The History of Splinter and Shredder

America is founded upon slavery and racism. White supremacy is quite a dominant power structure throughout american history. And then that trickles into the culture. In the 17 hundreds, slave owners would often name their african slaves after greek gods like mars or zeus. Or neptune. Those cultural cords don't just disappear. They're still present. i sometimes wonder if master splinter, naming his servants, his tartles, effectively haven't the opportunity to give them names. So it's work noting.