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Minorities in cartoons: “Class of the Titans”

February 4, 2016December 10, 2021 Anthony

This week’s minorities in cartoons entry is “Class of the Titans,” a Canadian animated series that ran from 2005 to 2008 on Teletoon. Background The

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Minorities in cartoons: Bishop

February 19, 2015December 10, 2021 Anthony

This week’s minorities in cartoons entry is Bishop (full name: Lucas Bishop), an X-Men character. Bishop first appeared in “Uncanny X-Men” #282 (November 1991). He

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Minorities in cartoons: Nubia

July 3, 2014December 10, 2021 Anthony

This week’s minorities in cartoons entry is Nubia, a longtime Wonder Woman supporting character. Nubia first appeared in “Wonder Woman” (vol. 1) #204 in January

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Minorities in comics and animation: Michael Jordan

June 16, 2011December 10, 2021 Anthony

This week’s (slightly belated) entry takes a look at someone who *isn’t* a cartoon, but appeared as one (and alongside some) anyway: Michael Jordan, the

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Black animated and comic characters: Wyatt Williams (“6Teen”)

February 23, 2011December 10, 2021 Anthony

Today’s entry is about Wyatt Williams, from Teletoon’s 2000s animated series “6Teen.” The show is about a group of six friends and their hijinks at

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Black animated and comic characters: Leshawna (“Total Drama Island”)

February 15, 2011December 10, 2021 Anthony

Moving into non-American Black characters, we come to Leshawna, from the Canadian series “Total Drama Island” (and its successors, “Total Drama Action” and “Total Drama

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Black animated and comic characters: Black Lightning

February 11, 2011December 10, 2021 Anthony

This entry, as well as several upcoming others, presents an odd superhero trope that exists. There’s the apparent tendency by comic writers (for some reason)

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Black animated and comic characters: Jackie (“Cyberchase”)

February 7, 2011December 10, 2021 Anthony

Today’s Black animated character entry is Jackie, a character on the PBS series “Cyberchase.” Background “Cyberchase” is an educational series that debuted in 2002 that’s

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Black animated and comic characters: “The Proud Family”

February 6, 2011December 10, 2021 Anthony

“The Proud Family” was a Disney Channel cartoon that aired during the early to mid 2000s. Background The series focused on the Proud family: father

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