So a big part of Falcon and the Winter Soldier was addressing the implications of a black Captain America following Steve giving his shield to Sam. I was wondering how people thought it did in exploring these themes.
Personally I was surprised as they went deeper than what I thought they would allow. The scene in episode 1 with the banker showing subtle systemic racism was something I didn't expect as most of the time in shows they usually go with open blatant racism. What really surprised me was what they did:
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So overall as a black person I don't think they did a bad job in exploring this issue.
Personally I was surprised as they went deeper than what I thought they would allow. The scene in episode 1 with the banker showing subtle systemic racism was something I didn't expect as most of the time in shows they usually go with open blatant racism. What really surprised me was what they did:
With Isaiah Bradley. I mean they didn't censor his backstory from the comics and fully spelled out the atrocities the US and did to him and others simply because they were black
So overall as a black person I don't think they did a bad job in exploring this issue.