Woke Bae Watch: Damon Young

It's Woke Bae Watch Wednesday! Each month, For Nerdy Girls features an inspired individual who uses their celebrity to bring attention to an area of social justice. These are activists and allies whose good work should be replicated on a global level, so we'll start by discussing these changemakers right here.

(Disclaimer: Featured baes are not necessarily woke in every aspect of social justice. Watch at your own risk.)

Name: Damon Young

Twitter: @VerySmartBros

Website: verysmartbrothas.com

What he does: Damon is the founder and editor-in-chief of Very Smart Brothas, contributing editor for EBONY.com, columnist for EBONY magazine, and co-author of Your Degrees Won't Keep You Warm At Night: The Very Smart Brothas Guide to Dating, Mating, and Fighting Crime.

Why he's woke: Have you read Very Smart Brothas, the oasis in a desert of crazy for bougie black girls and boys from the 80s, 90s, and today? If you have not, then please do so, and come back. I'll wait.

For those of you who are regular readers of VSB, you already know the levels of wokeness that flow through Damon and his VSB co-founder Panama Jackson.

That is all.



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