I remember going to comic book stores and buying manga and none of them were translated to English. I was renting anime from a Japanese video store with no subtitles. I had to keep that on the low because I didn't want to get ostracized. Glad to see black kids fully into without fear of being labeled a nerd.
There's a good number of brehs eating off anime/nerd culture. RDC, Caleb City, YaBoyRoshi, etc are making a killing off YouTube. Not only that but they collaborate. Most of them come through for Dream Con and Caleb has done skits with RDC.