Possible unpopular opinion: It's time to retire calling Chris/Steve Captain America.
Let me explain the best I can... Most of us have seen The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. We've seen the journey Sam went through to come to terms with bearing the shield, to taking up the mantle. We saw how he thought he wasn't worthy of it and we saw how difficult he thought it would be for everyone to accept a black man as Captain America, especially in America.
But Steve passed the shield to him. Because he saw in Sam what we all saw through the course of the show. Sam is a good man. A compassionate, strong, brave, kind man. Everything Erksine saw in Steve, Steve saw in Sam. He was, is, and will always be worthy.
Anthony Mackie did a phenomenal job portraying Sam. There arent words sufficient enough to describe how amazing he was. I'm still in awe of every episode especially the last one. The overwhelming pride I felt almost brought me to tears.
I can't tell you how, as a black woman, seeing that made me so ecstatic. I described it to my best friend: "Seeing him call himself Captain America and in the new suit, I felt the same way I did when I saw Black Panther in theaters. Another black superhero." There's just something about that that will always bring joy to my heart.
Anyway, I still have mad love for Chris Evans, but I think it's time to move on. Yeah, he was Cap but now Anthony IS. I think we all need to acknowledge that (if you haven't already).
Anthony Mackie/Sam Wilson is CAPTAIN AMERICA.
(I probably could have worded this better but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I did my best.)
Let's be clear. Chris will always be America's ass. That was earned. I also probably won't stop referring to his version of the character and sometimes the actor as Cap. This is all sentimental. Chris, however, has moved on, just like he moved on from being one of Ramona Flower's Evil Ex and Johnny in Fantastic Four. That needs to be respected too.
In terms of who really is Captain America now, it is Sam. Diversity and inequity is a modern part of what Captain America should know to combat the flaws internal and external to the US. Sam is what modern Americans need as a representation of respectable, willful, Americans who are not the "default". Anthony Mackie may have already established the Falcon title and may still be called that but he earned Captain America.