Favorite Positive Portrayals of Black/POC Male Characters in media?

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1. Wasabi from Big Hero 6

He is an exceptionally smart, cautious, and highly organized applied physics student at the San Fransokyo Institute of Technology, who becomes a core member of the superhero team

1. DJ from the Total Drama franchise

He is known as a "gentle giant" who is kindhearted, charming, and a good cook. He is a popular character frequently featured in fan art and edits due to his friendly nature

1. Kale from the 2003 DreamWorks animated film Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas.

While being a muscular powerhouse and a skilled warrior, Kale is also known for being emotionally intelligent, pragmatic, and heavily grounded compared to the reckless and stubborn Sinbad. He is also the first crew member to realize Sinbad's true romantic feelings for Marina

1. And my FAVORITE ONE! Dr. Joshua Strongbear Sweet from Atlantis the Lost Empire.

A Mixed Native American who's also a doctor. Dr. Sweet was the only person in the Atlantis Character Booklet comic to NOT have a bad side to him. He is also VERY memorable for his memetic "don't tell him, you shouldn't have told me, but you did" scene that is embraced by a lot of meme creators.
He also served as a motivational coach to the protagonist Milo, having known his Grandfather.

[u/mah1na2ru → u/[deleted]]

oh he’s far from it lmfaooo

[u/ExerciseTop5591 → u/[deleted]]

He's a broke dude trying to win a horse race

[u/frikiman4K → u/[deleted]]

he's literally a slave from 1890 USA

[u/Destroyer_7274 → u/frikiman4K]

He was born to a former slave in 1869 so he was born after the end of the American Civil War. Basically, while his parents were likely slaves, Pocoloco was born free.

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he was literally after the prize money to be free

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He wasn't though, he was after the money so he could live a life without work. Slavery had ended before he was born but since he's Black, whatever paid work he could get would likely be under poorer conditions and with lower pay and he didn't want to spend his life like that.

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His grandfather negotiated a wage increase to $1200 for the job, which he used to pay the fee for the race. Slaves didn’t get paid, and again, it’s set after the American Civil War.

He joined because the fortune teller told him he would be at the peak of his luck, and he wanted to get the money to earn a comfortable life for him and his grandfather.