Bakari Grant’s Tweet about his Black Panther-loving kid opens some amazing doors

Bakari Grant’s innocuous, if extremely cute, tweet about his daughter may have opened up some pretty spectacular opportunities for her.

Late Sunday, the Saskatchewan Roughriders receiver tweeted a photo of his daughter (wearing a Riders bunny hug) with a Flat Stanley – a project that sees kids use paper cut-outs to promote literacy and develop an interest in learning about people and places – that had been turned into a version of Shuri, the ass-kicking super scientist from the recent Black Panther movie.

My daughter wants to grow up and be a scientist. She was so inspired by @letitiawright and Shuri from #BlackPanther that she turned her #flatstanley into #flatShuri…she wants to send her to #Wakanda Anybody got an address!? 😎 @michaelb4jordan @chadwickboseman #WakandaForever pic.twitter.com/XIiEkDZGU4

— BG (@BGrant84) March 19, 2018

The original Tweet has been like more than 2,700 times but it’s the responses from scientific institutions that have Grant freaking out a bit (and rightly so.)

https://twitter.com/GeoEdResearch/status/975767879386910720

Thanks for sharing the #STEM love! We’d be proud to show #FlatShuri the ropes inside our @BioGenerator labs. Our #scientists are working on #cancercures and vaccines for #zika.
C/O BioSTL
7515 Forsyth Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63105

— BioGenerator Ventures (@BioGeneratorSTL) March 19, 2018

https://twitter.com/Varuka1982/status/975708297960611841

Its not Wakanda, but if she wants to send her Flat Shuri to a neuroscience lab or learn more about what it's like to be a scientist feel free to DM me!

— Becca (@bkrall24) March 19, 2018

It even got the attention of the Black Panther himself, actor Chadwick Boseman.

pic.twitter.com/kzVHUoQzrm

— Jeffsidian (@RidersGCC2025) March 19, 2018

Given how awful social media can sometimes be, especially for professional athletes, it’s pretty heart-warming to see the positive responses this Tweet received.

I don't like to put my family out there a lot and especially my kids, but the response to my daughters aspirations and love for science has been amazing! I can't wait to send #flatShuri around the world…and hopefully she can still find #Shuri in #Wakanda @letitiawright

— BG (@BGrant84) March 19, 2018