Why does every black superhero/anime hero have electric powers?

[Detroit Wave]

What anime is this.

Fire force

 

[Toe Jay Simpson]

Yo this is pretty insightful

I even gave my dude on DC Online back in the day electric powers. Crazy

 

[CW_1991]

Interesting coincidence

 

[Wildhundreds]

He got his energy from the Pyramids.

 

[Wildhundreds]

They tried to code switch and make Mumbra evil and Lion o the hero.. However, who had the 3rd eye?

 

[NYChase718]

Even the Rock calls himself the most electrifying man

 

[Amestafuu (Emeritus)]

*Puts on tinfoil kufi

Because melanin has conductive properties

 

[Turk]

it's a running trope for black characters for some reason. that or nikkas with some type of robotic enhancement

 

[Smashius Clay]

Muhammed Avdol - Fire stand user.

He's dead tho.

 

[Red Shield]

A lot of Black characters concieved by White creators suck power-wise outside of Storm and Monica Rambeau. Where are the psy users, reality warpers, gods? Lol


U forgot Street Level. Most Black characters are limited to the streets.

yeah
yeah pretty much. Their gonna save their best power ideas for a white character

 

[Illuminatos]

I love how we all grew up viewing Piccolo as Black.

 

[Son Goku]

I love how we all grew up viewing Piccolo as Black.

Just another dead (black) man walking on the green mile.

 

[Seoul Gleou]

which one of you negrahs ripped off this thread for your little youtube video

 

[Tryna Makit]

Electric Black Guy - TV Tropes

I noticed it years ago....and found that it's a pretty old trope that nobody can seemingly explain.....

 

[Tryna Makit]

Double