The Truth About Biological Determinism
Hat tip to my boy box_in_the_box who finally put into words something that has disturbed me for years about the biological determinism (this [white] character is innately superior because he comes from an innately superior family) trope we see too often not only in comics but in movies, tv shows, novels and other media:
"It's all the Child of Destiny bullshit. People can't be special because of their own MERITS as people; they have to be special because they were BORN special, so that they're not obligated to actually DO anything to justify being treated as special. It's basically a bunch of white guys, even the supposed liberals, feeling threatened that their unearned privileges are being lost as America becomes more multicultural, so they recreate a superhero version of superiority by virtue of BLOOD."
"It's all the Child of Destiny bullshit. People can't be special because of their own MERITS as people; they have to be special because they were BORN special, so that they're not obligated to actually DO anything to justify being treated as special. It's basically a bunch of white guys, even the supposed liberals, feeling threatened that their unearned privileges are being lost as America becomes more multicultural, so they recreate a superhero version of superiority by virtue of BLOOD."