{"id":1373011,"date":"2022-03-12T11:10:57","date_gmt":"2022-03-12T16:10:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1373011"},"modified":"2022-03-12T11:11:00","modified_gmt":"2022-03-12T16:11:00","slug":"marvel-accused-of-bowing-to-woke-mob-after-ridiculous-apology-over-new-indigenous-character","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/marvel-accused-of-bowing-to-woke-mob-after-ridiculous-apology-over-new-indigenous-character\/","title":{"rendered":"Marvel Accused of Bowing to \u2018Woke Mob\u2019 After \u2018Ridiculous\u2019 Apology Over New Indigenous Character"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmarvel-accused-of-bowing-to-woke-mob-after-ridiculous-apology-over-new-indigenous-character%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1373011&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\"><span>After backlash over a female Indigenous Conan the Barbarian comic character that debuted last month, famed Marvel writer Jason Aaron (Avengers, Thor, Star Wars) issued an apology and vowed to alter the character\u2019s name and depiction.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Marvel on Tuesday confirmed that a female character who appeared in the latest issue of the King Conan mini-series last month would undergo changes in all the comic\u2019s future printings.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>The move comes after the popular comic book publisher faced criticism for the new character who is alleged to resemble the historical Native American icon Pocahontas and carry her reputed name \u201cMatoaka,\u201d which some saw as offensive toward the Indigenous community.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201c[D]isgusted isn\u2019t even close to a word for it. how?? how is this okay??\u201d wrote Kelly Lynne D\u2019Angelo, a Native writer. \u201c[S]he was a REAL LITTLE GIRL \u2013 to do this her, to us, over and over again\u2026 i am just at a loss. disgusting.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201c[D]oes she not deserve rest? reclamation? Honor?\u201d she added. \u201c[Y]ou colonizers make me vom[it].\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">disgusted isn&#8217;t even close to a word for it. how?? how is this okay?? she was a REAL LITTLE GIRL \u2013 to do this her, to us, over and over again\u2026 i am just at a loss. disgusting. does she not deserve rest? reclamation? honor? you colonizers make me vom  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AKunXYAUHs\">https:\/\/t.co\/AKunXYAUHs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kelly Lynne D&#8217;Angelo \u2728 (@kellylynnedang) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kellylynnedang\/status\/1498158377037287436?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 28, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Calling the femme fatale \u201cremarkably offensive,\u201d one Twitter user <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aonehattown\/status\/1499157942251278338?s=20&#038;t=-xOAS-RfGPuvt5uUNJ9FpA\"><span>urged<\/span><\/a><span> Marvel to: \u201cPlease listen to indigenous voices.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cCancel this book. This should never have been approved,\u201d the user added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cHey @Marvel and @jasonaaron, did it ever occur to you that using the name of an actual victim of colonial violence (the kind that is still being perpetuated today against Indigenous Americans) for your male power fantasy comic was insensitive, distasteful, and deeply offensive?\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SwordOnTheRange\/status\/1498374579722469377?s=20&#038;t=OyUAOg7Jj4PgPHp5lgoagQ\"><span>asked<\/span><\/a><span> another.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cTHIS is why we need Native voices writing Native characters. We\u2019re not show pieces to make your world even more noir,\u201d another user <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alinapete\/status\/1498358552158556164?s=20&#038;t=q8m1OJZ87LrmJu-cycwaLg\"><span>wrote<\/span><\/a><span>. \u201cWe\u2019re not here for you to make money off our murders and suicides, even fictional ones.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>In a statement to Comic Book Resources (CBR), the company said that though the character who was revealed in the third part of the King Conan series: \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marvel.com\/comics\/issue\/93612\/king_conan_2021_3\"><span>The Princess of Golden Ruin<\/span><\/a><span>\u201d was neither based on real-life figures nor culture, her name would be changed in all upcoming issues, digital editions, and reprints.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The writer of King Conan, Jason Aaron, also issued an apology for his \u201cill-considered decision.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Apology from Jason Aaron re: The Pocahontas character in King Conan. Marvel will change name in future reprints, digital issues and new publications. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Qay6VRgCCV\">pic.twitter.com\/Qay6VRgCCV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Liam McGuire (@LiamRMcGuire) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LiamRMcGuire\/status\/1499193977068793861?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 3, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>\u201cIn KING CONAN #3, I made the ill-considered decision to give a character the name of Matoaka, a name most closely associated with the real-life Native American figure, Pocahontas,\u201d he wrote.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Claiming the new character \u2014 \u201ca supernatural, thousand-year-old princess of a cursed island within a world of pastiche and dark fantasy\u201d \u2014 was \u201cnever intended to be based on anyone from history,\u201d Aaron said he \u201cshould have better understood the name\u2019s true meaning and resonance and recognized it wasn\u2019t appropriate to use it.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>\u201cI understand the outrage expressed by those who hold the true Matoaka\u2019s legacy dear, and for all of this and the distress it\u2019s caused, I apologize,\u201d he wrote, adding that the character\u2019s name and appearance would be \u201cadjusted\u201d for remaining issues of the mini-series as well as in \u201call digital and collected editions.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>As part of his apology, Aaron said he has donated his pay for the issue to the National Indigenous Women\u2019s Resource Center, a Native-led nonprofit that aims to end violence against Native women and children.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>But not everyone accepted his apology.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIt\u2019s still a hypersexualized, demeaning, misogynistic stereotype of an indigenous woman,\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/The7thMatrix\/status\/1499220386894041090?s=20&#038;t=Bzntl2zDlR89THPzGvk45w\"><span>wrote<\/span><\/a><span> one Twitter user. \u201cThis doesn\u2019t let Aaron or Marvel off the hook.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cChanging the name is not enough,\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Catch22Fiction\/status\/1499486848896286724?s=20&#038;t=Bzntl2zDlR89THPzGvk45w\"><span>wrote<\/span><\/a><span> another. \u201cThe comic needs to be pulled for violence and Jason Aaron needs to seriously stop writing about Native Americans. This isnt his first offense. It\u2019s habitual. I will never read Jason Aaron. How he has a job for sub par writing and racism beyond me?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>However, others saw no need for an apology over the matter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cOver[ly] sensitive people getting upset over fiction again. People need to learn to CALM DOWN,\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gferg1991\/status\/1499296579567730688?s=20&#038;t=Bzntl2zDlR89THPzGvk45w\"><span>wrote<\/span><\/a><span> one Twitter user.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThat\u2019s truly ridiculous to have to apologize for the name of a fictional character,\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DarkseidVsJLA\/status\/1499601067872509990?s=20&#038;t=Bzntl2zDlR89THPzGvk45w\"><span>wrote<\/span><\/a><span> another.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWow, it\u2019s Land of the Lakes all over again!\u201d another user <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iceslick\/status\/1499270836569657346?s=20&#038;t=Bzntl2zDlR89THPzGvk45w\"><span>wrote<\/span><\/a><span>. \u201cLeftists erasing a Native American historical figure, Pocahontas in Marvel\u2019s Conan!!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThey could poke fun to South Europeans and nobody would blink,\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/spsot\/status\/1499452365912555525?s=20&#038;t=CCDYo7hCysMQ68HK-1aQfw\"><span>wrote<\/span><\/a><span> yet another.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cJust ridiculous,\u201d another Twitter user <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MHugo2099\/status\/1499506790068895746?s=20&#038;t=EN5vm8xYhoahkeHHHDL37w\"><span>wrote<\/span><\/a><span>. \u201cWay to bend the knee to the woke mob that doesn\u2019t even read the title.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The controversy comes as cancel culture continues to swell, with those sharing views and depictions deemed controversial risking being deplatformed or suffering ostracization.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Last month, podcaster Joe Rogan <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2022\/02\/09\/political-hit-job-joe-rogan-fights-back-against-cancel-mob\/\"><span>called<\/span><\/a><span> the recent cancel campaign against him a \u201cpolitical hit job\u201d after taking criticism from conservatives for apologizing over a surfaced compilation video showing him using a racial slur in clips of episodes over a 12-year span.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Stand-up comedian Dave Chappelle has also <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2021\/10\/08\/dave-chappelle-refuses-to-cave-to-2slgbtqqia-cancel-mob-fk-twitter-fk-nbc-news-abc-news\/\"><span>come under fire<\/span><\/a><span>, being attacked by woke transgender activists following the October release of his Netflix special \u201cThe Closer\u201d in which he tells several transgender and gay jokes and declares that \u201cgender is fact.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Despite growing calls for censorship over anything deemed even mildly controversial, a majority of Americans continue to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/02\/01\/survey-majority-of-americans-view-cancel-culture-as-threat-to-democracy-freedom\/\"><span>view<\/span><\/a><span> cancel culture as a threat to democracy and freedom, according to a recent survey from the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In April, historian Victor Davis Hanson <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/radio\/2021\/04\/19\/exclusive-victor-davis-hanson-fight-leftist-cancel-culture-counter-boycotting-woke-corporations\/\"><span>suggested<\/span><\/a><span> that tens of millions of Americans coordinating a counter-boycott of corporations pushing left-wing politics \u201cwould have a profound effect,\u201d as he called to fight leftist cancel culture by counter-boycotting woke corporations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><em>Follow Joshua Klein on Twitter\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joshuaklein_\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@JoshuaKlein<\/a><\/em><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After backlash over a female Indigenous Conan the Barbarian comic character that debuted last month, famed Marvel writer Jason Aaron (Avengers, Thor, Star Wars) 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