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The Daily Wire reports that now, the guy playing a race-swapped Captain America in what's likely to be a woke waste of time is going on the defensive after the backlash against his prior statement belittling the USA:

Actor Anthony Mackie said he’s “a proud American” as he responded to backlash against him for saying he didn’t believe “the term America” was one of the things that represented the superhero Captain America, who represents things like “honor, dignity, and integrity.”

In a post on Tuesday on the Marvel star’s Instagram Stories, Mackie wrote, “Let me be clear about this, I’m a proud American and taking on the shield of a hero like CAP [Captain America] is the honor of a lifetime.”

“I have the utmost respect for those who serve and have served our country,” he added. “CAP has universal characteristics that people all over the world can relate to.”

It's awfully late now to turn around, isn't it? What Mackie said earlier was completely avoidable, and he did not have to make such condescending comments at all. If Disney wanted to, they could've coached him and many other performers on the do's and don'ts of PR conferences. Something which the news site's own co-founder made a point about too:

Daily Wire Editor Emeritus Ben Shapiro wrote on X, “These studios at some point will have to stop giving their stars a platform to utterly destroy their product.”

Exactly. So long as the higher echelons refuse to address these issues, it won't be solved. Something tells me they won't debate the opposition on the news broadcasts either. So if the new, woke rendition of Cap tanks, it'll be for the best. One of the worst things about where Marvel went as a comics publisher in the past decade is that they probably did so to provide the politically influenced film world with what to build upon. Just one more reason why Marvel should've folded as a publisher back in the early 2000s.

Update: here's more on the subject at Breitbart, and according to this:

In another interview this week, Mackie expressed pride in black and white kids seeing a black Captain America.

“I feel like it’s just as important for Black kids to see a Black Captain America as it is for white kids to see a Black Captain America. Growing up my favorite hero was green. So it wasn’t about race or anything, it was about him being a good guy trying to do the right thing,” he said.

Unfortunately, there's some absurd double-speak in his claims here, such as why it's such a big deal for a Black actor to play the role of Cap instead of the Falcon or even Black Panther, and why entertainment value doesn't seem to matter here. The costume isn't what should matter, but the good a guy and girl can do, regardless of their nationalities. Mackie can say what he likes, but all he's doing is minimizing the white character who was first cast in the role by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, and acting like the costume is what we should care about.

Labels: Captain America, marvel comics, misogyny and racism, politics