In Captain America: The First Avenger, the United States government responds to the threat of a world power genocidally pursuing the genetic ideal of a white, blond, blue-eyed superman by genetically manufacturing their very own white, blond, blue-eyed superman. Steve Rogers turned out all right, but The Falcon and the Winter Soldier episode 2 shows America’s second attempt at minting a Star-Spangled Man and surprise! He’s white, he’s blond, and he sucks.
The government’s choice to prop up John Walker as a more fitting symbol of the American way is not only dismissive of Sam Wilson’s choice to let Steve’s legacy rest, it’s an outright rejection of Sam’s right to decide if he is worthy of being that symbol. If they wanted a Captain America so badly, Sam should have been the first person they approached. They did not, and The Falcon and the Winter Soldier is growing ever more explicit as to why. Blackness and heroism are incompatible concepts in the MCU’s very familiar America. Read more…
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