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Black
Twitter
Unsurprisingly,
there
is
a
documentary
about
Black
Twitter,
but
actual
Black
Twitter,
or
Black
X,
should
we
call
it
that?
Nah,
we’re
going
to
stick
with
the
original
name,
is
on
the
skeptical
side
about
who
is
involved.
The
docuseries
from
former
Insecure
showrunner
Prentice
Penny
coming
to
Hulu
is
not
even
out
yet.
Still,
a
trailer
for
it
is
being
met
with
an
enormous
amount
of
skepticism
due
to
the
people
who
will
be
involved
and
speaking
about
the
influential
and
popular
subsection
of
Twitter,
now
unfortunately
known
as
X,
thanks
to
Elon
Musk.
According
to
a
press
release.
The
series
will
take
its
cues
from
Jason
Parham’s
2021
Wired
cover
story,
“A
People’s
History
of
Black
Twitter,”
and
“charts
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.”
To
help
break
down
Twitter
subsection’s
rise
to
popularity
and
eventually
carry
the
social
media
platform
on
its
back
will
be
Roxane
Gay,
Jemele
Hill,
Sam
Jay,
Amanda
Seales,
Kid
Fury,
April
Reign,
Raquel
Willis,
Apple
Music’s
LowKey,
Chris
Foxx
aka
@FoxxFiles,
and
more.
The
Reactions
To
The
Black
Twitter
Docuseries
Are
Already
Pouring
In
Therein
lies
the
issue:
many
feel
many
people
are
being
left
out
in
this
docuseries
and
are
giving
it
the
mean
side-eye.
One
X
user
wrote,
“The
real
meat
and
potatoes
of
Black
Twitter
is
everyday
people.
Not
B-list
Black
celebrities
and
pseudo
intellectual
Talking
Heads.”
Fair.
Another
user
on
X
pointed
out
just
how
crazy
this
debate
is,
writing
in
the
post,
“Black
Twitter
arguing
over
whether
that
Black
Twitter
documentary
is
gonna
include
all
the
right
people
and
topics,
is
the
most
Black
Twitter
thing
ever.”
Prentice
Penny
also
got
involved
in
the
debate,
adding:
“I’d like
to
think
after
20
years
of
holding
the
culture
down,
y’all
would
trust
I
got
#blacktwitterhulu
best
interest
in
mind.
But
lowkey,
I
also
love
black
Twitter
mad
hesitant
and
petty
’bout
it,
too!
LOL!”
When
this
documentary
arrives
on
Hulu
on
Thursday,
May
9,
it
seems
likely
that
there
will
be
a
lot
of
hate-watching
and
live
tweeting.
You
can
see
more
reactions
in
the
gallery
below.
