sundancekidallie:marshzelos:“But it’s hard sometimes, to be a black kid carrying a name like ‘Patrio
sundancekidallie:marshzelos:“But it’s hard sometimes, to be a black kid carrying a name like ‘Patriot’. I remember talking to Captain America about that before he died, and he explained what patriotism meant to him…it wasn’t about blindly supporting your government. It was about knowing what your country could be, what it should be…and trying to lead it there through your example.”The issue this is from — Eli’s issue of Young Avengers Presents — is maybe the most powerful single issue of a comic I’ve ever read. To see it explicitly laid out like that, his struggles to be a black superhero called “Patriot” — was amazing. -- source link
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