In numerous public statements and interviews, Luke Cage producer Cheo Hodari Coker has explicitly connected his show with the #BlackLivesMatter movement, claiming “that hashtag... is an extension of something we’ve always tried to do.” However, his understanding of #BlackLivesMatter is only nominal: he considers any person who believes “black lives have value” to be a proud member. Fortunately, his rose-tinted viewpoint on that movement’s calls for violence and race-war is somehow utterly contradicted by the show that he created. In the world of black literature and film, Luke Cage is the most conservative work produced in decades. Not since Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man or DuBois’ Black Flame trilogy has any story made such a forceful case to black Americans for personal identity and virtue, racial healing, and cultural pride against the cult of victimization and race-war anarchy. Like all superhero tales, Luke Cage is a story about...(Read Full Article)