Posts Tagged ‘ Steve Urkel ’

Being Smart, Being Cool: Rise of the Afro-Nerd

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   Nerd. If you think that word isn’t running neck and neck with the other-n-word in the limitation lottery, then I have another thought for you. This four-letter word is crushing lifelong learning behaviors among people who have a phobia about being labeled socially unacceptable. Popularity – “coolness” – seems to be pathologically paramount in [...]