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Will ‘New Mutants’ Sunspot Ever Get His Tan Back?
For years, comic artists have made Bobby lighter and lighter, subtly erasing his African traits
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Jan 5, 2021
“With the long-delayed release of Fox’s X-Men film The New Mutants, claims of whitewashing have been lobbed at the film for its casting of the historically Afro Brazilian mutant Robert da Costa, otherwise known as Sunspot. However, this latest incident is not without precedent.” — Miguel Machado
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