Jesus. Christ. I can't even read some of the comments down there without bile rising.

The point is not to cast a black or minority character just to stir the pot. The point is to stop limiting ourselves to one goddamn ethnicity when casting roles like this.

Here is Peter Parker:

Loner.

Nerd.

Victim of bullies.

Loyal to his family.

Poor.

Resourceful.

Genius.

Insecure.

For a bunch of other people, here is the other criteria:

White.

You can bitch all you want about your goddamn "true to source material" bullshit, but when the chips are down you are claiming a white actor is better than a black actor for the role literally because of his skin color.

You are saying the person of a specific skin color is better than another based solely on nostalgia - no other reason.

Get pissed if that's your only reaction. But you're racist.

Being white is not a crucial aspect of Peter Parker's identity. He has never to my knowledge been big on his family's European heritage in the comics. This has never been a huge plot point in the greatest stories. He's white mainly because he was created by two white guys. Now, he can be any other ethnicity - it should not receive such a level of vitriol. It's not about saying Spider-Man should be black. It's that they should chose the best actor for the role, regardless of that actor's ethnicity.