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Post by Whitedwarf on Feb 20, 2007 20:25:31 GMT -5
It's simple:
"Blackstar" looks like an American-Indian name. Some features of him look rather Indian, others not. His facial traits are sweet, very handsome, resembling latin people. Another clue is the shape of the eyes, less Indian and much more hinting at a latin physiognomy.
His skin is slightly darker, as undeniable matter of facts.
My LOGICAL guess:
Father: James Blackstar, American-Indian heritage.
Mother: Maria Mendez, beautiful Mexican woman.
Brilliant concept ahead of its time: an interracial cartoon hero. LONG LIVE BLACKSTAR.
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Post by zimraphel on Feb 20, 2007 21:31:17 GMT -5
Living as you do in Italy, how many Native American people have you actually _seen_? They don't all look alike. There are real-life Cherokees with the name Blackstar, so it's entirely possible that John is full-blooded Cherokee, possibly with some mixed blood in his ancestry. However, I wouldn't go so far as to start giving names to his parents outside of fan fic.
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Post by Whitedwarf on Feb 21, 2007 7:34:46 GMT -5
Living as you do in Italy, how many Native American people have you actually _seen_? They don't all look alike. There are real-life Cherokees with the name Blackstar, so it's entirely possible that John is full-blooded Cherokee, possibly with some mixed blood in his ancestry. However, I wouldn't go so far as to start giving names to his parents outside of fan fic. Zim, I was speculating just for the sake of it... in my *MIND*, those are John's parents. I don't really pretend to elevate that to neither canon nor fanon levels. Fanfic stuff as you were saying, indeed. Many thanks for the info... CHEROKEE! Didn't know that it was a real surname. How do you do, Zim? It has been a long time since the last time you posted here  Nice to see you. |
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Post by zimraphel on Feb 21, 2007 9:44:30 GMT -5
Well, some of the poll options are redundant. A mulatto is Black mixed with another race. Native American/Mexican is what we call mestizo. Also, John's accent would indicate in large part where he was born and raised. I'm guessing the western United States, just about any state west of the Rocky Mountains. And his racial/ethnic background would, in some part, also be determined by where he was born and raised. In some areas, you see certain populations, but in others, you really don't.
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Post by Whitedwarf on Feb 21, 2007 12:20:54 GMT -5
Well, some of the poll options are redundant. A mulatto is Black mixed with another race. Native American/Mexican is what we call mestizo. Also, John's accent would indicate in large part where he was born and raised. I'm guessing the western United States, just about any state west of the Rocky Mountains. And his racial/ethnic background would, in some part, also be determined by where he was born and raised. In some areas, you see certain populations, but in others, you really don't.
Mestizo (Portuguese, Mestiço; French, Métis: from Late Latin mixticius, from Latin mixtus, past participle of miscere, "to mix") is a term of Spanish origin used to designate people of mixed European and indigenous non-European ancestry. The term has traditionally been applied mostly to those of mixed European and indigenous Amerindian ancestry who inhabit the region spanning Latin America: from Mexico in the north to Argentina and Chile's Patagonia in the south.
In other regions and countries previously under Spanish, Portuguese or French colonial rule, variants of the term may also be in usage for people of other colonial European and indigenous non-European (Asian, African, and Oceanianic, etc.) mixtures. In the Philippines, the term Mestizo is a broad reference to individuals of any non-specific foreign admixture to an ethnic Filipino base stock.
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Post by glammazon on Apr 20, 2007 21:21:10 GMT -5
The fact is that John Blackstar was intended to be an African-American, but this was changed by order of CBS, perhaps due to the racism that was affecting the industry at the time.
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Post by validus on Jun 28, 2007 12:34:32 GMT -5
The fact that the character of Blackstar was originally intended to be black is an interesting facet of the show's history, and a powerful statement regarding just how far we've come, as an integrated society, since the early 1980s. We see heroes of all shapes, sizes, and colors on the big and small screens today, and that is truly wonderful. All that aside, John Blackstar was a man of undefined ethnic background by the time he was put on celluloid. I like to think of him as, perhaps, an indication of the single mixed "race" human beings might one day become. As the world gets smaller and our minds and universal, spiritual understanding collectively continues to grow, I think it is entirely plausible that, in the very distant future, the genetic mixing of humanity might result in a single, homogenous "race" of humans. Of course, individuals' physical appearances would probably still reflect some of the genetic diversity of their common ancestors, to varying degrees (various hair and eye colors, body types, etc.). Consider also that Blackstar's blonde-haired, blue-eyed girlfriend was named after a Japanese longsword |
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Post by Whitedwarf on Oct 20, 2007 19:09:05 GMT -5
All that aside, John Blackstar was a man of undefined ethnic background by the time he was put on celluloid. I like to think of him as, perhaps, an indication of the single mixed "race" human beings might one day become. As the world gets smaller and our minds and universal, spiritual understanding collectively continues to grow, I think it is entirely plausible that, in the very distant future, the genetic mixing of humanity might result in a single, homogenous "race" of humans. Of course, individuals' physical appearances would probably still reflect some of the genetic diversity of their common ancestors, to varying degrees (various hair and eye colors, body types, etc.). Consider also that Blackstar's blonde-haired, blue-eyed girlfriend was named after a Japanese longsword Brilliant insight. I just think that in Blackstar's future, human kind has achieved a sort of general "interracial culture", which is a marvellous result. Even Blackstar's boss/Commander looks as being not-Caucasian. |
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Post by coinilius on Oct 21, 2007 19:00:27 GMT -5
Consider also that Blackstar's blonde-haired, blue-eyed girlfriend was named after a Japanese longsword Interestingly enough, the daughter of a woman I work with is named Katana! |
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Post by Whitedwarf on Nov 19, 2007 16:28:38 GMT -5
Consider also that Blackstar's blonde-haired, blue-eyed girlfriend was named after a Japanese longsword Interestingly enough, the daughter of a woman I work with is named Katana! WHOA! This is a blast!  |
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Post by coinilius on Nov 19, 2007 19:31:07 GMT -5
I'd never heard it as an actual name before - wonder if she was inspired by Blackstar?  |
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Post by Whitedwarf on Mar 8, 2008 12:55:16 GMT -5
I think that 'Katana' is supposed to be... her surname  (Like 'Blackstar'). |
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Post by zimraphel on Mar 9, 2008 1:41:24 GMT -5
No, Blackstar refers to her as "Katana," meaning it's her first name; it'd be very odd for him to call his girlfriend by her surname. The writers of that particular episode were simply lazy in never bothering to give Kat a proper last name.
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Post by Whitedwarf on Mar 17, 2008 7:11:42 GMT -5
No, Blackstar refers to her as "Katana," meaning it's her first name; it'd be very odd for him to call his girlfriend by her surname. The writers of that particular episode were simply lazy in never bothering to give Kat a proper last name. Does Katana refer to Blackstar as "John" |
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Post by validus on Mar 17, 2008 8:13:02 GMT -5
Does Katana refer to Blackstar as "John" Yes. |
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Nice to see you.
(Like 'Blackstar').