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 ๐Ÿ˜ฎโ€๐Ÿ’จ

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[โ€“] 3 points 5 months ago (5 children)

And it won't function if you have AdBlock active. It forces you to allow the ads unless you subscribe.

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 5 months ago (4 children)

    Heh? I've never had issues on it with an adblocker.

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 5 months ago (3 children)

    This is on my phone. I actually don't have an ad blocker extension installed on this browser, so I assume it's mad either about me having Firefox set to default to private mode or about me using a VPN.

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