Black Twitter is trending again, and it’s not because of an important issue being brought to light, but because of a running thread of jokes born from a spelling mistake by the Yahoo Finance Twitter account.
And Black Twitter never sleeps. Twitter users got the chance to spin the mishap to something more humorous under the hashtag #N*ggerNavy.
For a cultural phenomenon worthy enough to have its own Wikipedia page, the“Black Twitter” isn’t really an attempt to separate the black community from the rest of Twitter. But Black Twitter is a unique, distinct movement in itself. Let’s not forget that this community is also a force that birthed movements under the hashtags #BlackLivesMatter, #OscarsSoWhite, and others. This time around, everyone in Twitter can get in on the humor and chuckle a bit. And social media managers, please proofread your Tweets before you schedule them.