| rdfs:comment | - Exactly What It Says on the Tin: a Nerd who is black. The Black Nerd is a countertrope to common racial stereotypes. Most nerds are portrayed by races with the stereotype of being weak or bookish, such as whites, Asians, and Jews. Blacks, on the other hand, are often portrayed as jive-talking Soul Brothas, Gang-Bangers, or Scary Black Men. The Black Nerd upsets these trends by being, well, a Black Nerd. When this trope shows up in rap music, it's Comics Rule Everything Around Me. Contrast Pretty Fly for a White Guy. Examples of Black and Nerdy include:
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| abstract | - Exactly What It Says on the Tin: a Nerd who is black. The Black Nerd is a countertrope to common racial stereotypes. Most nerds are portrayed by races with the stereotype of being weak or bookish, such as whites, Asians, and Jews. Blacks, on the other hand, are often portrayed as jive-talking Soul Brothas, Gang-Bangers, or Scary Black Men. The Black Nerd upsets these trends by being, well, a Black Nerd. Writers might deliberately invoke the trope to shake things up and challenge the audience's assumptions, but other times the trope is only used to turn a smart supporting character into the Token Black. The Black Nerd character is usually intended to ignore racial issues at least onscreen. He is rarely ever perceived as Acting White, however. Often the Black Nerd is simply an expert in a nerdy field, such as computers, and doesn't really possess many negative characteristics commonly found in nerds of other races. This variant of the Black Nerd is vulnerable to Positive Discrimination due to the sometimes overly high level of overall competence resulting from their intelligence combined with a lack of flaws to counterbalance. There are also quite a few people that have a thing for geeky black guys/girls, mostly due to them not being as prominent. A popular type of Black Best Friend. See also Asian and Nerdy and just plain Nerd. When this trope shows up in rap music, it's Comics Rule Everything Around Me. Contrast Pretty Fly for a White Guy. Examples of Black and Nerdy include:
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