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the fact that they’re dealing with racism so well in tfaws. the scene where bucky had to tell the cops that sam was an avenger so they wouldn’t arrest him for thinking he was bothering bucky felt like a slap in the face. sam wilson, a.k.a the falcon, an avenger who fought thanos on behalf of the universe, was about to get arrested because he was arguing with a white guy in the street. imagine what would happen if that white guy wasn’t bucky and some random guy who didn’t know sam. the police would’ve used brute force, arrested him for no reason, or even shot him right away. nothing we haven’t seen before, right?

it doesn’t matter that you were in the army for years. it doesn’t matter that you served your country. hell, it doesn’t even fucking matter that you helped saving the world. because when a white guy who’s wearing a uniform and has the authority to use a gun notices you don’t have the same skin colour, you’re doomed.

you’re a suspect.

your actions don’t matter but your skin colour does.

the fact that even marvel, a company that was blamed for making “shiny cgi movies with costumed, overrated actors for children” can’t stay silent about it anymore.

let that sink in.

(okay, let’s add a little note here. i’m not patting anyone on the back. i just thought that they were drawing some attention to the subject -call it bare minimum, it’s your opinion- and it’s refreshing to see in the mcu. they didn’t shy away from this and i thought it was an improvement for marvel. that’s it folks.)

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