>black nerd sidekickwhy was this such a common and kino character trope in the 90s and 2000s?
>>221343936Diversity done correctly. See Long Duk Dong for another example of good casting diversity.
>>221343936Whites get uncomfortable watching black men act black on /tv/ so white-coded black characters were all the rage at a time when white sensitivity was still being catered to wholesale by studio execs.
>>221343936Because Hollywood wanted to push a pro black stereotype instead of gangsters
>>221343936Jewish producers wanted to instill a warped image in the minds of white americans what blackoids are really like.
>>221343936Cause irl blacks were being hit by the crack epidemic and going on murder sprees so they had to help them along with their public image
>>221343936They tried social engineering black nerds into existence. I’d rather the nerdy black best friend than all the zesty bucks that have been plaguing television.
>>221343995there are tons of black nerds irl though just look at the DBZ fanbase
the Smash community is filled with niggas like this
>>221344094And all of them can body LTG.
>>221343961Automobile?
>>221344094It once was. Now it’s mostly trannies.
>>221343936>commontrue>kino false
>token niggasThis was groundbreaking for most white sitcoms from the 70s onwards.>nerdy niggasIn the 80s and 90s the token acting too black was distracting and made white boys uncomfortable so they made them nerdy and less threatening. You would have a 14 year old Jerome who was twice the size of Nathan and Timmy with a deeper voice so they gave him glasses and weird tics.>gay niggasLiberals really took over. Most white feminists absolutely hate nerdy niggas and token niggas when they're too masculine and they needed the extra virtue-signaling to cover their racism.
>>221343936To combat the stereotype that blacks have a lower IQ than other races. And it worked, once the myth was finally dispelled blacks began to score just as high as whites and Asians on standardized testing.
>>221344193Brown claws typed this post
2029 will be the year of the black nerd sidekick (girl)
>>221343936One of my good friends in middle school was literally this guy, he kept hanging out and playing DnD with us white nerds right up until high school when he changed completely after smoking weed and then went to jail for stealing a screwdriver (yes really). His dad left him at a young and the negative influence of his extended family was too great to overcome
>>221343936Echoes of Urkel
>>221343936because this was before hollywood and the music industry got filled up with a bunch of gay black guys and glowies tried to get the rest of >le black community to become gangsters and kill each other on tiktok
>>221344210>blacks began to score just as high as whites and Asians on standardized testing.HAHAHAHAHAHA GOOD ONE AHAHAHAHAHAHA
>>221344193you have no idea how the world works. black nerds exist - same as asian nerds - because they were marginalized by the popular kids for a longass time and D&D types welcomed them with open arms into their alternative friend groups. since the 90s its cool to be black, so of course the popular kids - i.e. NPC normalENwords - welcomed them into the fold and so you'll probably see fewer black nerds outside of bumfuck shitholes where literally every group is some alt group because they're all stuck in some frigid midwestern corn hell.
>>221343936COWBOY COOKIE THE LADIES REALLY LOVE HIM
>>221343936It's subversion intended to instill in people the idea that black males are harmless
>>221344210Good fun sarcasm. (you)
>>221344444You're talking about real life and I'm talking about television and movies.
>>221344476fair enough but life imitates art imitates life or some such
>>221343936>We're taking to the street, whitey.
>>221344476Bodied that freak
>>221344160Black trannies?
because its a black trope that is harmless and not scary
>>221344607Imagine the buttocks
>>221344444Checked
>>2213439361) improve public perception of blacks by not showing them as feral crackhead rapists (reality)2) try to give baby nogs something positive to aspire to (rather than feral crackhead rappers)
>>221343936This trope peaked with Cookie. None of the others are even in the same zip code.
trying to undermine the stereotype of blacks being dumb by adding smart nerd archetypes
