“Like a Family Reunion”: We Went to DC’s Annual Black Nerd Convention

“Like a Family Reunion”: We Went to DC’s Annual Black Nerd Convention

There’s only one event in DC where you can see an Afrocentric Wolverine doing the electric slide, attend a presentation on the evolution of the comic and animated series The Boondocks, and compete in an Uno tournament dressed as an Uno reverse card. (No matter what Uno’s official rules say, you can stack draw-fours.) At BlerDCon, an annual convention celebrating Black nerd (“Blerd”) culture, all of the above is possible—and then some. Fostering …