'Black Panther' Brings New Visibility To Cosplayers Of Color
Cosplay, when people wear costumes to play fictional characters from comics, often excludes people of color because most comic book characters are white. The film Black Panther is changing that.
by Samantha Raphelson
Mar 02, 2018
2 minutes
The film "Black Panther" has inspired black cosplayers around the country to be more visible within the cosplay community.
Cosplay, which is short for "costume play," is when people wear often-handmade costumes to embody fictional characters from comic books and popular movies like and . But black and other non-white cosplayers often feel excluded because non-white characters are
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