If y'all would indulge me for a moment, I'd like to share my personal thoughts & experience with this show.
I first of all want to say that, other than WandaVision, this is the best storytelling MARVEL has done in a DISNEY+ show. WV told a very personal story about dealing with soul-crushing grief & depression in a new way, whereas this show told the story about not being able to see where you're headed because you fail to see any path. In this case, she's destined to be the hero, but hasn't seen any "brown girls from Jersey" go that direction before her, & I felt it was told in a compassionate, respectful, NON -POLITICAL way that was completely refreshing. Being COMPLETELY out of the show's target demo, it actually made me feel a bit 'youthful', shall we say, & entertained me on every level.
Full disclosure... I am a 50 year old, Christian, Caucasian man, born & raised in the southern United States of America, so in other words, society's embodiment of the ultimate SATAN/EVIL/MEPHISTO/EVERYTHING WRONG WITH THE WORLD TODAY. I won't share my political leanings, but I'll give you 3 guesses & the first 2 don't count.
I say that to say this ...
A lot of folks would think I have a problem with 'inclusion', based simply on the facts I stated above, but this show I feel, has shown not only the importance of it, but did it in the most perfect way possible. It says this is the character, this is what her life is like, these are her friends, this is her family, this is her heritage, these are her problems, BUT, it doesn't say that those things alone define WHO the character IS, in a way that would exclude anyone NOT familiar with these things from understanding & enjoying the story.
One may not think I would get the importance of inclusion to those that don't see themselves in the mainstream movies, but I had a EUREKA moment, ironically, during the HAWKEYE show last year. As many of you may know, I'm a fairly active, amputee. Had bone issues for YEARS & finally decided to electively lose the leg to just stop the issues. Best decision I ever made & haven't looked back since. So I start watching HAWKEYE, & then see that they've cast an actual amputee as Echo/Maya. Now other than that fact, I don't have a lot in common with the actress, BUT, seeing her kick butt, workout, & also deal with deafness, was inspiring to me.
I know that she knows what it's like to change liners, adjust your socket several times a day, think about what the terrain might be like before you go somewhere, out your leg on in the middle of the night when you have to get up & go pee for the 3rd time... actually, that's probably just me, but you get the point.
Seeing a character on-screen that's presented in a respectful, positive way is important, & seeing someone that either has gone or is going through something unique to you is ABSOLUTELY INSPIRING, & I'm grateful that this show seems to have done that for those that don't see themselves as the STAR of the show every day