#CivilRightsTwitter has emerged once again in the Twitterverse. The hashtag, which initially kicked off in August, creates memes based on Civil Rights Leaders and clever, offensive captions.
If social media was a “thing” during the civil rights movement, the petty and messy would be nothing nice. Even in the midst of the funny, does the conversation tread the lines of disrespectful and offensive?
Read some of the commentary below and then sound off in the comments and/or via social media, @GetJETMag.
Sooo…Rosa just got arrested but y’all letting that new Ella Fitzgerald single distract y’all? #civilrightstwitter pic.twitter.com/2mqtV9T6xO
— Philip Lewis (@Phil_Cosby_) December 14, 2015
“Guess who they decided to let into Congress? A real one.” — repjohnlewis #civilrightstwitter pic.twitter.com/QCwlPKRVcR
— stacia l. brown (@slb79) August 19, 2015
Now Corretta, why u let that non violent negro play u like that when u got a real man like me? #civilrightstwitter pic.twitter.com/8YxpdsugN1
— bre (@brerobbbb) December 14, 2015
I’m just saying, I be seeing how Harry be looking at Cori #civilrightstwitter pic.twitter.com/9Zk5NR0wNH
— DavidMalcolmMcGruder (@MalcolmneXXt) December 14, 2015
Maybe it all kicked off again from this tweet:
MLK wouldn’t have @’d Malcolm but Malcolm would definitely @ MLK EVERY time. MLK all in the DMs begging for chill.
— the other one (@imfromraleigh) December 13, 2015
Me reading through the #CivilRightsTwitter hashtag pic.twitter.com/QmNJ0hSzIr
— Matthew A. Cherry (@MatthewACherry) December 14, 2015
