In The United States of Captain America #4, a new Fil-Am heroine is introduced by the name of Ari Agbayani. Unfortunately, her first name is a popular Tagalog (official language of Philippines) slang for… male genitalia? Is this the ultimate troll from Marvel Comics against Asian Americans and Filipinos? Does hiring a Filipino-American writer prove that corporate comics continue to see Asian as a monolith?

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