Chadwick Boseman’s superhero drive doesn’t make you a slacker

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This year just continues to take, take, and take. And just when you think something’s gotta give, 2020 takes some more. On Friday, the world collectively mourned once again, this time following the death of Chadwick Boseman, who died of colon cancer at 43 years old. The young Black star battled the disease outside of the public eye for four years, becoming a legend in his own right by bringing so many other real and fictional greats to life on the big screen, from Jackie Robinson to James Brown to the Black Panther. Yet somehow, some folks have managed to twist Chadwick’s awe-worthy work ethic while ill into a new way to criticize and shame others for their own productivity — pseudo-motivation that’s thick with ableism. Who raised these people?