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Around the same time, I'd also been having this conversation with my parents

Around the same time, I'd also been havingthis conversation with my parents in which they...

Marvel's 616 • S01E02 • 2020

Around the same time, I'd also been having
this conversation with my parents in which they would look
at my art and ask me, "Why do you draw
so many white characters?" Like, a lot of my characters were pale,
and this is something that I've actually talked
with other artists of color 'cause we all have experienced
this same phenomenon where when we dream up
our own stories as children, at least, those characters are often white or,
you know, light-skinned

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Around the same time, I'd also been having this conversation with my parents

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in which they would look at my art and ask me,

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"Why do you draw so many white characters?"

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Like, a lot of my characters were pale, and this is something

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that I've actually talked with other artists of color

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'cause we all have experienced this same phenomenon

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where when we dream up our own stories as children, at least,

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those characters are often white or, you know, light-skinned.

Duration

28 seconds

Views

33

Timestamp in Movie

00:28:17

Uploaded

Jun 02, 2025

Season

1

Episode

2

Genres

documentary, animation

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Movie Summary

An anthology documentary series that explores the historical, cultural and societal impacts of the Marvel Comics Universe and its intersection with the world.