Michael Dorn had a lot of screen presence though.
He and Levar Burton and Brent Spiner were the most charismatic actors on TNG.
I have no doubt Dorn was added in there so they could make him the alpha male--Riker did nothing in the show.
But this trend -- empowering black women should be called the Kamala Harris effect.
They had the Obama Effect when he was in office--so the Spanish ruler in Pirates of the Caribbean 4 was the one in charge and destroyed the temple at the end for the good of everyone. Just like Obama.
As for Bucky--his problem should be obvious--successful white guy. Unlike Steve Rogers he was an able-bodied white guy without science.
They had to fuck him up.
And Spider-man turned into a white Gary Coleman--how old is he?
A perpetual teenager even though he is 20-something.
That wasn't the case in the comics.
He wasn't called Spider-boy.