‘Watchmen’ Is a Revolution — So Why Are the X-Men Still Afraid of Blackness?

The show is an unflinching reminder that a comic book can do more than simply feel like it speaks to my experience.

David Dennis, Jr.
LEVEL
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8 min readDec 3, 2019

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David Dennis, Jr.
LEVEL

Level Sr. Writer covering Race, Culture, Politics, TV, Music. Previously: The Undefeated, The Atlantic, Washington Post. Forthcoming book: The Movement Made Us