The 65th Square: Chess and Hip-Hop Culture

here is an interesting article about the social links between chess and hip hop cultures. maybe we need a chess day at eosa! :^)

http://www.thechessdrum.net/65thSquare/65_marapr02.html

Chess has been perceived as the game of the "nerds," the term for a person characterized as a socially-detached genius. Of course, chess suffers from this image problem in that much of the international community writes chess off as an esoteric game that they could not possibly understand. At the youth level, it's not "cool" to be a nerd these days. Take the following quote from an article written by Miranda PynePyne refers to a study done by Leeds University Lecturer Tony Sewell about Caribbean youth... titled, "Does Black Culture Hurt Black Boys?" In the article,