Is it true that there is a &quot;rise of pop-culture portrayals of scientists as white or Asian male geeks&quot;?<p>I&#x27;ve seen a little bit of TV this year - every hacker I saw was female, and most were goths. Doing a google search of &quot;top TV 2014&quot; and looking up the ones that are likely to have a hacker as a character, I discover &quot;Arrow&quot; (female hacker), NCIS (female hacker), 24 (female hacker), Criminal Minds (female hacker), Person of Interest (male and female hacker), Agents of Shield (female hacker) and The Strain (female hacker).<p>Why do we believe that pop culture portrays scientists or computer people this way at all?