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Margaret Cho: You Criticize a Woman’s Body, You Murder Us All Inside
by Jorge Rivas on January 13 2012, 12:36PM
On Wednesday, Korean-American comedian Margaret Cho went to her blog to explain why she “blew a fucking gasket” on Twitter.
Topics: Arts & Culture, Now
@MexicanMitt 200 Tweets Away From Out-Tweeting the Real Mitt Romney
by Jorge Rivas on January 12 2012, 6:24PM
“@MexicanMitt” Twitter account mocks Romney’s courtship of Latino voters.
Topics: Arts & Culture, GOP Primary, Now
What Colorist Tweet Memes Miss: It’s #TeamStructuralRacism
by Akiba Solomon on July 7 2011, 9:28AM
Tweet memes like #TeamLightSkin are the latest example of our insistence that skin-tone obsession is just personal preference. It’s not. Research shows just how much it shapes our lives.
Topics: Akiba Solomon, Gender & Sexuality, Technology
Blacks, Latinos Use Twitter Two Times More Than Whites
by Jorge Rivas on December 10 2010, 2:38PM
Despite a digital divide, blacks and Latinos are more than twice as likely to use Twitter than whites.
Topics: Media
LeBron James: Racist “Hater” Tweets Won’t Stop My Dreams
by Jorge Rivas on October 21 2010, 1:52PM
Miami Heat star declares “hater day” and shows fans the nasty tweets.
Topics: Technology
5 Other Dumb Things 50 Cent Tweeted
by Jamilah King on October 4 2010, 5:16PM
When it comes to outrageous tweets, 50 Cent is the gift that keeps on giving.
Topics: Media
ColorLines Livetweets NBC’s Humorless “Outsourced”
by Jamilah King on September 23 2010, 3:17PM
What happens when a show is too self-conscious to talk about race?
Topics: Arts & Culture
Friday Twitter Break: DREAMers Storm The Senate
by Julianne Hing on September 17 2010, 5:50PM
The campaign to win the DREAM Act will always be remembered as a youth-driven movement.
Topics: Technology
Friday Twitter Break: Fireproof Your Quran
by Julianne Hing on September 10 2010, 7:06PM
President Obama finally steps in, and Terry Jones thankfully quiets down.
Topics: Technology
Friday Twitter Break: War, Hip-Hop, and Lots of Bite
by Naima Ramos-Chapman on September 3 2010, 5:58PM
Oh, and don’t forget to register for Facing Race!
Topics: Media
Friday Twitter Break: Presidents, Mosques and People We Wish Would Go Away
by Naima Ramos-Chapman on August 20 2010, 5:16PM
Dr. Laura just won’t quit, and neither will Wyclef.
Topics: Technology
Black Men Cuddle on Subway, Web Hits Panic Button
by Jamilah King on August 19 2010, 2:19PM
Happy, healthy queer people just seem like too much to handle.
Topics: Gender & Sexuality
Palin Defends Dr. Laura: “Don’t Retreat…Reload”
by Jamilah King on August 19 2010, 1:52PM
They’re both still confused.
Topics: Media
Friday Twitter Break: Meet the Brown Twitter Bird
by Naima Ramos-Chapman on August 13 2010, 5:48PM
Because not all black folks Tweet the same.
Topics: Technology
Friday Twitter Break: The Week Kanye West Joined Twitter
by Julianne Hing on August 6 2010, 6:55PM
While Wyclef Jean decided to be president, Naomi Campbell confessed she’s never heard of Liberia and the GOP, well, went on being the GOP.
Topics: Technology
Friday Twitter Break: Progress Ain’t Quick
by Naima Ramos-Chapman on July 30 2010, 4:38PM
From Arizona to Capitol Hill, it’s been a tough week.
Topics: Technology
Friday Twitter Break: We’ll ‘Oilwells’ Love BP.
by Channing Kennedy on May 28 2010, 2:33PM
With regards to the Dolly Parton song. Catch us on Twitter @racialjustice; there’s also a handy directory of our staff tweeters. And our Tumblr is just bristling with colorful charts and horrifying screengrabs from around the web, for your sharing…
Topics: Technology
Friday Twitter Break: Ethnic Studies, Schmethnic Studies
by Channing Kennedy on May 14 2010, 5:18PM
I couldn’t find a screengrabbable tweet of my favorite quote of the week, so I just have to tell you about it manually. Here it is: Nobody taught me anything about my cultural heritage in school. That’s white right-wing blogger…
Topics: Technology
Friday Twitterbreak: Arizona Goddam, aka #SB1070 Edition
by Channing Kennedy on April 23 2010, 5:46PM
…and I mean every word of it. Some non-#SB1070 tweets behind the cut, because this is the Friday Twitterbreak, and you’ve earned that break. —- —- —- —- —- —- —- —- —- —- —-…
Topics: Immigration
Blacks and Latinos Using Twitter to Sound Off, Organize [SXSW VIDEO]
by Jorge Rivas on March 19 2010, 4:02PM
While the digital divide is very real and affects low income and folks of color in negative ways, that doesn’t mean these groups aren’t engaging in internet trends like Twitter. In a presentation earlier this week at SXSW Baratunde Thurston,…
Topics: Technology
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