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Many Black students who attend a predominantly white institution, or PWI, can relate to Miles with his code switching between different social settings, she said. Paige, who attended a predominantly white high school, said seeing Miles juggle his Afro-Latino identity across different environments was refreshing. 'The embarrassment of having your parents chew you out in front of everybody and then everybody’s trying to act like they don’t hear.'

“It was interesting because I’ve been in that situation,' Paige said. Women and gender studies junior Parisse Paige said a scene in the movie that felt particularly relatable to her was when Miles and his parents shared a heated exchange about identity and belonging. “They’ll be seeing their role models (come) from the same background and (have) the same skin and challenges they have to overcome.” “That’s where films are heading and that’s (what) we (should) be showing the next generations … diverse main characters and the cool things they can do,” Murphy said. Especially for children, Murphy said, seeing movies like Disney's 'Encanto' and the live-action 'Little Mermaid' allow people to be empowered by characters that reflect their own culture. Murphy said many film studios outside of Marvel or Sony are increasingly taking steps to include meaningful representation, which can feel fulfilling. “I think it’s important to show that (type of) representation (in) the main character because (Miles) is the character that people look up to … he’s the example,” Murphy said. For Michigan State University students like biomedical laboratory senior Alyssa Murphy, seeing characters of color being positively written and represented in film sets the example that minority students can thrive in any environment.

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