Beau DeMayo Criticizes Marvel for Changing White Characters to Black, Forgets His Own ‘X-Men ‘97’ Raceswap

Beau DeMayo is a name we haven’t heard much about in recent months. Initially hailed as one of the most promising writers at Marvel Studios, thanks to the successful launch of the critically acclaimed ‘X-Men ’97,’ DeMayo was unexpectedly fired by the studio even before the first season premiered.

At first, the reason for his sudden dismissal was unclear, but DeMayo later provoked the studio into releasing a statement revealing that he was fired due to alleged sexual misconduct. The studio’s internal investigation uncovered troubling behavior, leading to their swift and severe action.

Since then, DeMayo has continued to criticize Marvel for racism and homophobia and has even reportedly filed a lawsuit against the company, though there are no updates on the situation at this time.

Since being fired and revealed as an alleged sexual predator DeMayo has been using his social media profiles to call out the studio and Disney in general for various reasons. The latest “incident” is related to the ‘Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man’ trailer which revealed that Norman and Harry Osborn are going to be raceswapped in the upcoming animated show.

Norman is a white man in the comics, and one of his most famous live-action adaptations is played by Willem Dafoe. In the show, the character will be voiced by Colman Domingo who has been rumored for various other MCU roles in the past.

DeMayo criticized Marvel Studios for changing white villains to Black characters, stating that it feels “funny” and pointing out examples like Kang, High Evolutionary, Norman Osborn, Electro, and Mordo.

Before assuming that DeMayo is against race-swapping in general, he’s actually only bothered by villains being changed to different races.

Luckily fans called him out for his offensive statement, pointing out that he too is guilty of race-swapping in ‘X-Men ’97.’

DeMayo introduced a new character in ‘X-Men ’97,’ Sunspot, who was previously not a part of ‘X-Men: The Animated Series,’ voiced by Gui Augustini. However, fans criticized the casting because Sunspot is meant to be Afro-Brazilian, and Augustini, who has Brazilian roots, is white.

This led to accusations of hypocrisy, as DeMayo had criticized Marvel for race-swapping characters in films, yet cast a white actor for a character who is traditionally Afro-Brazilian.

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