The usual “every accusation a confession.” Their fantasy is that it’s like this, but in reality, it’s basically flipped. The western empire says [whoever they’re currently vilifying] does atrocities and [whoever they’re currently allied with or have as a proxy] can do no wrong. Meanwhile, communists understand the concept of self-criticism and critical support, and even some anti-imperialists who are not explicitly communist have nuanced enough thinking to support self-determining entities without justifying everything they do. In fact, it is the more psychologically healthy position in general to not see everything in binary terms.
It’s the colonizers/imperialists who do the marvel movie brain of 100% good or 100% evil based on affiliation and this comic accidentally expresses that well; it’s presented like they’re making a point about racism, but in reality, they’re just illustrating how as soon as skin color enters the picture, they (the creator) can’t help themself but depict black people in a negative light. Worse still, as is common in racist depictions, the black person in the comic is nothing more than a caricature of the white person’s fantasy. They don’t even get the agency of a spoken line! Even in their attempt to paint black people as villains who are using their agency to be villains, they won’t even place them above “background actor”.
The usual “every accusation a confession.” Their fantasy is that it’s like this, but in reality, it’s basically flipped. The western empire says [whoever they’re currently vilifying] does atrocities and [whoever they’re currently allied with or have as a proxy] can do no wrong. Meanwhile, communists understand the concept of self-criticism and critical support, and even some anti-imperialists who are not explicitly communist have nuanced enough thinking to support self-determining entities without justifying everything they do. In fact, it is the more psychologically healthy position in general to not see everything in binary terms.
It’s the colonizers/imperialists who do the marvel movie brain of 100% good or 100% evil based on affiliation and this comic accidentally expresses that well; it’s presented like they’re making a point about racism, but in reality, they’re just illustrating how as soon as skin color enters the picture, they (the creator) can’t help themself but depict black people in a negative light. Worse still, as is common in racist depictions, the black person in the comic is nothing more than a caricature of the white person’s fantasy. They don’t even get the agency of a spoken line! Even in their attempt to paint black people as villains who are using their agency to be villains, they won’t even place them above “background actor”.