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What Do We Lose if We Lose Black Twitter?
What Do We Lose if We Lose Black Twitter?
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Length:
37 minutes
Released:
Mar 5, 2023
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Podcast episode
Description
Jason Parham, staff writer at WIRED, walks Jon through the evolution and legacy of Black Twitter. Parham’s three-part series, “A People’s History of Black Twitter,” follows the online community from its early days of late night takes, through an era of platform dominance, and into an uncertain future. He joins Offline to discuss how Black Twitter has shaped the last ten years of discourse and activism, how the internet complicates cultural appropriation, and what will happen if Twitter fades away.
Released:
Mar 5, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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