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Roberto Da Costa is Black! Blackity Black Black! He is also visibly Black! There is no reason why he should be portrayed as a white man or voiced by one when his very first appearance was him being hate crimed for being Black! Marvel needs to fix this and quickly. Brazil is predominantly Black. There should be no excuse. Fix his design too because Black ppl have many looks but Roberto does not look like a Black person. It’s not eugenics like some of you idiots are claiming. It’s called portraying a character correctly. It doesn’t matter that it’s animation. No white person should be voicing a nonwhite character. Period. And let’s not forget the stupid show runner took away the fact that Magneto is Jewish cuz it “doesn’t matter”. Meanwhile every other character that has been casted is represented properly by their voice actors. Ion know what they got going on over at Marvel Studios and Entertainment, cuz that recent Spider-Man comic with Kamala is WILD, but they need to get it together. X-Men ‘97 is going down hill already and none of it is acceptable.

You know what really hit me hard in the Barbie movie?

That scene at the beginning where Barbie goes around her normal day, at the president's office, at the court, at the nobel prize ceremony...

All the Barbies, when being complimented on their achievements, being told they're doing an awesome job, when they, themselves, talk about their work and what they've achieved...

None of them doubt it. None of them are awkwardly trying to go 'oh it was very hard, I had help, it wasn't that important..."

No. Instead, they own it. They are confident. They know their value, they are not afraid to say 'I am good at what I do. I wrote an excellent book. I am great at being President of Barbieland. I am strong. I am a doctor and very good at my job. I am a lawyer and me showing feelings and empathy does not diminish my work in any way."

That scene actually hit me even harder than Gloria's speech. Because how often have I been hesitant to say I have done a good job, how often have I done my best to tone down my achievements because I didn't want to be seen as bragging, because I myself wasn't even sure it was that good, because I never think it's good enough?

Too often.

I'm going to try and work on that. Because I am badass, and I write good stories, and I deserve to be proud of them.

Because I AM good enough.