Black nerd problems / William Evans and Omar Holmon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Evans, William, III (William H.), author.

Holmon, Omar, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Intellectual life.

African Americans.

African Americans--Social conditions--1975-.

African Americans--Social conditions.

Popular culture--United States.

Popular culture.

United States.

Genre:

Essays.

Physical Description:

ix, 294 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm

Edition:

First Gallery Books hardcover edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Gallery Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2021.

Summary:

"The creators of the popular website Black Nerd Problems bring their witty and unflinching insight to this engaging collection of pop culture essays on everything from Mario Kart and The Wire to issues of representation and police brutality across media"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Intro: from the top

Re-definition: nerd isn't a person, it's a spectrum

It's time we stop pretending that Simba wasn't garbage in The lion king

Raising the Avatar: no one woman of color should have all them haters

You can't win when escapism won't let you escape

Into the Spider-verse got three moments better than the best moment of your favorite comic book movie not named Into the Spider-verse

I hate it here: Food wars would be the most annoying anime to live in

Y'all gotta chill with the slander and let Batman cook

What happens to a new fictional Black character deferred?

Two dope boys and a comic book: the superhero fade heard round the multiverse

My theory on how Black folks' Black card actually works

Top five dead or alive: Tai Lung (Kung fu panda)

Green Lantern comics have low-key been tackling police accountability for a minute

The 2000s and 2010s golden era of TV gave us a lot of great television and made me so damn tired

Craig of the creek: when we see us

The Disney two-step

Y'all mind if I wyl out over Black love and POC love real quick?

Whenever I watch Underworld, I feel like Kate Beckinsale wants to break up with me

An open letter to Gohan: you gonna stop being trash anytime soon or nah?

The want to protect Taraji's Proud Mary, critiquing the choir, and how we judge Black art

For dark girls who never get asked to play Storm

How my Black ass would survive every horror movie

Jordan Peele should get his flowers while he's here

Top five dead or alive: Red Hood in the DC animated universe

If my Black ass was enrolled in the X-men's school, Charles Xavier would have been fed up

Go on: an evergreen comedic series that helped me navigate loss

The sobering reality of actual Black nerd problems

Bury the Stringer Bell but let Idris live

An open letter to the Starks: y'all should've taken better care of your direwolves

Haikyuu!! roughly translated means "Ball is life"

I read Mark Millar's Jupiter's legacy and I saw the father I am and the father I hope I never have to be

Hajime no ippo is just a manga about boxing but I'm over here crying my guts out

Do you have a moment to talk about our lord and savior Aloy from Horizon zero dawn?

Two dope boys and movin' weight with Pusha T's Daytona

Killing floor: navigating real-world gun violence as a hardcore gamer

Hamilton and the case of historical fanfics

Graduating to the grown folks' table: I finally learned how to play spades

Two dope boys and an

oh my god, the Flash got fucked up!

Black nerd crush blues: Myra Monkhouse deserved way better

The push and pull of watching Mad men while Black

Mario kart reveals who you truly are

Top five dead or alive: Monica Rambeau (Marvel comics)

On hope, escapism, and attrition discussed between Black men

Two dope boys and a comic book: House of X

Blade II still has the most disrespectful superhero fades my Black ass has ever seen

Chadwick Boseman's Wakanda salute is canon in the history of Black language

Outro.

Other Format:

Online version: Evans, William Henry, lll Black nerd problems

ISBN:

9781982150235

1982150238

9781982150242

1982150246

OCLC:

1233021786

Publisher Number:

99988482145