How Spider-Man 2's Miles Morales Represents Community, Black Culture, And Me

This article contains spoilers for the Harlem Cultural Museum side quest in Marvel's Spider-Man 2. Miles Morales is a comic book character created to represent people of color. Leading up to the 2008 election, which resulted in the United States' first African American president, Barack Obama, Marvel wanted to "take a good look" at one of their icons to reimagine as African American. A few years later, when an internet campaign pushed Community actor Donald Glover to play Spider-Man, the icon wa...