Tag: African American

Zombicon Slaying Victim Young African American Man

LINK: Expavious Tyrell Taylor, 20, victim of Saturday night’s shooting in downtown Fort Myers, FLA

Zombiecon

Join Michael Dorn ‏.@akaWorf for his AMA today!

What’s Up w/WORF? Join Michael Dorn on reddit today and find out for yourself!

@reddit_AMA & http://iama.reddit.com #WeWantWorf

10:30 AM PST
11:30 Mountain
12:30 Central
1:30 East Coast

Dorn_Michael_010-print

The Natural: The Trouble Portraying Blackness in Video Games

LINK: Read Evan Narcisse’s Article In Kotaku

joystick-2-1242633

Keke Palmer Defends Racial Stereotypes In FOX Hit “Scream Queens”

Click here to read at Newsone.com.

KekePalmerActress Keke Palmer

Black Comic Retail Owners Industry Round Table for #AfroFutureFest #NYCC

“Black comic book stores chat about entrepreneurship, business challenges, and the state of diversity in the comic industry. From brick and mortar to online sales, you’ll hear their experience working with local customers and artists, and their opinions on the success of diversifying comic artists and writers within the ‘Big 2’.”

REC of the Week: The Blerdgurl: Here Are All the Black People: #NYCC Edition

LINK: The Astute Blerdgurl Gives Her Run-Down of Black Comic Con

bg

Asking Why Black Fans Avoid Black Creators At Comic Cons

LINK: The Pros Speak: B. Alex Thompson ‏@ApproBAT

AM AF KID

Blackbird: Former Twitter Employee’s Perspective On Race & Tech

LINK 27% of Twitter users are black. 4% of Twitter employees are black.

1406303341rjyk6

Being Black at Google

Black employees @ tech giant building their own community in an industry lacking diversity

71511_518861118159483_177150669_n

Black Professors Are Expected to ‘Entertain’

Inside Academia: Teaching While Black

Hand-writing