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RHODEY: Secretary Ross has a Congressional Medal of Honor, which is one more than you have.
SAM: So let’s say we agree to this thing. How long is it gonna be before they lojack us like a bunch of common criminals?
RHODEY: A hundred seventeen countries want to sign this. A hundred and seventeen, Sam, and you’re just like, “Naw, it’s cool, we got it.”
SAM: How long are you going to play both sides?

In a narrative sense, the sides that Rhodey and Sam pick in Captain America: Civil War are very predictable. No one’s really expecting Tony Stark’s best friend to side against him, after all, or Sam “I do what he does, just slower” Wilson to fight Steve Rogers. But in-universe, looking at the specific arguments for and against the Accords – it’s illuminating to look at how both Sam and Rhodey’s positions are informed by race.

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