Author Topic: On being white and nerdy (Read 1266 times)

Jonathon · « **on:** July 30, 2007, 10:08:01 AM »

I thought this was an interesting little bit on nerdiness as defined by high-school students. Obviously Weird Al was onto something with his song.

Porter · « **Reply #1 on:** July 30, 2007, 10:40:31 AM »

That shouldn't be too surprising. Nerdy, as a pejorative, is generally considered to be an antonym to "cool", and black culture has long been closely linked to popular and "cool" culture here in the US.

Tante Shvester · « **Reply #2 on:** July 31, 2007, 03:47:08 PM »

Here's the article, from Sunday's New York Times magazine.

Jonathon · « **Reply #3 on:** July 31, 2007, 03:58:38 PM »

Thanks for the link, Shvester.

Tante Shvester · « **Reply #4 on:** August 01, 2007, 07:00:05 AM »

Any time, Bruder!

rivka · « **Reply #5 on:** August 01, 2007, 10:44:39 AM »

Another take on the article.