But I think I prefer the space-Sikh instead.
Maybe his name was Kid Sihko all along, and everyone just misunderstood because of his accent!
Anyway, I started thinking about this because I was thinking about the whole topic of racial diversity in the Legion for the umpteenth time, and it occured to me while I kind of hate retconning the race of any of the core Legionnaires, it might be less annoying if it were a more obscure character like Reflecto or Kid Psycho, and it might even lead to those characters being used more.
EDE, I greatly dislike the race-retconning as well. Especially because it was done so cynically by Bendis and his editors -- one moment the Rannzes are White, the next they're Black! And stereotypes, to boot! Of course, I know that's not the only example, but I think it's by far the worst.
Let me make something clear -- I am Latinx, Half-Jewish, and to some undetermined extent Indigenous. And I could care less about weaponized progress in superhero comics!
That's because I believe that superheroes who have been around for a long time, such as the Legionnaires, have ALWAYS been inherently problematic on many issues, including race. The best that can be done with the Legion (IN MY OPINION) is to have some of the long-running characters be vaguely coded -- Salu Digby, sounds like her ancestors might have been a mixture of South Asian and English; Tinya Wazzo, could indicate Italian descent.
Which brings us to the elephant in the room -- my favorite character, Tasmia Mallor, was initially conceived as coming from a world of Black separatists (essentially the same origin that they'd give Troy Stewart several years later.) I'll come right out and say it -- I'm GLAD she ended up being exotic but blue-skinned, and I'll tell you why: because by the time I seriously got into the Legion, we already had SEVERAL Black and biracial Legionnaires, but ZERO explicitly LATINX Legionnaires. So, for me, it became like, Tasmia is mine, mine, MINE! Try to take her from me, and I'll make you sorry you were born!
I know that's an extreme stance to take, but I don't care. Instead of messing with the identities of established Legionnaires, either come up with new ones or insert new retroactive members into the team's distant past for greater diversity.
That's my opinion.