Comic book characters aren't exactly known for their racial diversity, but now a group of self-proclaimed black girl geeks are trying to change that. Guest Host Celeste Headlee speaks to Grace Gipson, a blogger for Black Girl Nerds, about the lack of black representation in geek culture.
Off the top of your head, how many black female comic book characters can you name?
Well, now a number of self-proclaimed black girl nerds who grew up reading comic books with characters that looked pretty much nothing like them are now joining forces to bring some diversity to so-called geek culture.
The below link is an interview hosted by NPR featuring Grace Gipson, a PhD student in African American Studies at UC Berkeley. She is also a contributing blogger for the site Black Girl Nerds, and she was recently featured in a piece for the Huffington Post called "Black, Female and Super Powered."
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=239129008