Hi! I’m Andre and I’m a Black Nerd.
I am with Google Arts and Culture and we’re talking about Black History, creating Black
History in geek and nerd pop culture.
particularly with some of the comic books
of the past and some of the geeky movies of
today and TV shows of today.
I always say it’s kind of like that diagram
where you have the two circles
and then they have a little part where they cross.
And so like black has a circle and nerd has
a circle and there’s a little part in the
middle where they mix up together and it’s
like perfect, but then there’s a whole
bunch of black on this side and whole bunch
of nerd on this side.
And um I think it just helped more and more
when I embraced that.
Yeah, there’s not a lot of superheroes who
look like you, so if you want to identify
with the character you’re usually identifying
with a white character.
You’re identifying with Superman, or Batman,
or Spiderman, or whatever, but I think one
of the one of the  times when it hit me a lot
was Zack the Black Power Ranger
from Mighty Morphin from Power Rangers. Here he is.
Like you have someone there that’s a part of
this team and he’s and he is an equal member
of the team as everyone else is and I just
thought that was really cool.
When you do have a character that’s black
and there’s something about that character
that you can identify with not only in how
they look, but just how they are as a character
that’s really great.
When I see a movie like "Black Panther" coming
out for someone who’s not black to know
why that’s important to me like that’s
cool.
There are storylines in comic books that you
could use for educational purposes.
That you could use to teach certain things
in the same way that you would use you know
the typical books you would read in school.
You know a lot of times when we see like art
or culture you’re thinking like classic
art pieces, classic paintings and things like
that.
And I think what we’re getting into now
is we have an age where pop culture is becoming
an art form for us.
Everyone should be able to enjoy something
like this the way that they personally choose.
That’s where the collection comes in.
Your way of liking said franchise is gonna
be very different, so to have that moment
where it’s like I love this, I’m passionate
about this and now I see something that I
can personally go I feel that in a different
way personally than just loving it as entertainment.
That’s a that’s just a great feeling.
Thank you so much for watching this video. Hope you enjoyed the discussion and conversation.
There’s other interviews like this with
different black YouTube creators about different
subjects, so make sure you check those videos
out.
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Thank you so much for watching and continue
to celebrate Black History Month.
I love you like a play cousin. I’m outie 5000.
And I'm gonna I’m gonna leave now and I’m taking this
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