Title pretty much sums it up. Watched a video recently where someone was asked to name a black superhero that didn’t have lightning based powers and while I could name a few it made me realize just how prevalent the trope is.

But why?

Edit: Y’all I’m not asking for examples of black heroes that don’t have lightning powers. I’m asking why it’s a trope to begin with 😮‍💨

    • ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.worldOP
      9·
      13 hours ago

      I’m not asking for examples of black superheroes who don’t have lightning powers. I’m asking why it’s a trope to begin with.

      • fox2263@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        13 hours ago

        I think there’s only a handful and can’t really be called a trope when you’ve had just as many examples of black superheroes without lightning powers.

        There’s a few white ones too. Thor for example. Shazam. Flash. Wonder Woman