Tag: blerds

Whitewashing of Characters in Books Negatively Impacted Black Readers Seeking Alternatives

Read Yanique Dawkins’ reflections in Atlanta Blackstar’s column “b.l.e.r.d.s.”

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Educational Video Game Simulating US Slave Experience Leaves Many Divided

Read about Mission US: Flight to Freedom at Atlanta Blackstar’s “blerds.”

Other games in the series: Mission US: For Crown or Colony?, Mission US: A Cheyenne Odyssey, and Mission US: City of Immigrants.

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Black Nerd Problems’ Top 5 Dead Or Alive: (Naruto) Hinata Hyuga

Read Omar Holmon’s breakdown here…

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The White House Brings Back ‘We the Geeks’ Series to Celebrate Black Talent in STEM

Government partners with Google + Hangouts to present the series.

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Black Sci-Fi Writers Look To The Future

NPR’s Codeswitch

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Secret Origins: How The Holmon Men Learned To Nerd Together

We love Omar Holmon’s piece.

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Blerd History Month: 10 Brilliant Black Mathematicians

Who Never Received the Praise They Deserved

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Take a Look at These Blerd-Positive Tumblr Recs!

HIT THE COMMENTS WITH YOUR OWN SUGGESTIONS!

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Black Girl Nerds

“BGN is a place for people like me to express themselves freely and embrace who they are.”

Cosplaying While Black

Always on point with great cosplay photos.

Fuck Yeah SciFi/Fantasy WOC

Celebrate women of color in SFF.

Geekquality

“We celebrate diversity in geek pop culture and we discuss how things could be improved.”

Midwest Ethnic Convention for Comics and Arts

MECCA, aka MECCAcon, is a large comic book and artist convention held annually in Detroit, Mich.

Musings of a Blerd

“A ’90s kind of girl living in a post-apocalyptic world.”

Our Lady of Black Sci-Fi

One of nrrdygrrrl’s absolute favorite tumblrs.

POC-Creators

Bringing the arts in 50 shades of great.

Quirky Black Girls

Blerding it up with radical aesthetics & more.

Superheroes In Full Color

“This blog is dedicated to racial and cultural diversity in comic books and derivative works (film, tv, video games).”

17 Black Superheroes And Where To Read More About Them

Before they were movies, comics were making history.

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Black Comedy Nerds: Unboxing Sponge Bob Movie Merch Basket

Wow, that’s a lot of crap wrapped up in plastic!