MIT Prof Claims Superman’s Patriotism is ‘Ridiculously Outdated’ in NY Times Essay
“You would think Superman’s immigrant/refugee background would have represented a point of connection, but even that rankled me”
This has always been the problem for the left with Superman. They can’t stand the fact that he likes America.
FOX News reports:
Superman’s ‘all-American power disturbed’ writer of New York Times guest essay
A New York Times guest essay this week said Superman’s “overwhelming all-American power” was disturbing, explaining the paradoxical identities associated with the iconic character as an immigrant.
“In fact, I was something of the neighborhood anti-Superman,” MIT professor Junot Diaz wrote in the New York Times, reflecting on his childhood.
“Always ready to inveigh against the Last Son of Krypton, always ready with long arguments laying out why he was dumb. What can I say?”
Diaz, a native of the Dominican Republic who teaches creative writing, should have “fallen hard for Superman,” as someone in a country that spoke English, while living with a Spanish-speaking family in an apartment. Maintaining three identities, Diaz feels that Superman does not represent him, although the superhero shares a similar experience to immigrants in America.
“From Day 1, dude just rubbed me the wrong way. There was the obvious stuff, like how goofy Superman was as a hero, how ridiculously dated his star-spangled patriotism was — Supes loved a country I’d never seen. My landfill America was way more supervillain territory,” he said.
“Even his overwhelming all-American power disturbed me. Maybe this was because I had grown up in a country recovering from its very own dictatorial Superman or because my family had, during the 1965 U.S. invasion, experienced firsthand what America could do to people with far less power.”
Superman’s immigrant symbolism does not connect with Diaz, as both the character and the USA contain “many contradictory stories.”
“You would think Superman’s immigrant/refugee background would have represented a point of connection, but even that rankled me,” he wrote.
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diaz just another lefty loser
who loves only himself but can play that off as a caring human only b/c he has the msm to help support his image
Junot Diaz – pobrecillo
“Supes loved a country I’d never seen.”
I saw it. Until people like you damaged it.
On an aside, I found my dogeared copy of Unintended Consequences yesterday. My next reread.
Two words for “MIT prof”: Get. Out.
For me Superman was always a creature of the comic books. And while I don’t agree with Prof Diaz, I did enjoy his imaginatively written book “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao”.
If Prof. Diaz never saw Superman’s country, 1) he never opened his eyes and 2) why did he come here then if he didn’t believe in it? And his family came here and never learned English?
Note to MIT prof: not every comic book character is meant to represent you. As an immigrant with a vastly different background, apparently you missed the teenage angst of being an outsider in one’s own family, and clearly you don’t relate to the hidden Superman power within every ordinary man. But if you don’t value America, why are you here? Spain has universities, too.
He left a country he considered a hellhole, and arrived in the USA. Was he expecting it to just bend to his expectations like a virtual reality game? Looking up Junot Diaz, I see he is a creative writing professor, one that engages in story telling and myth making. He would do well to remind himself that “Superman” is a fictional character, not some blueprint for an ideal society—because there are villains of all shapes, sizes, races, and even aliens in the stories. Like most whackademics, he has trouble discerning the world inside his bubble from the wider world outside.
“whackademics“ 🤣🤣
❤️ it
🫏🤡 should build a raft out of garbage and float to a place where it’ll feel better.