The 2015 Encyclopedia of Embarrassing Public Beefs
In 2015, there was beef. Boy, was there ever beef. Let’s take a look at the year in public, prolonged, funny and existentially ponderous disagreement, and resolve to be a little more chill in 2016.
Twitter's Staff Has Zero Percent Black Women
Lack of diversity within the tech industry is still a blatant issue, but especially glaring is the scarcity of black women. Using data from a 2014 Equal Employment Opportunity report, the Verge put together a graph last month breaking down the racial diversity of some of tech’s biggest companies, such as Google,…
What Happens When Scientists Study "Black Twitter"?
A study at USC sponsored by IBM will study "Black Twitter," trying to figure out what it means for people to form "neighborhoods" online. But has this study become a form of racial profiling, rather than just a sociological investigation?
2013 Was the Year of Black Twitter.
There have always been ridiculous racial moments in American pop culture but before 2013, black folks went to places like Facebook to chat about foolishness like Miley Cyrus' sad attempt at dancing or Armani's misplaced love for Idris Elba. Now there is Black Twitter, where people of color from everywhere can weigh in…
