And the idea of an Afro-Caribbean character emerged after research revealed Charlottetown, PEI, at one time had a mid-to-late 1800s neighborhood, The Bog, where the city’s marginalized black ...

and protests over a character in blackface. The figure at the center of the controversy is Zwarte Piet – Black Pete – often portrayed by people who don Afro wigs and paint their faces black.

The 'us' smith is referring to are Afro-Latinos ... They all come to life in "Black Vans," his four-part comic book series. "I wanted to highlight characters and people that don't really get ...