All by Joshua Brafman

A Hero By Any Other Color

As a middle class white kid, I grew up having thousands of characters I could relate to or see myself as, while my friend Maya Hanks had maybe three. Possibly, If a Black child sees Superman, he dreams of being LIKE him. But if a Black child sees Black Panther, he dreams he could BE him. Representation is exceptionally important, especially for people of color in this country…