From Actor Feuds To Alcoholism: Behind The Scenes Of Wonder Woman

Wonder Woman Is Multi-Ethnic

If you think there are diversity issues in the media in this day and age, imagine how big of a deal it was to have Lynda Carter cast in a main superheroine role in the 1970s! Carter, whose mother was of Mexican heritage, made Wonder Woman a multi-ethnic comic-book superhero.

While her father is of English and Scots-Irish ancestry, Carter’s mother is of Mexican, Spanish, and French descent. Even though Wonder Woman can be considered a representation of an all-American girl of the 1970s, it wouldn’t make sense for her to be assigned to any one ethnicity, since she’s supposed to be from a different planet anyway!