to get more energy his race would select darker.
— J.D.Hovland (@jdhovland) April 8, 2016
But my man here finished the article and got the actual juice
@JoseDG8 @SciForbes didnt actually READ the article did u? clearly says "after all, the Man of Steel is from the planet Krypton, not Earth"
— Juice (@SirSudds) April 8, 2016
Some people said they already knew what was up
@SciForbes His real name is Kal-El. That already sounds black.
— johnathan appleseed (@jonnappseed) April 8, 2016
And added more facts to the debate
@ElielLucero @SciForbes yep. The two dudes who created Superman were Jewish. Superman is an amalgamation of bible characters. Nice Bowie ref
— johnathan appleseed (@jonnappseed) April 8, 2016
But this user wasn't for this mix up of facts
@SciForbes No. He's from Krypton where he has no powers bc he has a red sun. So please no.
— Johnny Quest (@TmaccMill) April 8, 2016
@DonSt0ppable @SciForbes he gets the his powers from the yellow sun which he's able to absorb bc of his cells. On krypton there is a red sun
— Johnny Quest (@TmaccMill) April 8, 2016
Sis...
@DonSt0ppable @SciForbes it's a comic book it isn't based of physics. Plus he's an alien his Biology and physiology is different
— Johnny Quest (@TmaccMill) April 8, 2016
This guy's got a point
@JoseDG8 @SciForbes if science applied to superman he would not be able to fly.
— Camilo Garcia (@cag_7) April 8, 2016
But this guy's my favorite
@BrandedNavy @JoseDG8 @SciForbes but he's imaginary dude lol
— Matt Chase (@Matty_Light12) April 8, 2016
@Matty_Light12@JoseDG8@SciForbes omg!!! really??? Didn't know 😒
— Guru (@BrandedNavy) April 8, 2016
And then the author just shut it down in the comments
The point of the article wasn't necessarily about race, but as these comments and mentions point out, we're willing to suspend all scientific evidence of magic when the subject is pale and just take a superhero as a superhero, but have some melanin thrown in the mix...and it's just make believe, right?
What do you think? Should Superman have some melanin the next time we see him on screen or in print?
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