Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4479676-20161211205116/@comment-25521424-20161212002843

SonOfAres1 wrote: No one criticized the casting of those two because of race.. The casting choices were criticized for not being accurate to the comics.

Flash Thompson is a stereotypical high school jock, while Ned Leeds is a 20/30 year old reporter. But MCU Flash and Ned seem to be a normal high schoolers.

It had nothing to do with their race, only their roles. Flash Thomspon could easily be a high school jock even in this version. It doesn't have to be a tall blonde dude to be it, that some stereotype that was promoted mostly in the latest version of the character (like in the Ultimate Comics, or in the lastest movies).

Ned Leeds is basically Ganke Lee with a different name. To be fair, the original character was not that interesting. They probably changed it in that way because the Spectacular Spider-Man version of the character is Korean-American, and so they added Ganke to the mix. The all Homecoming trailer reminded me more of a Miles Morales story than a Peter Parker's story.