Kundu says many of his white customers have been reluctant to buy the Black Panther costume, fearing it’s cultural appropriation. “I, for one, best cosplay costumes cosplay mostly white characters myself and I don’t change my skintone. Jabari says she also dresses up as white characters. “I think it’s quite important that there’s representation and it’s nice to see something that’s Afrocentric as well,” she says.
