E O QUE DIGO ESTÁ TÃO LONGE COMO O MAR ESTÁ DO CÉU

I blink and I see static, something else. Something oily and dark descending behind my eyelids. Watching me with organs I can't imagine.

[catatonic-indifference]

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[the-quasar-hero]

Very generally speaking, when you see a black man in a piece of media, be it tv show, movie, video game, etc. there’s something you often see a lot of writers do. To go against the stereotype of black men (and black people in general) being dumb and lazy, you’ll see this black male character being smart and an achiever. 

The Black Nerd. A common character type, the nerd will always be very interested in all things nerdy: science, video games, mathematics, etc. In an continued effort to combat stereotypes, the Black Nerd will be lack athleticism, probably being asthmatic (the nerdiest of conditions). The Black Nerd will dress smartly, suspenders and bow ties. They’ll always talk smart too, using proper English with complex words.

Now, I don’t have a problem with a black character being a nerd, indeed black people are a people; we aren’t all the same and we all have varying personalities. The problem I have is that too often we see a distinct disconnect between Blackness and the Black Nerd. The Black Nerd doesn’t listen to hip hop or rap, only classical music. The Black Nerd only has white friends, the only other black characters are into not nerdy stuff. The Black Nerd never ever uses AAVE at any time in any context.

And again I must say that Black people, not being a monolith, there are no hard fast rules to being Black. I’m more than sure there are Black people like what I’ve described above, I’m not saying it’s impossible; what I’m getting at is that the only Black Nerd we see. There are Black Nerds that play basketball, that bump Kendrick Lamar, and use AAVE since it’s an ever changing dialect. I’m just saying there’s no one way of being a nerd and no one way of being Black.

[the-quasar-hero]

Well @dumbey, seems we’re in similar boats

[the-quasar-hero]

This ain’t about him, this is about Black/Asian solidarity. Focus.

[fureiya]

Mikey fancam ╰(*´︶`*)╯

[misersdream]

7/2 is Rika Day in Korean because it's pronounced Chil-i !

[fureiya]

Do u like my bag insert for the mcr gig <3

[misersdream]

thanks for reading my lil comic with my lil characters for 3 years

[monstergraffiti]

Atlus and Zatruć might not be in a band together anymore, but that doesn't stop them from meeting up every so often for a jam session, for old time's sake.

[monstergraffiti]

i could have made him normal colored but i chose to do this instead

[jetix]

Angel/Devil speaker set, 2011

[hobe-bryant]

[holythefirm-deactivated20210220]

[silent-simblr]

all that front yard in there and they're standing nose to nose

[distrustbydefault]

A local forest plus a bit of pixel sorting via Processing.

[thesugarhole]

got stuck behind a slow ass driver who did not know how to do roundabouts and would have crashed into me twice if i wasnt going at 5km/h. holy shit. like i horned at the first roundabout and wondered if he would know how to do the second but noope. entered from the right* lane, stayed on the outer roundabout lane until deciding he wanted to leave in the 2nd exit and got infront of me. ffs

[roberttingle]

my noble and wise rare pair vs your crazy reaching stupid crack ship

[thesugarhole]

a trip to rusty lake would fix me

[thesugarhole]

ƚʜɘy ɔoɿɿuqƚbɘb my ƨuol

[iamheavymeta-lll]

[kangarookawaii]

shwoing of her grub

#hergrub