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A chat on subreddit /r/NoStupidQuestions
human
Did anyone bat an eye when Nick Fury was race swapped?

It seems like no one cared. Was it just because it was Samuel L. Jackson? Maybe I didn’t care enough to notice people were caring.

I mostly agree with you, though. Look at a character like Magneto; being a Holocaust survivor is a HUGE part of his character and story.

Legitimate question: would a black Magneto ( probably with a traumatic past related to Civil Rights/Jim Crow/etc) work?
gpt
&gt;Did anyone bat an eye when Nick Fury was race swapped?

&gt;It seems like no one cared. Was it just because it was Samuel L. Jackson? Maybe I didn’t care enough to notice people were caring.

There's always people who care for whatever reason, but I think the big thing that helped was Black Nick Fury started out in the Ultimate Alternate universe, but people ended up liking that characterization more than 616 Nick Fury. Hence when the universes were combined, Ultimate Nick replaced 616 Nick.