By Deion Scott Hawkins, Emerson College Before the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Philando Castile and Sandra Bland were propelled into the media spotlight, their names were Twitter #hashtags. In 2020, Twitter was essential to the spread of historic Black Lives Matter protests against police brutality across the world.…
Chick-fil-A apologizes for tweet some considered racially insensitive
Chick-fil-A has issued an apology after posting a tweet that many have people have called racially insensitive. A Twitter user tweeted at Chick-fil-A on Sept. 9, which said “grilled spicy deluxe but still noooo spicy nuggets…………” which included a GIF of a cow chewing. The fast food chain’s official Twitter…
Study shows hateful tweets increase as temperatures rise
A new study released indicates that as temperatures rise, hateful tweets sharply increase too. The study, published this month by The Lancet Planetary Health, documented a 22% jump in racist, homophobic and misogynist tweets whenever temperatures were recorded above 42 degrees Celsius. Conversely, however, the study showed that hateful tweets increased…
Georgetown law professor resigns over racist tweets about Ketanji Brown Jackson
A law professor at Georgetown University has resigned after reportedly sharing a series of racist tweets about Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. The professor made comments about the Supreme Court justice’s nomination because she is a Black woman President Biden selected for the post. He later apologized and deleted…