NewsOne’s Top 5 gives you a quick rundown of the viral stories we’re talking about today. Spring Valley Student Injured In Attack By Cop, Lives In Foster Care Florida Cop Who Killed Corey Jones Was Unqualified For Plainclothes Work, Still On Probation Anonymous Plans To De-Hood 1,000 Ku Klux Klan Members Texas Woman Loses Internship […]
A woman shattered her chances at advancing her career at a health company after she tweeted about discovering her "inner ni**er" at a cotton field.
Elle Canada became the latest magazine to culturally appropriate Black fashion, when it called Dashikis the new it-item.
NewsOne’s Top 5 takes a quick look at the stories trending on NewsOne.com that you are talking about. Stephen A. Smith’s “Black-On-Black Crime” Rhetoric Gets An Epic Response From Black Twitter, Hip-Hop Community Here’s Why Many Are Speculating That The Sandra Bland Arrest Video Was Edited From Nicki Minaj To Sandra Bland: The Angry Black […]
The #BlackTwitter movement has grown so much in popularity, that major publications are going the extra mile to make sure it’s covered. According to an internal note from the Los Angeles Times, Managing Editor S. Mitra Kalita announced that journalist Dexter Thomas would be joining the team to cover the “Black Twitter” beat and other areas […]
There’s been a lot going on in blackness this year, particularly in the constantly evolving universe known as Black Twitter. We’ve still got a Black president in the States, and they’ve got a new one in Nigeria. On the other side of Africa, things have gotten beyond dangerous, as terrorists attack a college in Kenya. […]
If you use Twitter and Instagram, you’ve probably seen Martin Baker’s image used in a number of popular memes. Well, it turns out Baker — whose identity was previously unknown — was one of 125 people who attended a rally weeks ago in support of the police officer who killed unarmed 18-year-old Michael Brown earlier this month, according […]
Jobs in science, technology, engineering and mathematics are projected to grow by 17 percent by 2018, compared to 9.8 percent for jobs in other fields, according to estimates from the U.S. Department of Commerce. That’s good and bad news for women and minorities, who are barely represented in one of the nation’s fastest growing job […]
Tupac Shakur is alive somewhere in Cuba. No, he’s in Mexico. Didn’t you listen to Machiavelli? Tupac faked his death. The CIA killed Tupac. If you’re a Hip-Hop head who listened to and loved slain rapper Tupac Shakur, you’ve probably heard a variation of one or more of the above statements. If you’re a superfan with […]
These days the “Twitterverse” is inescapable and who can believe that just a decade ago the term “tweet” was still associated with birds. But lucky for us all, the universe created by the microblogging site can be broken down into smaller worlds, hence the concept of “Black Twitter.” Well, this week, let’s break it […]
Black Twitter has created the #BoycottClippers hashtag in response to an epic, racist rant by L.A. Clippers owner Donald Sterling that was captured on tape. RELATED: UPDATED: L.A. Clippers Owner Donald Sterling: ‘Don’t Bring Black People To My Games’ [AUDIO] Charles Barkley Responds To L.A. Clippers Owner Donald Sterling Controversy [VIDEO] As previously reported by NewsOne, Sterling can be […]
After a Florida jury failed to find Michael Dunn guilty in the shooting death of a 17-year-old Jordan Davis, black Twitter responded with its usual biting wit and #DangerousBlackKids was born. Writer Jamie Nesbitt Golden kicked the hashtag off with a picture of her adorable son and the caption, “Here’s [a] potential future threat to society walking into […]
