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minus-squareJax@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up15·22 hours agoFun fact about the Lone Ranger, the most likely real world basis for the protagonist is a man named Bass Reeves. He was black, and an escaped slave. The misrepresentation has been present since the beginning, if I’m not mistaken.
minus-squareRavenFellBladelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 hours agoAnd I only learned about him in the first place because of Watchmen.
Fun fact about the Lone Ranger, the most likely real world basis for the protagonist is a man named Bass Reeves. He was black, and an escaped slave. The misrepresentation has been present since the beginning, if I’m not mistaken.
And I only learned about him in the first place because of Watchmen.