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How The Incredible Black Superman Represents Us
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How The Incredible Black Superman Represents Us

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Mar 22, 2019
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In 2011, Black Spider-Man arrived in comic stores. Miles Morales, an Afro-Latino teenager from Brooklyn, was replacing Peter Parker. I worked at a comic shop in Los Angeles, and Black Spider-Man’s advent sparked conversations with a few customers about the “Black Superman.”

But the Black Superman conversation wasn’t just about a single character; it was …

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