#GrowingUpaBlerd was all over the timeline, and it was lit. The community shared the good, bad, and ugly about black and nerdy childhood. The tag was actually started the day before it blew up (by @khristoffx).
@TheMelaninPlug #growingupablerd everyone calling you “white” because you like anime and youre not into Jordan’s and stuff
— Christopher Lee (@khristoffx) July 2, 2016
But on Sunday the movement leveled up and really caught steam.
Here are some of the best tweets from #GrowingUpaBlerd.
What started my path as a blerd #GrowingUpaBlerd pic.twitter.com/wzBpkdHzAM
— J.J (@AlternativeJJ96) July 3, 2016
#GrowingUpaBlerd Being the only black kid at any game store, movie night, art group or anime club you went to.
Every. Single. Time.
— Ashe Samuels (@Finickii) July 3, 2016
#GrowingUpaBlerd seeing a brown girl who controlled the weather and realized comics were for girls like me too.
— Black Girl Nerds (@BlackGirlNerds) July 3, 2016
#GrowingUpaBlerd being happy when they showed sailor Pluto cause she had Brown skin😩🙌🏾 pic.twitter.com/GAEJY9w0ey
— T’Challa’s Keyblade (@Tinytay19) July 3, 2016
“I honestly didn’t know black people read comic books.”
Me: pic.twitter.com/NlpMEY4yU3
— Fist Of The NorCal (@TASK1ne) July 3, 2016
It was always good seeing black superheroes on TV.#RepresentationMatters pic.twitter.com/k46gIrWwDt
— Ryan Belk (@rbelk_94) July 3, 2016
#growingupablerd Doing the Dragonball z fusion dance with a friend. It was too lit. pic.twitter.com/S5rq5B8Net
— Finding DORIan (@AgentDorian) July 3, 2016
#GrowingUpaBlerd
Urkel somehow becoming the mascot for Black nerds and NOT Dwayne Wayne pic.twitter.com/oNRmndQlby— Black Nerd Problems (@BlkNrdProblems) July 3, 2016
Hearing two people wrongly discuss a show, movie, or book and you across the class like #GrowingUpABlerd pic.twitter.com/iKHtiEMSlG
— VIBP (@SageTerrence) July 3, 2016
We didn’t have a lot of representation but we had @levarburton #GrowingUpaBlerd pic.twitter.com/kgXXF17l30
— Zahra (@ZahraTahirah) July 3, 2016
#GrowingUpABlerd this moment was the day you swore your allegiance to the yellow power ranger pic.twitter.com/7ZajTjjqgT
— Misty Knight’s Afro (@Steph_I_Will) July 3, 2016
When you found out that Alan “Brain” Powers was black in kwanza episode of #Arthur 🙌🏾🙏🏾🙌🏾 #growingupablerd pic.twitter.com/HGKXeQEGeT
— Roddrick Howell (@Roddrickhowell) July 3, 2016
Knowing, despite the marketing, that XMen was not a “boys” cartoon. Neither was Transformers. #GrowingUpABlerd pic.twitter.com/tXk2MbpoPP
— FangirlingWhileBlack (@Cinderellie247) July 3, 2016
We even got another Twitter moment.
Blerds of the world, unite. #GrowingUpABlerd https://t.co/OUj8txOZr1
— Twitter Moments (@TwitterMoments) July 3, 2016
And you know I was in the mix early.
I was #GrowingupaBlerd when every Saturday morning was LIT. pic.twitter.com/rjbTefvYRD
— Ira aka Yung Wakanda (@IraHobbsJr) July 3, 2016
It’s been amazing feeling to watch blerd specific hashtags win recently. First, #BlackGuyNerds broke the internet and now #GrowingUpaBlerd. The black and nerdy coming together as a collective to talk about our shared experiences is exactly what social media is about.
Here’s hoping that this is just the beginning of what’s to come in the blerd space from here on out.
What’s your #GrowingUpaBlerd story? Leave it in the comments section, I read and reply to all of them. Hit that share button and tag a friend who needs to see this.
