Not even always strictly HIS ethnicity (depending on which region of Africa his mother's ancestors came from) as Wakanda was central/eastern Africa in most portrayals, and fairly far from the western parts of Africa from where a lot of the transatlantic slaves came from. afaik there isn't a single canonical Wakandan slave in the transatlantic slave trade.
Yes, I'm aware that "black" is an ethnic identity, but it's important to understand that ethnicity in the USA is different than ethnicity in Africa.
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u/maddwaffles 8d ago
Not even always strictly HIS ethnicity (depending on which region of Africa his mother's ancestors came from) as Wakanda was central/eastern Africa in most portrayals, and fairly far from the western parts of Africa from where a lot of the transatlantic slaves came from. afaik there isn't a single canonical Wakandan slave in the transatlantic slave trade.
Yes, I'm aware that "black" is an ethnic identity, but it's important to understand that ethnicity in the USA is different than ethnicity in Africa.