<ul data-eligibleForWebStory="false"><li>Author Ta-Nehisi Coates excitedly planned a major twist on Superman's cinematic legacy.</li><li>Warner Bros. CEO David Zaslav dismissed Coates' Superman reboot for racial themes.</li><li>The term 'woke' has been co-opted, but it originated as a call to social consciousness.</li><li>Superman has always been about fighting for what's right, including social justice issues.</li></ul>

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