Comment on What's with black superheroes and lightning powers?

• fiat_lux@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Strong disagree. Prevalent literary tropes are always worth dissecting, because they reveal a lot about the cultures that construct them, and provide us with insights into how to be better people.

  In this case, the quantity of black lightning heroes may indicate that non-white skin color is / was perceived as such a defining feature of the character, beyond any potential personality facets, that any other power simply wasn’t considered.

  If nearly every white comic hero were The Hulk, it would also be shit, and worth raising questions about.

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  • Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It’s not prevalent and the hulk is green.

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    • nocturne@slrpnk.net ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      hulk is green.

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      • Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        That’s Hulk’s brother, Culk.

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