It saddens me to say that this has been my least favorite issue released, though not on any fault of the writers or editors.
To me, racism is a very difficult lense to adjust for, if for no other reason than because it is an entirely subjective lense that is completely shaped by the wielder. As such, racism is a touchy subject because it's so personal for many people, yet so distant and almost unimportant to many others.
What it is not, however, is universal. While reading, I felt so little connection to the goings-on that it seemed like while this issue had a lot of intelligent things to say, and said them well, I felt so disconnected from the concepts introduced that it may as well have been written in Latin or inscribed in runes.
The reasoning for this is because groups can see Speedy Gonzales so many different ways regardless of how it was the same character we had all watched. Because of our unique lense, we each have a different interpretation to the stimuli in our daily lives. It's amazing how any a shift in focus can turn what some people find to be simple entertainment to social and sociological commentary. How the same stimulus could prove to be revolutionarily positive, or soul-crushingly negative, is entirely dependent on that lense.
Though I admit that it is not to my tastes, I wanted to praise the editors looking beyond each lense's focus directly, and allowing an issue that could show not only that each lense varies, but what makes the lense so impacting to begin with. It's a difficult topic to carry with tact, but is executed with ease here. Excellent work.
