1.5.2 Black women's experience on Black TwitterĪccording to a 2015 report by the Pew Research Center, 28 percent of African Americans who used the Internet used Twitter, compared to 20 percent of online white, non-Hispanic Americans.Īlthough Black Twitter has a strong Black American user base, other people and groups are able to be a part of this social media circle through commonalities in shared experiences and reactions to such online. As a result, South African Black Twitter users are more likely than not to post critical messages about Helen Zille, a prominent white politician. This means that Black Twitter users in South Africa are more prominent than their white counterparts. proving adept at bringing about a wide range of sociopolitical changes.' Ī similar Black Twitter community grew in South Africa in the early 2010s. įeminista Jones described it in Salon as 'a collective of active, primarily African-American Twitter users who have created a virtual community.
Black Twitter is an internet community largely consisting of African-American users on the social network Twitter focused on issues of interest to the black community in the United States.
