Thanks for that informative comment, Daniel. All very illuminating. And I concur on principles.

Nick Fury was re-imagined as a black man in Marvel’s Ultimate universe, and modeled after SLJ because, well, because he kicks m-f-ing ass. SLJ loved it, even though it was an unauthorized likeness, and basically agreed not to sue them over it as long as he got to play the part if the character ever made it to the movies.

Nick Fury Jr. came along later, after the success of SLJ’s cinematic Nick Fury, as Marvel’s way of updating their main universe’s Nick Fury to match the ultimate and cinematic universes.

IMO, obviously some characters were designed in part as a racial character, so recasting them is right out. Black Panther is an obvious example. One could argue that Captain America is another. Would a black man ever have been chosen as the symbol of America back in WWII?

But for most characters, I wouldn’t object to racial recasting in principal. I’d just rather it be justified by creative reasons rather than editorial or studio mandates. Like Nick Fury. So the question to me for Spider-Man isn’t could Peter have been a young black science nerd instead of a white one, but rather who is making the decision, and for what reasons?

And of course, this being entertainment, in the end all that matters is if the final product is fun and entertaining. And whether it is good or not, I would bet money that either way the reason won’t be Peter’s skin color, but rather the writing, plot, acting, directing, etc. IOW, the creative decisions.

Ah, so we’re asking now about Peter Parker, Jr.

[Or not.]

N ‘au kum John Steed isn’t in the Avengers gang?

Actually, the customer is always right.

AKA

If you ignore the fans, your sport ain’t that great.

That answer didn’t make any sense.

And it was at that time that comic book fans around the world did a face palm. Nicholas Joseph Fury Jr. is black; and so it is fine for Jackson to play him.