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Shortly after Stan Lee passed away yesterday at the age of 95, fans from around the world have been sharing their memories and wisdom of the Marvel Legend, and that includes the 1968 anti-racism editorial.
For nearly forty years, Stan Lee wrote several installments of his editorial, Stan's Soapbox, and one of them expresses his stance against racism and bigotry, calling it "among the deadliest social ills plaguing the world today".
You can check out Lee's piece in the tweet below:
Here's the full text of Lee's editorial below:
The editorial above was published fifty years ago but he recently shared a similar message. Last October, Lee released a video in which he said that there is no room for racism and discrimination as we are all part of a larger, human family.
"That man next to you, he's your brother," the Marvel icon said. "That woman over there, she's your sister. And that kid walking by, hey, who knows — he may have the proportionate strength of a spider. We're all part of one big family, the human family, and we all come together in the body of Marvel. And you, you're part of that family. You're part of the Marvel Universe that moves ever upward and onward to greater glory. In other words: excelsior!"
You can watch the touching tribute of Stan Lee here.
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