After the world saw the Spider-Man: Miles Morales trailer, Black folks on the internet were excited. Our good boy will finally be starring in his own game. The other reason we’re all excited is that Miles has a fresh-ass fade — I actually wrote that about a video game.
To be frank, nothing is amazing about his hair. He has a hairstyle that you’d find for millions of young and old Afro-Latinos, would have anywhere you’ll find a noticeable Black and Brown population. Yes, everyone gets fades, but they don’t look or work the same for everyone. It definitely works for our teenage superhero.
If you read the internet’s reactions, there’s a lot of: about goddamn time. Yes, it’s about damn time; we have a AAA game single-player game with a Black person with a good haircut. But, again, the only other times we’ve had fades in higher profile games that look correct, it’s been in mostly just NBA 2K.
Yes, I know earlier we had Barrett from Final Fantasy VII Remake. However, he isn’t the main character of that game. Again, the number of lead Black protagonists with genuine fades has been…*carried the two*…nonexistent?
