In September, Marvel’s introducing Miles as the new official ‘Spiderman’, after Peter Parker was killed off for good in June. He’s half-black and half-hispanic, with a completely new backstory/mantra to boot.
Not gonna lie, I’m pretty excited for this. It’ll be interesting to see how they revamp the series.
The 5 Most Insulting Defenses of Nerd Racism
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Warning, do not read around anything both extremely valuable and breakable.
I write articles about racisms for Cracked sometimes! This is one of those times!
omfg this is literal gold
“And then what? Up will be down, dogs will marry cats, the Hot Pockets will microwave us!”
LOL
I have been waiting for someone to call this out for SO FUCKING LONG, especially on the Miles Morales point. There are times where I am ashamed of my culture. This is abundantly one of those times. There is absolutely nothing to be ruined by changing the race/gender of a comic character. Nothing.
(via mollyandthegirls)