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“I don’t want all this SJW diversity crap in my Marvel comics”

muchymozzarella:

dude 

Marvel’s entire legacy is built on social justice issues and promoting diversity

Captain America was made by Jewish creators; a young boy with many disabilities who fought for his country

Magneto was a Jewish man who experienced oppression and genocide on a grand scale in his time imprisoned by Nazis

Spidey was a young, smart kid bullied at school who lived with his uncle and aunt and who lost a relative to gun violence

Daredevil was a blind, Irish Catholic lawyer who demanded justice for the oppressed and the belittled

Luke Cage was a black man in New York imprisoned for a crime he didn’t commit who impervious to bullets

The X-Men are a metaphor for any given oppressed minority group fighting for their rights 

The mid 2000s addition of Wiccan and Hulkling as a young gay couple 

The latter 2000s addition of Kamala Khan as a young Muslim girl superhero 

Diversity and social justice ideas built your beloved comic industries

Ms. Marvel (2014-) Digital Comics – Comics by comiXology

The all-new MS. MARVEL, the ground breaking heroine that has become an international sensation! Kamala Khan is just an ordinary girl from Jersey City–until she is suddenly empowered with extraordinary gifts. But who truly is the all-new Ms. Marvel?

Part 2 in ‘put your money where your mouth is’ about comics. Ms. Marvel launched this year and as I write this has 5 issues out. Kamala Khan is a teenage Pakistani-American girl, Muslim, superhero and just trying to figure it all out. 

Writer’s website. (female creator books are a Good Thing).

And a drop quote: As much as Islam is a part of Kamala’s identity, this book isn’t preaching about religion or the Islamic faith in particular. It’s about what happens when you struggle with the labels imposed on you, and how that forms your sense of self. It’s a struggle we’ve all faced in one form or another, and isn’t just particular to Kamala because she’s Muslim. Her religion is just one aspect of the many ways she defines herself.

Ms. Marvel (2014-) Digital Comics – Comics by comiXology