The Avengers assemble to combat racism in this Endgame fan edit that totally won't get dust in your eyes
Amid the righteous anger of the protesters taking to the streets around the world to combat police brutality and racism and support the Black Lives Matter movement, there’s also something we all desperately need right now: hope. That hope is in the form of informal coalitions being formed of people from all walks of life and backgrounds banding together to shout, in a united voice, that Black lives matter and fair justice is demanded. But the fight for equality and reform will not be won today and tomorrow, and we must all remember that no comic book superhero is coming to save the day. And that’s okay, because—as a Twitter user has reminded us—the power of the people is just as strong as any vibranium weapon or Asgardian god.
In a tweet that went viral Friday, journalist Jemele Hill asked Twitter to find the creator of a fan-edit video recasting the Avengers as different types of activists currently doing their part to call for change. It appears the creator is Twitter user @vantaeotsvn, who was inspired by a June 3 tweet listing off all the different groups that have gotten involved in the movement.
“IT TOOK ALL 50 STATES, THE AMISH, KPOP STANS, 13 OTHER COUNTRIES, WITCHES, ANONYMOUS, THE LGBT COMMUNITY, CELEBRITIES, STAN TWITTER, PEOPLE OF COLOR, WHITE ALLIES & BATMAN TO GET 2ND DEGREE MURDER AND THE THREE COPS ARRESTED AND WE HAD THE PRESIDENT & MILITARY AGAINST US, MY GOD,” reads the tweet.