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‘The Falcon and the Winter Soldier’ Is Not Afraid to Lean Into Uncomfortable Racial Politics
“Sam Wilson is a Black man, and those Stars and Stripes are something that you can’t just forgive,” head writer Malcolm Spellman tells TheWrapTim Baysinger | March 16, 2021 @ 5:02 PM Last Updated: March 19, 2021 @ 11:51 AM
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You don’t need to remind Malcolm Spellman, head writer of Marvel’s “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier,” about the importance of the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s very few prominent Black characters. His family already does that.
“My nephew wears a Black Panther costume every other week,” Spellman told TheWrap. “It doesn’t even fit him anymore.”