Nkechi Okoro Carroll says that social isolation amid the pandemic helped catalyze the response to George Floyd’s death: “The screaming that’s been happening for centuries of the systemic and institutionalized racism that exists in this country is real”
Speaking with moderator Elaine Lowe, Carroll addressed the current climate in the U.S. following the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers and how that, combined with the pandemic, sparked a national movement.
But Carroll went on to say that while these types of statements of support are welcome, “That’s also not enough.” “When you hire a Black writer, we say you get a twofer, because we can write your stories because we’ve had to survive in that world and figure out how to assimilate and live in it,” she continued. “Then we can write our stories because of our truth.”
“In the DC Universe especially, there’s been a focus on us recognizing that we want to create heroes that look and felt like today, not the 1940s or 1950s,” he said. “They were all very well intentioned when they created those back then, but there’s a certain responsibility that you have if you’re going to escort these iconic characters into this generation to make sure they have the heart of that character, but they don’t have to have the gender or the color of that character or the sexuality.
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