Why a Black Captain America changes everything
CNN
'The Falcon and the Winter Soldier' is a long overdue revolution in popular culture, says Peniel Joseph - one that challenges conventional ideas about America exceptionalism and reminds him why his own love of superheroes and his passion for Black history have always been linked.
As a lifelong comic book fan, I see a Black Captain America as a long-overdue revolution in popular culture -- one that recognizes, rather than runs away from, the centrality of the struggle for racial justice to the larger American project.
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