Transcripts for MSNBC The Week With Joshua Johnson 20210815

MSNBC The Week With Joshua Johnson August 15, 2021 01:35:00

robin's one of the most iconic characters in comic. some consider this a big win for representation. we are back with our saturday night panel. jameel, let me start with you. i wonder what your reaction is to robin -- not really coming out, but owning the fullness of who he is, in a way? >> yeah, as my friend wade davis likes to say, it's about allowing people in, not necessarily coming out. i think that's a beautiful thing. i think, honestly, it's important to have representation like this in this kind of media, because if you're -- unless you're white, you don't see people who look like you in mass media every day. that's just a fact. and unless you are white and straight and wealthy, frankly, you don't see those people in mass media every day. so when you see the culture reflect yourself back at you, you know, not just in one entity, but these various versions of you, including in comic books, i think it

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