'I talk about equality, justice and about the universal light being present in every speck of creation,' Singh said

'I talk about equality, justice and about the universal light being present in every speck of creation,' Singh said

"Captain America doesn't wear a beard and a turban, and he's white."

Vishavjit Singh looked at the boy who uttered those words, and then he looked at himself — a skinny, bespectacled, turbaned, bearded Sikh in a Captain America suit.

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"I wasn't offended, because I knew that this kid was going to have this image of me, a Sikh Captain America, forever in his mind," Singh said. "This image has so much power to it that it opens up conversations about what it means to be American."

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