MY 15 year old son absolutely idolised Chadwick Boseman. A huge Black Panther poster was the only thing stuck to his wall - the first black superhero.
Breaking the news was extremely tough - he was his Elvis, Lennon and Bowie all in one. To him, anything Boseman touched was cool, evocative, powerful, DIFFERENT.
My son is white. And he, along with children of every race, were mesmerised seeing Black Panther walk through the portal at the end of Avengers.
We now look back on his choices of roles with renewed awareness - here was a man in a rush to make a difference. ELECTRIFYING To say he represented a generation of black people is like saying water is a little wet.
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