Black Twitter: A People's History
2024
8.5/10
This is a new limited series that recently debuted on Hulu. I started it last night and finished it up this afternoon on the road.
I never had and currently do not have a twitter account. So my interest in watching it was mainly to find out why the service is so popular, especially for Black folks.
There are only 3 episodes that run just under one hour each.
Episode One mainly is a collective on the history of Twitter and its impact along with Black peoples involvement and impact on American culture, politics and way of life.
Episode Two covers Black Twitter’s involvement and origin in popular hashtags like Black Lives Matter and Oscar’s So White. Along with Black Twitter reaction to Trump and the blow back from his time in office.
Episode Three goes into the pandemic, BLM protests and its worldwide impact. It goes in depth on Elon Musk’s involvement of purchasing the service and how it affected Black Twitter.
For the InCells, there is a segment on misogyny on Black Men going against Black Women.
For the Gay Agenda trackers, there is a segment on the LGBT community and its relationship with Black Twitter. There is a round table of openly gay Black men, Lesbians and Black Male Trans having a discussion together.
It’s brought up on why a Black owned social media service is not being used as a replacement.
Overall, it’s a interesting series on the history and future of Twitter.
Synopsis
Prentice Penny looks at the rise, movements, voices and memes that made Black Twitter an influential and dominant force in nearly every aspect of American political and cultural life.