The issue as far as I’m concerned isn’t with “being nerds”. I just feel like nikkas who take on that persona do so as though it’s antithetical/discordant with being Black and have this“look at me” type of Anti-nikka posturing. It’s comparable to extremely flamboyant homosexuals Blacks who act like their some kind of hunted superstar or that’s its harder to be gay and black because apparently the African American community burns gays at the stake. We don’t gaf
Nobody gives a fuxk that you’re a “black nerd”, liking books and being scholarly isn’t some weird and alien concept to us, but when you use it as a game piece to separate yourself from the broader black sphere (“omg I’m black im just into books and video games I’m not a thug!/ “I’m just an awkward nerdy black girl trying to fit in!”) that’s when u get them odd looks and that’s why Black women/men don’t fukk with u.
Just my take on it