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8 Major Athletes Who Are Also Huge Blerds

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Tim Duncan

The San Antonio Spurs star may be one of the biggest Blerds on the list with a professed love for the iconic nerd game Dungeons and Dragons. To take things up a notch, he is also a frequent visitor at Renaissance fairs.

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The Miami Heat baller is a huge tech lover and advocates for everyone to learn how to code. Back in 2013, he even revealed that one of his dreams off the court would be to “teach kids about coding because the possible applications are fascinating, and it’s really quite simple when you think of it.”

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5 Incredibly Exciting Architects From Africa You Should Get to Know

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Mokena Makeka

Makeka is an architect from Cape Town, South Africa. The complex history of apartheid plays a vital role in his architecture because he removed symbols of segregation. He is responsible for redesigning the Railway Police Station and the Cape Town Railway Station.

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The design is for Cape Town Station that will be completed in 2030.
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This is a bird’s eye view of the design.
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5 Interesting Reasons Why Black Students Are Steering Clear of STEM Fields

 

blackwomanscientistAmericans of all shades are not very good in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) subjects.  

In a report from Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development countries, “among the 34 members, the United States performed below average in mathematics in 2012 and is ranked 27th.” The United States does not focus on STEM careers as it once did in the 1950s, ’60s and ’70s. Manufacturing and tech jobs are scarce even though Silicon Valley has many booming startups.

The report alludes to the dysfunction of K-12 learning in the United States. In regard to science and reading, the U.S. is average. In order for minorities to become interested in STEM careers, the U.S. will have to evaluate its educational system and determine if education can be a valuable tool to use to compete on a global stage.

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7 Successful Black Celebrities Who Overcame Learning Disabilities

ADHD is a common learning disability that affects responsiveness at school and at home for children and adults. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, “attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common childhood disorders and can continue through adolescence and adulthood. Symptoms include difficulty staying focused and paying attention, difficulty controlling behavior, and hyperactivity (over-activity).” Many of our favorite celebrities have ADHD, and they have went on to live full lives. Here are just a few of them.

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Singer, actress and fashion icon Solange Knowles has ADHD. She says that she has always been full of energy and claims that sometimes her sporadic speech led people to believe she was on drugs.

 

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Actor and rapper Will Smith wasn’t diagnosed with ADHD as a child. However, he was diagnosed as an adult.

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9 Books Black Entrepreneurs Should Read If They Want to Unlock the Secrets to Success

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‘Success Never Smelled So Sweet: How I Followed My Nose and Found My Passion’

by Lisa Price

Lisa Price is the founder of Carol’s Daughter, a company that creates hair, skin and bath products for women of color. In the book, she goes into great detail about the story of her life, starting from her time in Brooklyn to how she became the successful entrepreneur she is today. Through her book, Price’s personal philosophy comes to the forefront. She believes that life will guide all of us to our own inner truth regardless of the many obstacles that arise.

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‘Black Business Secrets: 500 Tips, Strategies and Resources for the African American Entrepreneur’

by Dante Lee

Dante Lee is the CEO of Diversity City Media, a marketing and public-relations firm based in Columbus, Ohio. This book is a very thorough advice book that discusses the entrepreneurial skills that African-American business owners must master in order to compete in a world where most new companies fail within three years. The book covers an array of topics that start from personal branding to strategies designed to ensure business survival.

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5 Reasons Atlanta Is the New Hotbed for the Entertainment Industry

There is a reason Atlanta is called the Empire City of the South. Like New York City, Atlanta has become a cultural center for the arts and entertainment industry. Many celebrities make the city their home, such as rapper and actor T.I., director Tyler Perry, singer and actress Brandy and many others. The city has also been a mecca for the Southern rap and hip-hop scene. For these reasons, the city has attracted the movie and television industry. This list will give reasons why the industry continues to come back.

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Atlanta Is a Hub for Tech and Business Innovators 

According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, “Booming professions include sound engineering technicians, camera operators and producers. Audio and video equipment technicians are expected to lead the pack, with a projected 22 percent growth in jobs over the next seven years.” It’s more than that though. Atlanta is home to many Fortune 500 companies that have pumped billions of dollars into the state. Georgia has a consumer market valued at more than $73 billion. The top five companies that have made their headquarters in Atlanta are Home Depot, Coca-Cola, Delta Airlines, United Parcel Services and The Southern Company.

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8 Reasons Marvel Writer Dan Slott Believes There Should Be a Non-White Spider-Man

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“The comics can look different than the movies … and we’ll all survive. YAY! (G’night.) pic.twitter.com/zXZwmOHgr0”

— Dan Slott (@DanSlott) Feb. 22

Comic book purists who complain about race changes don’t necessarily challenge things like height, hair, costumes or other superficial details as harshly as race. These purists may be using the comics as a pretext for their racial issues.

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“In an age where Samuel L. Jackson is a perfect Nick Fury, we’re past the point where the movies HAVE to look EXACTLY like the comics.”
— Dan Slott (@DanSlott) Feb. 22

The original Nick Fury was a white super spy. By the new millennium, Nick Fury was changed to Black in Marvel’s Ultimate comics line. Samuel L. Jackson’s Fury is the same as the comics. Marvel remedies this by making Black Fury white Fury’s son.

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5 of the Best Reactions to Apple’s New Diverse Emojis That Show Just How Divided Users Are About It

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Many of the Emojis Look Like ‘Simpsons’ Characters

This is a valid reaction. The yellow emojis are supposed to represent the many different Asian people on Earth. There has been outrage over this claiming that Apple used yellow-face. However, the emojis are this golden yellow color to stand out and be distinctive from the white human emojis. Many people compared these emojis to Simpsons characters. In fact, these emojis may use yellow as a default like the Simpsons uses it as a default for white. According to Huffington Post writer Damon Beres, “The yellowish color isn’t meant to be a skin tone at all. It’s not included in the skin tone options provided by Unicode and appears to be intended to be used as a kind of default color.” So yellow does not represent people of Asian descent.

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10 Amazing Creations You Won’t Believe You Can Make With a 3-D Printer

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While it has always been possible to make replicas of guns even in the early days of 3-D printing, today’s technology has allowed the nonprofit corporation Defense Distributed to create a working firearm from 3-D printing. Defense Distributed allows users to download all the files they’ll need to create their own working firearm with options to fire in semi-auto and full-auto modes.

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Sculpture of Your Unborn Child

It sounds creepy, but let me explain. A Japanese company is offering an alternative to a grainy picture of your ultrasound. That alternative is called “Shape of an Angel,” the 3-D printing creation of your unborn child. The one-of-a-kind printing will cost you $1,275 unless you have the technology at home to print out a fetus on your own. Still creepy? Yea … OK.

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6 Cool Podcasts You Should Consider Listening To

The Internet is a great place to give people a place to be heard. Through all the noise, there are good voices out there shedding light on topics important to Black people and people of color. Here are six amazing podcasts that can entertain your ears and enlighten your mind:

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Number of episodes: 12 episodes on SoundCloud

Why you should listen: This is a podcast that features Black journalists and bloggers giving the Black perspective on news and political figures. The show is hosted by Gene Demby of NPR’s Code Switch blog. This podcast is great for fans of The Daily Show and The Nightly Show looking for a Black voice in the news.

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