Motion Picture Prejudice
That Spider-man need be a masculine young adult has never been in question these past fifty years (there’s Spider-Woman for the ladies), but what race Spider-man’s belonged to over suddenly became a much realer question than ever. Could Spider-man be black? Could Spider-man be Hispanic?
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Why is it only white characters are subject to this? Why can't you create your own POC compelling characters?
Not that I think Disney has the balls to do this, but in this current racial climate it would be an excellent opportunity for commentary. He is a character who is always at odds with the NYPD, not unlike the African American demographic of that city who were routinely targeted by the stop and frisk policy (recently declared unconstitutional).
This is supposed to be Marvel's bread and butter, and it is what saw their rise to prominence during the silver age of comics - focusing on the human attributes of superheroes.
Furthermore, those that cry of comic book continuity are full of bs. If they knew anything about the Civil War storyline, they would know that Spiderman dies at the end. So if we really are going to be sticklers over continuity in comics, how is it that we can overlook the fact that comics are constantly disregarding it themselves?
It's not as if Marvel totally abandoned the character of Peter Parker after he supposedly died (which is never the case in comic books when a character dies, nobody dies!) So arguing over continuity is about as useful as an ahole on your elbow. Stop doing it. Actually read the comics if you expect to be taken seriously by those who are true fans.