Black
Slum
Slum noun - A district of a city marked by poverty and inferior living conditions.
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- Most of the slum inhabitants of The Black Magician Trilogy are magic haters since magic belongs to the oppressors, and (in the beginning) the Magic Haters include the protagonist.
Source: Does Not Like Magic -
Most of the other portrayals of Nook either fall into his MERELY being an autocratic slum lord, mob kingpin, and black marketeer (the rest usually paint him as the nicest landlord you will ever have).
Source: Villainy Discretion Shot -
He has continued to make guest appearances since.Black Lightning was Jefferson Pierce, who grew up in a slum in Metropolis, made good as an athlete, and returned to his old neighborhood to teach at the high school and help the next generation make something of themselves.
Source: Comicbook / Black Lightning
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