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- ‘Today in Black Twitter’ captures and magnifies the voices of African-American culture online
Posted by : Brij Bhushan
Thursday 14 January 2016
There are a scant few social media circles that have had the far-reaching impact and daily presence that “Black Twitter” has. Simultaneously a crystallization of black culture and a dynamic, ever shifting story that involves issues, memes, celebrity culture and politics, it changes often and it regularly makes trends on the platform. That’s why it’s not too surprising that Twitter’s former Manager of Journalism and News, Mark S. Luckie, has opened a website to help document and catalogue the conversations happening daily on Black Twitter, aptly called ‘Today in Black Twitter.’ The website defines itself as such: Each post highlights original…
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