From hashtag activism to action offline, Black Twitter has been a vehicle for real change. Host Roy Wood Jr. chats with author of the book, Black AF: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America, Michael Harriot and Professor of Media Studies at Northeastern University, Meredith D. Clark about how Black Twitter has changed the narrative around policing, its influence on elections, how Black Twitter bailed Michael out of jail, and why Roy has a 36-hour tweet rule.
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Michael’s Tweet threads are definitely worth a follow and a read. Now I have to follow Meredith too!
ReplyThough I know that there is no secret door into Black twitter, I still feel like there’s such a door.
Replynever read the comments
ReplyYou wouldn’t even be having this conversation without the contributions of Mark S. Luckie. Do your homework. Show respect to the predecessors.
ReplyI want to know where I can get a black AF t-shirt. Every black person should have one.
ReplyYou had me at Michael Harriot
ReplyA place where black people tweet?? I have no FING idea what black Twitter or even just Twitter is..
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ReplyGreat conversation. So my question to (black)Twitter, what is something you proudly claim to have gentrified from euro-americans?
Reply1. Treating your dog like a baby
2. Nature Documentaries
3. Game of Thrones/House of the Dragon
4. The word, “platform”
5. Pumpkin spice anything
6. Etsy
Roy has a great show here. I find each episode to be very captivating.
ReplyBlack Twitter to me is just black planet resurrected only on a white man’s plantation.
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ReplyDon’t forget that today’s black social media was yesterday’s ebony and jet magazine for black people.
ReplyBeing part of the pre-internet generation, I have tried to maintain a relative understanding of social media platforms. I do find that I am missing the subtle ways that we, as the black community, utilizes these platforms such as “black twitter”! So despite my best intentions to gain a foothold in this space, I haven’t fully grasped it. What is the advice for us to want to be involved in these social activities and activism but simply can’t find the correct content to stay on pulse?
ReplyLastly, we are like roaches for lack of a better word. Even if you drop a nuclear bomb, we’ll still survive. That’s the nature of black people.
ReplyI see Michael Harriot and I click, he’s a national treasure.
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