“BET Awards and Racist Tweets in Twitterville”
“BET Awards and Racist Tweets in Twitterville”
It reminded me of how different it feels to watch a Tyler Perry movie, for example, in a theater full of white people vs a theater full of black folks. The jokes FEEL different. Watching with a white audience feels like white people laughing at black people, stereotypes reinforcing their (our) misguided reality, etc. When it’s black folks, it feels like people having a good time laughing together, getting the jokes on a whole different level, good fun….
Needless to say, while my tweets were not racist, I am so glad I listened to my gut and deleted them. My opinions were valid, and mine, but on a public feed on Twitter, they were part of an ugly, slippery slope. And the last thing I ever want to do is fuel that fire.
On the same topic, including screen shots of some tweets:
“OOOPS The Blacks Are Chatting On Twitter”
“BET Awards Dominate Twitter, Causes Racist Backlash”
OMG! Black People!
