Captain America is a beautiful superhero. I never knew much about
him growing up, but watching the Marvel movie last year, Jack Kirby's character
Captain America is quite lovable. Watching the frail skinny kid try and do well
in the drills yet only fail was admiring when you saw how much heart he had. He
undergoes an experiment that makes him taller, exponentially much more muscular
and physically perfect as a solider. The image of Captain America is to
represent a patriotic figure battling the axis powers and helping America win
the World War II.
American has grown into a cornucopia of cultures and different
people. It’s a beautiful thing—diversity, however America is fighting an
internal war with herself. We in the field of social work and other people
fields are battling racism, discrimination, and hate constantly. Division is certainly
apparent in various parts of the U.S and it is important for us to not see past
color, but recognize and embrace the differences we all have.
I prefer to see the superhero Captain America as the comic originally
created him as, but this article speaks to me that our wonderful country has
been growing and evolving, yet not all of its people have. Many are not ready
to accept the growing differences that are steadily becoming more apparent and
are fearful of change. These changes come through the quality of marriage, certain races gaining
more power and affluence, shifts in political power, and many other practices of diversity.
We are a great and mighty nation. I long to see the day Martin
Luther King’s I Have a Dream speech will be our reality of life.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/29/kamala-khan-islamophobia-marvel-superhero_n_4339845.html
ReplyDeleteDid you ever hear about the controversy regarding the new spiderman? The casting was between Andrew Garfield and Donald Glover (obvs Andrew Garfield won). Donald Glover shared after the whole ordeal the amount of hate mail he received for auditioning as spiderman. I thought it was fascinating. He said something along the lines of "can you not imagine a nerdy, black kid living in new york with his aunt and uncle who likes photography?" That statement made me laugh because it is so plausible. So so plausible.
ReplyDeleteWhoa thats interesting to hear. I just googled it and I was even more surprised that it's childish gambino. Did they ever comment why Donald Glover wasn't selected? Thanks for sharing Sara :)
ReplyDeleteThe racism that still exists in America is very upsetting. But I am glad to see that we have made progress, and I look forward to the day when racism is a thing of the past.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing this!! I feel like this is a real sign of progress. America is a nation made up of all sorts of people and its really great that our nation is evolving enough that people have the courage to do something like this which celebrates the diversity that makes this country so great.
ReplyDeleteI also saw this article and video and loved what it showed about us as a nation. Why can't someone other than the "traditional" Captain America wear the costume and be the hero?
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