Falcon and winter solider

[MoonSong]

The sister however, makes the statement "funny how things funny how things always tighten around us" implying racism and the banker responds "Easy there, I'm on your side after all he's a hero."

Precisely, Sam qualified for the loan consolidation. He would have gotten it if not for the changed done in the wake of the blip and people returning. However, these terms to shield the bank from a lot of people suddenly returning with no income for five years also happen to disproportionately exclude a lot of impoverished and disenfranchised people (who happen to not be white more often than not).

It would have been more subtle without the sister lampshading this, but it is pretty realist and I understand why they did it. I just hope they don't over do it in the future.

 

[Morrus]

And someone the government counts on and so has probably been vetted by the FBI.

Like Wanda?

 

[MarkB]

Like Wanda?

Not really. Sam's a US military veteran who still has some credit with the government despite his violation of the Sokovia accords. Wanda's a foreign national who was blamed for the incident that incited the drafting of the accords.

 

[moriantumr]

I thought the banker did not even know who Sam was, until Sam gave him a hint. This can imply that he is not a personal fan of falcon, he is unfamiliar with a family who has used this bank for generations, and/or his unconscious bias is showing that he does not differentiate between people of color. The idea that others all look the same is an age old racist trope.

 

[Morrus]

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[Stalker0]

I thought the banker did not even know who Sam was, until Sam gave him a hint.

The scene suggests the banker at least suspected it, but wasn't sure. He kept giving Falcon "looks", and that's when Falcon gave him the hints.

 

[trappedslider]

Probably not because he's famous, per se. Rather, being famous, he's a known quantity for being an upstanding guy - someone you can trust to have his naughty word together and do the right thing. And someone the government counts on and so has probably been vetted by the FBI.

He's exact wording to his sister is "Now you got me" which can mean any number of things, then after being told no for the SBA loan, he's like "are you serious?" when the banker ask for the selfie. So, I think he had hoped that his famous status would help.

From the interactions with his sister, I'm getting the sense that Sam joined the Air force to get away from issues at home ,something his sister didn't/doesn't like since it left her to deal with everything.

 

[MarkB]

From the interactions with his sister, I'm getting the sense that Sam joined the Air force to get away from issues at home ,something his sister didn't/doesn't like since it left her to deal with everything.

I'm also getting the impression that he wants to keep the boat and the business intact mainly because it's this idealised version of his family life that he can look in on whenever he gets homesick, and his sister isn't anywhere near as enthusiastic about it.

 

[Umbran]

I don't know, to me it felt a bit unsubtle and blatant.

Maybe because a lot of racism is unsubtle and blatant?

 

[Umbran]

And while I admit, it's quite possible that's not what the scene intended to show, I do think that it was a part of it

The scene was probably intended to show several things, but I agree that showing that there's systemic and personal-level issues impacting POC business owners was likely among them.

The MCU has gained in nuance, such that few characters move along without having emotional complexity - I think this was also designed to showcase that for Sam. He's not walking around with big PTSD or anything, but he's basically been out of the loop of his family for a long time, having problems reconnecting and having a place, and he's clinging to things like that boat. His sister is probably correct, and Sam can't fix this with his plans. In fact, after being absent for so long, it is probably inappropriate for him to expect to be a leader of that business right now.

I think they laid it out there. He has two big symbols that mean things to him - the shield, and that boat. With the shield, he could give it up because he felt the man behind that symbol was gone. But, the people behind that boat are also gone, but he can't give it up...