Ms. Marvel

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   In Marvel's comic, Ms. Marvel, the new heroine is named Kamala Khan and unlike the majority of other superheroes, she's a muslim character. Marvel didn't want to make Kamala's culture and race such a big part of the story that they lose the main point of the story all together, which is to talk about and show the newest superhero of , but they did a great job at not crossing a line, but taking  a good look at what real life is like for a  Muslim teen. It's also important to note that Marvel makes her problems "normal" teenage problem. Instead of it being a cultural difference, it is made to look like just an average problem that the majority of teens face, which is great. In one scene, Kamala sneaks out of her house in order to go to a party and once she's there her culture is disrespected by her uneducated "friends," and she is made fun of. After she leaves the party out of anger and embarrassment, she meets some popular Marvel superheroes on her way home. While talking to them, she stresses that she is a teenager who grew up in New Jersey just like the others at the party and her race and culture have nothing to do with her sense of engagement with kids her own age. This is an important point because it's communicating equality to readers and that there is nothing wrong or different with Muslim Americans, especially right now when there have been heated tensions between White and Muslim American's since 9/11 and even before then. I really liked this comic book because as I stated before, it shows a lot of justice for equality and it's expanding the range of colored and minority peoples in mass media and that is always great.

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  1. KeyCDecember 4, 2017 at 6:48 PM

    I loved the underlying message in this novel because it does give hope for minorities to have a face in America despite the differences in beliefs, race, or gender. A great start to redefining what it is to be American in the areas that are gray!

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