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Miles Morales: Why the Small Things Have Never Mattered More

B.J. Garrison | Posted 08.29.2014 | Black Voices
Read More: Spider-Man, Ferguson, St. Louis, Race, Spiderman, Donald Glover Community, Race Relations, Donald Glover, Miles Morales, Black Voices News
B.J. Garrison

While this was a controversy over a comic book character, it really played to a larger discussion on race-relations that continues to take place throughout most, if not all, of America. Why shouldn't a talented actor be considered to play a fictional character regardless of race?

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Donald Glover Is (Finally) Spider-Man

The Huffington Post | Ryan Kristobak | Posted 08.26.2014 | Entertainment
Read More: Video, donald4spiderman, Marvel, Ultimate Spider-Man: Web Warriors, Miles Morales, Spider-Man, Donald Glover Miles Morales, Donald Glover Spider-Man, Donald Glover, Entertainment News

Four years later, #Donald4SpiderMan is finally a success! While the "Community" actor and rapper's fan-spurred Twitter campaign fell short in its o...

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Spider-Man And His Counterpart Will Finally Meet

AP | Posted 04.12.2012 | Home
Read More: Spider-Men, Peter Parker, Peter Parker Miles Morales, Miles Morales, Spider Man 50th Anniversary, Spider-Man, Spider-Man 50th Anniversary, Spider Man 50, Spider Men, Spider Man, Video, Home News

PHILADELPHIA -- Marvel Comics says Spider-Man alter ego Peter Parker will have the ultimate crossover in June by meeting his counterpart from the Ulti...

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With Great Power... Ultimate Comics Spider-Man

Sean Campbell | Posted 03.27.2012 | Black Voices
Read More: Marvel Comics, Brian Michael Bendis, Ultimate Comics Spider-Man, Sara Pichelli, Miles Morales, Postbourgie, Black Voices News
Sean Campbell

Aside from my own personal investment in Miles Morales becoming the new Ultimate universe Spider-Man, I had concerns.

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The Problem Isn't That the New Ultimate Spider-Man is Black/Hispanic. The Problem Is That Peter Parker Had to Die to Make It Happen.

Scott Mendelson | Posted 10.03.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Essays. Politics, Stan Lee, Brian Michael Bendis, Race, Marvel, Ultimate Spider-Man, Miles Morales, Donald Glover, Entertainment News
Scott Mendelson

In the real world, the one Ultimate Spider-Man was supposed to take place in, heroes don't always have to die. Sometimes they do just fade away, to a life of normalcy and happiness. It was the very least Parker deserved.

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Marvel's Mixed Race "Ultimate Spider-Man"

Marcia Dawkins | Posted 10.03.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Latinos, Mixed Race, Brian Michael Bendis, Peter Parker, Superheroes, Ethnicity, Multiracial, Hispanics, Race, Mixed Ethnicity, Marvel Comics, Culture, Entertainment, African American, Ultimate Spider-Man, Miles Morales, Spider-Man, Black, African Americans, Entertainment News
Marcia Dawkins

Today we meet Miles Morales, a younger multiracial and multiethnic Spider-Man. Even though Morales may remind us of the Spider-Man we're used to in the more traditional Marvel universe, there are definite differences.

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