article_snippet: (CNN)Superheroes have always had a special place in my heart.
article_snippet: Searching for superheroes .
article_snippet: Rewind to just a few years earlier -- in the mid to late 1970s and before the economic decline -- when superheroes like Superman, Spiderman, Batman and the Incredible Hulk were huge deals for anyone growing up.
article_snippet: these influenced many aspects of the childhood experience to such an extent that I spent a lot of my formative years aspiring to become a superhero when I grew up.
article_snippet: It dawned on me that I would never be a superhero seeing as most of these were male -- and all of these white.
article_snippet: Hey, maybe someday the nine-year old version of me can grow up to become a superhero after all.