DISCUSSIONS FROM THE OTHERHOOD

From Black Panther, to Kato to John Stewart/the Green Lantern, with the growing number of individuals of color in mainstream comics either headlining or featured, who do you believe really deserves their own feature film and why?!

Join the board and staff of OTHER SCI FI to discuss diversity in light of the current crop of superhero films and TV shows. Who measures up? Who does not?

Join the Editorial Board of Other Sci Fi Magazine to discuss the disturbing practice in Hollywood of Yellowface - using anglos to play Asian characters in make-up to appear Asian or supplanting Asian characters altogether. Why is this still going on?

Join the Editorial Board of Other Sci Fi Magazine to discuss the ins and out of speculative fiction, horror, science fiction and fantasy as experienced through the filter of creators and consumers of color.

Join the Editorial Board of Other Sci Fi Magazine to again discuss the phenomenon of whitewashing in the context of Scarlett Johansen accepting the role of Major Kusanagi, a Japanese woman, in the long-awaited live action film for the anime classic Ghost in the Shell. Who is responsible for the whitewash? Should the studio stop making these incongruous role offers or should the actors have the ethics not to accept the roles? Join us tonight to voice your position.

Join the Editorial Board of Other Sci Fi Magazine to discuss Porn! (Not what youâ??re thinking - You should be ashamed of yourself!) We're talking about competence porn, defined as people getting their jollies watching smart people figure out how to solve difficult situations. It used to be the exclusive realm of SF but not so much of late. Why this has changed; the general anti-science climate? And what of it still exists. Mission: Impossible, CSIs. McGuyver, Law & Order (Classic) Why Apollo 13 is good and The Martian is not; andâ?¦ Who are CP Studs and who are CP Duds?

Join the Editorial Board and Staff of Other Sci Fi to discuss the genesis of strange prevailing view that African Americans don't enjoy science fiction and fantasy.

Join the Editorial Board of Other Sci Fi Magazine to discuss the ins and out of speculative fiction, horror, science fiction and fantasy as experienced through the filter of creators and consumers of color.

Join the Editorial Board of Other Sci Fi Magazine to discuss the ins and out of speculative fiction, horror, science fiction and fantasy as experienced through the filter of creators and consumers of color.

Join the Editorial Board of Other Sci Fi Magazine to discuss the "WHITE-OUT" at the Oscars and the attitudes that lead to fimmaking of exclusion.