What started off as a hashtag #Blackwomendidthat which was created to bring awareness of the things Black women have contributed to our society, has taken a downward spiral in a display of malicious tweets on twitter. What was meant to be positive spotlight on Black women is now looked at as a culture war against Black women and white women on social media. The hashtag #Whitewomendidthat was created out of spite for the hashtag #Blackwomendidthat movement which was created on twitter.This quickly turned into a culture war in which become a drag session for the hashtag #whitewomendidthat.
Tweets such as “They tried to copy & disrespect our movement once again, now sipping tea & watching white women get dragged #whitewomendidthat.
Other tweets include “#whitewomendidthat is an example of how if the attention is off of white people for 2.2 secs they will throw a tantrum.”
“Raise children who mass murder innocent children for no reason while they are in school. #whitewomendidthat
Even though this can be looked at as nothing but “just tweets” this is an example and a big dose of reality for many out there who claim that racism does not exist. Racism will always exist and in a culture that is technology based it can only bring a spotlight to these issues that get swept under the rug. At a glance, these tweets can seem to be harmless but if these tweets are coming from people in our community such as teenagers, Doctors, Lawyers, Teachers that think like this towards the black culture, then how can we progress in society and expect people of different races to come together. Yet, can the black culture play a negative role in this matter by retaliating to the attacks on their culture through social media or do should they not respond and hold in their negative words that can be replaced by silence? There is no right or wrong answer to this situation only for us as a society to try and make a change instead of feeding more hate and ignorance towards each other on social media.
It seems the Black culture can not be celebrated without some type of negativity or backlash on social media. How can we as society come together and be equal if we stay divided or at war with each other over racial issues. Something so small as trending topics on twitter have caused more anger and more racial division. When we need to find a solution by compromising, trying to understand each other and learn that the Black culture has a right to be respected and acknowledged.
