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Kevin Feige Says He Regrets Whitewashing


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On 5/21/2021 at 12:27 PM, Brick said:

 

 

The pronunciation of his name is weird too since in Arabic it is indeed supposed to be "Rawz", but his creator Dennis O'Neil says it's pronounced as "Raysh" for some reason. 

 

 


Yep, the Arabic pronunciation is "Rawz", but the reason O'Neil pronounced it incorrectly is because (if I recall) when he was first creating the character, he reached out to a University Professor and the professor wrongly told him it was pronounced "Raysh". The confusion came in part because "Ra's" is similar to a Hebrew word that sounds like "Raysh", so perhaps the professor thought O'Neil meant the Hebrew version instead of the Arabic. 
 

Unfortunately, Batman: The Animated Series ran with "Raysh" and Kevin Conroy to this day pronounces it as "Raysh" in every animated production, so a legion of Batfans grew up believing the incorrect one. Although, I guess even if it's actually incorrect, if the creator of the character says it is "Raysh" then I suppose that is also correct on a technical level...I prefer "Rawz", though. 

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