I don't find it BS at all, it's common sense. When most of those characters were conceived, they were created for a predominately white male audience. The audience has since changed. They audience now wants more diversity. So you have two choices: You can either abandon many of those old characters, and yes, write new ones...or you can adapt old characters to better suit modern demographics. I don't have a problem with either choice, and I don't blame any writer or content creator from choosing to adapt their original work rather than abandon it as outdated. I know in your mind it makes more sense to write new characters in...and I agree. But realize that it would still have a similar impact. You would end up seeing 'original' characters phased out to allow newer characters to play a larger role in the story. I can't speak for you, so my question is would that appeal to you more? Or would this become about some intentionally 'diverse' character 'replacing' one of your old favorites? Edit: I'm curious, do you also feel similarly when characters from a different era (meaning MOST of them) are suddenly re-written into the modern era? Does modern day batman offend you? Cause he should be long dead. How about the Arrow you mentioned? Dead as well. So if we're going to be intellectually honest here, all these reboots should be nixed. Unless the original character was immortal, they have no business in modern story telling at all. I assume you feel the same?