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From seemingly choreographed takedowns to hilarious commentary on culture and current events, Black Twitter continues to be a source of endless debate, research, and of course endless cackles. In this episode, we deep dive into how Black Twitter exists on the platform and the unspoken (but somehow still agreed upon) rules of engagement. #SayItLoudPBS
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Shout out to #BlackTwitter! It keeps me giggling and informed - hope y'all enjoy this episode!
Hey Evelyn love you 🥰 .
Can you guys discuss affirmative action?
This vid was life. Thank you ♥
Realizing that we have the same popsocket has made me feel even more connected to you as my Internet cousin. 😭😂
Imma need another #SmackYoLip Evelyn lol!
Steps to being apart of black twitter
Step 1: be black
Step 2: have Twitter
Done.
Ding ding ding I’m qualified 🙌🏿🇭🇹
And Hashtag.
Done.
Even if you're not American?
I'm qualified
How it typically goes:
Black North: grits, sugar, & butter
Black South: grits, salt, & butter
Black Midwest: grits either way
Black west coast: what are grits?
In MY HOUSE- Garlic, cheese, butter, and SHRIMP in our GRITS ALWAYS 🤣🤣
Mmmmmmmm, grits.
I like em with jelly and butter, too. That's a mountain folks thing, I think. Or, take a lil bacon grease and stir it in. Southern folks know that bacon grease is THE seasoning! At least, that's where I learned it. I got a southern daddy and Northern momma, both from humble homes, and grits are a staple in their home and mine. I'm hungry now.
Lol
THE DEVIL IS A LIE!!! We eat them right here in NYC!! Butter, salt, and sometimes bacon or cut up sausage mixed in. Oh, and cheese is a must!
I use Butter, pepper, n cheese im in NJ. I might try n use sugar to switch it up
the black youth exploitation should be its own episode.
Nia Coats YES!
Ahhh! Evelyn!!! How did I miss you working with PBS now!?? Congrats!!!!!🎊
Did you catch Steve's name in the credits? She takes people with her, which I respect!
I haven’t experienced twitter outside of black Twitter 🤷🏾♀️.
#Same
It's all I know lol
How do you get in. I’m black and haven’t been let in.
Mhm
Twitter without black Twitter makes no sense
I’m Black British. A medical doctor. I stayed off Twitter for the longest because of the negative perceptions I had of it (a distraction to getting “this bread”, a very limited viewpoint) and the negative way it was viewed by my profession (we were encouraged to avoid it, and, if we must dabble in it, to tweet in an incredibly sterile fashion. Bye bye black twitter. I’m also reserved in nature so the thought of getting in trouble meant I kept it at a sterile arms length. Not necessarily a good thing. So I’m grateful to you guys for this video because it’s given me an alternate perspective on black twitter, aside from what I gleaned from family and friends, and those more daring colleagues around me.
Black twitter is the best during Thanksgiving hands down 🙌🏿
Yup
@Kim Barack Who is god? Don't know that one.
Typical🙄
@Brazilian Goddess ummmm...
Black twitter is literally racist
I don't use Twitter or Instagram but I use TH-cam and I am always on the black platforms. 95% of the videos I watch are black TH-camrs. #blackutube.
I fully agree...#BlackTube
I concur.....i only use TH-cam as well
Same here!
black is freaking beautiful exactly 😂😂😂
Samee
"We could be arguing over sugar grits...or the correct ones"--Chile, If I ain't disrupt my whole entire work space.
Wow! I really hope this channel grows, we (america not just the black community) needs it
Gabri'el Alexander yes
the whole world needs it
@@kathj2972 agreed.
#AskRachel was one of the best Black Twitter Moments ever
Why?
@@JKJ1900 Did you see this whole video? Rachel is a stubborn (delusional) opportunist, these jokes make fun of the collective experiences of many African Americans. Something Rachel doesn't have.
@@CoryMck think of her what you will, but I see no good in such acts of public shaming and cultural gatekeeping. We need more and more pro-black sentiments, and appreciation of African American history and culture in this country. I'm afraid actions like that just scare away allies and do more harm than good.
@@JKJ1900
allies don't to adopt a new race, lie about their history, and forge entirely new identities to speak on behalf of an experience that she factually categorically never had.
This isn't cultural gatekeeping and it's intellectually dishonest of you to even claim that. There are plenty of white people who are capable of being allies, supporting civil rights, or appreciating black culture without literally living in black face.
Rachel Dolezal sued Howard Universiry (HBU) for racial discrimination because she was white. But somehow I'm supposed to believe that it's a "good thing" to be an opportunist just because she's stubbornly holding onto the lie that you support?
@@JKJ1900 If they are "scared away" then they weren't allies to begin with but just more opportunists.
I love the sketches so much! Such an informative video. I never knew how certain Twitter features were able to facilitate conversation. I love how both "Black Twitter" and Say It Loud are able to combine humor and information in order to become "power*ful* users."
Thank you!
That #WaitTillYourDaddyGetsHome with Spongebob had me dying! But all in all, this is a wonderful, informative video..
The explanation I didn't know I needed. #BlackTwitter 👏👏👏
#Blacktwitter
#SupportAmerica
#StopSlavery
#PreventHumanTrafficking
Love her face when she says "You sound like the feds, homie". You can see the suspicion lol
I found your videos randomly a week ago and I've been binge-watching everything I can find since then.
I'm in love with your content and the insane quality of it.
What you guys are doing is amazing and I thank you for that!
I wish here in Brazil we had people doing these informative videos about our black history as well... but unfortunately we were taught to disregard our roots and deify the European colonizers.
The institutional whitening of the Brazilian population was ruthless and took away a lot from us, but little by little we're learning to fix that.
Thanks again! 💜
Obrigada! (that's the extent of my Portuguese) - do you watch Nátaly? She's from Brazil and has an amazing TH-cam channel: th-cam.com/video/SMlRaztcAwQ/w-d-xo.html
@@Evelynfromtheinternets
De nada
Hahaha
@@thaiscarvalho4946 Yeah, I did a bit of research on brasil and the black community there. Truly heart breaking what happend/is happening to my fellow black sisters and brothers over there. I pray that yall can restore the damage that has been done to yall, that yall can arise and come out prouder and stronger, economically and culturally then ever.
I was until Trump came along, now I’m on a 4 year mental health break lol ✊🏽
Lets hope we don’t have to extend it to 8
Gail Brown amen! ✊🏽
Orange man bad
Random Guy yep
@@Mixed_Activist | Man orange very bad. he not liberal
Thanks for covering Black Twitter. This is so amazing and informative! I was literally having a conversation with my mom about Black Twitter and she said the "Black Twitter" didn't exist. I'm so sending this to her to prove her wrong. Thanks again guys!
This channel is so necessary! Glad it popped up on my suggested feed. Keep up the good work, ladies!!
I could listen to Kiana Tipton speak all day about Black twitter. Very informative. She could develop and teach a course in Black twitter.
Fact: Twitter ain’t twitter without Black twitter.
I'm IN LOVE with this channel! Bingeing and sharing with everyone I can!
One topic I'd like to see is the history of Black Classical literature, artists, and composers...maybe a separate video for each. Congrats to all of you! This is HUGE!!
I love your posts. I began to share them with my students. Decent reporting for a change. Love y’all! 💕
Hits like button as soon as video begins, as per the norm here 👍🏾👍🏼👍🏿👍🏻👍🏽
The costumes/character designs for the short bits are amazing!! They really get the point across to a T.
Don't get me wrong. I liked the video, but I felt they told too much. It's like they broke rule number One. You don't talk about Fight Club.
Lowkey 👀😳😬🙃
It’s like this is not for US to watch 🤷🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️
Black Twitter saved Twitter
#FACTS
ong!
it's funny I dont have Twitter but always know what's going on, on black Twitter. Idk how magic🤷🏾♀️
Naya Coleman yep I don’t use twitter but always be on game lol
Same... because all the best Tweets end up on the black 'gram.
Same.
Same, I use Reddit mainly, and r/blackpeopletwitter is how I keep up with black Twitter.
@@mundaneamazing same the black gram is where I reside
OMG I just found this channel.
I'm a white trans guy from Germany and twitter & especially movements started by black ppl influence me so much. I'm so happy you included the trans movement info!
"I hope I never see a fast food chain tweet on fleek ever again" me when all these companies started capitalizing on hot girl summer 😔
I don't have Twitter or IG, but this was very informative.
Me either, but yes it was.........
I don't have a twitter but I have an IG
Me either. I loved watching tho!
Me either
I deleted that S its verrrrry toxic
I just want to say thank you for all the videos on say it loud. I've discovered your channel not long ago and I've highly enjoyed the education in black history and culture. Its wonderful to be able to expand my own own understanding.
I'm part of quite a few Twitters. Black, progressive, black concious, black feminist, and black academia. All these communities fill up my timeline. I can spend all day on Twitter without self control. Either way Twitter is a great platform to spread ideas and connect with individuals we can't with Facebook or Instagram.
The sugar grits shade! 😫😫😫 Great video ladies 🤗🤗
I felt personally attacked 😭😭😭
@@ellax325 what region are you from?
I’m from the Deep South and I cannot do them. I’m a salt and butter chick.
D)All of the above C)Advertisement D)This Dancery
You two are so entertaining and smart. Thank you for making this great videos that are both fun and enlightening.
Wow so informative! I love black twitter. I had no clue people were studying it so much. I think of Black twitter as the online cookout. This is what we do/say at the cookout/reunion but no one else hears it. Now everyone can see our thoughts lol it's called black twitter.
The person black twitter needs to GTFOOH right now is Linda Fairstein the prosecutor in the central park jogger case #WHENTHEYSEEUS
Omg thank you! I was looking for this comment!
I’m anything but black in color and culture, however I appreciate the appropriate use of social media. My brother has made use of the platform to raise awareness of Multiple Sclerosis on Facebook. #MSAwareness and #ScottsSocks. Keep up the good work, ladies!
Thank you so so much for your videos, we need more channels and educators like you!
I love that this is on PBS. PBS informing the masses.
I'm on #NativeTwitter that seemed to emerge recently. it shares a lot of aspects you've discussed. it took me over two years for my @JayGrrl handle to gain traction to the point of not tweeting for weeks and come back to the same state i left it in. we're smol but proud community.
I genuinely do not care about Twitter and I’m proud of it but I watched this anyway because I love these women. So congrats, you must be awesome if you can get me to sit through 12 minutes of Twitter talk.
Hey internet cousin!!!!! Already loved this video!
Y’all both gained a twitter follower! Love your work ladies.
Yasssss this is everything I didn’t know I needed!!! I love this channel 💕💕💕
I ❤️ Dr. Gates! I’ve watch nearly all of his docs. Waiting on more like...🙇🏾♀️🙆🏾♀️
oh my gosh #askrachel was a classic hashtag. i enjoyed that one.
I am and it's lit🔥. South Africa got its own and from what I've seen between the two it is just as crazy only in 11 different languages at once😂
Bruh... South African Twitter.. Yall do the most.. I just wished I understood the other half of what was being said. Yall just be typing in English and then suddenly switch language. Maynn.. 😂
@@akasbaakop3md502 We're sorry. 😂😂😂
Haha I love south Africa Twitter
South African twitter is so cringe. You guys use memes incorrectly and the things yoy guys find amusing are questionable. So no,you guys do not compare,not even close.
Ncese Thulani..... 😂😂😂 we all skipped Memology 101. Our bad🙆
ATX Represent!! I just found out about y'all and watching all day. This informational dump is fun, inviting, and relatable. Thank you for all this!
Would be fun if Reddit did those quizzes. Over there they just have you send a picture of your arm.
I love how so many people noticed the grits response.
Black a Twitter is a great place within Twitter where Black people can relax, converse, and share information with one another. It’s like we’re all family or a tribe in a way. ❤️🥰
Pretty much. ☺
The only thing that 140-280 characters can get me is divorced and fired!😅
#IfHogwartsWasAHBCU is still my favorite!!! I loved that one!!
Yea that one was fun lol
Damn, I'm Hispanic American (Cuban-Mexican though I was raised by my Mexican mom) and I think we have a lot in common with black culture. We also reuse containers! We actually have that same butter container in our bathroom filled with water for our cats 😅
I just found your channel and the videos are hilarious, educational and witty ❤❤❤❤. Keep up the great work
I tried using Twitter when it started. I lasted 2 days and i quit 😂
HaleyQuinn i use it every few months
😂😂 I haven’t used Twitter since 2008.
This is amazing! Evelyn, you are making your internet cousins very very proud!
I've been using Twitter since 2009. I'm a 28 year old Millennial and, as I began writing this tweet I realized twitter was almost like a larger chat room. I don't know about y'all but the Tagged chat room used to be lit. And ChatOL was thee site during my tween years (or I think that's how it was spelled lol).
Twitter brought back that chat room element just as Myspace began to die down.
That intro had me rollinggg🤣💜
This was a very interesting lesson! I’m not on Twitter. I never really saw the point. But I’m in my mid-30’s and I was already married and working on my career when Twitter launched, so I think I just missed it. Anyway, now I understand how Twitter works. 😂
I use #BlackTwitter for social activism. It's about education, building community and influencing our people to shift toxic systemic thinking patterns so we can truly unify.
Excellent breakdown.
Unify or segregate?
@@patriotpie2637 why does black people coming together automatically have to mean we are trying to segregate?
I'm a SMM, and I appreciate you guys doing a video on this, it's really taught me alot!
much love from Nashville, TN
...I LOVE THIS SHOW!!
Y'all are the best!
I thought that was Rachel Dolezal for a quick second...lord
Only then she wouldn't be using that hair bleach..
right
I read black twitter for a free education. I’m so grateful for this window to the world outside my WASP bubble
Love the work you guys are doing ladies :-)
Thanks, cousin!
First video I ever saw from Evelyn was about getting "dragged" on Black Twitter...
Kiana got that Freddie from a different world vibe.
Great video! You guys are so knowledgeable about all of this!!
Glad to have found this channel, very entertaining and informative :)
It's very racist to be honest
I realize that I literally cannot live without BLACK PPL! I love y’all too much ❤️ ( I’m black btw)
All of your videos are great. Keep it up!
I've been on twitter but never on #blacktwitter...I rarely even go on twitter, but now I really want to see what black twitter is talking about! Loved this!
Why does "sugar grits" trigger me EVERY.DANG.TIME! #butterandsalt
yeah why would someone put sugar in thier grits and ruin a perfectly good bacon & egg receptacle
@Ay B2 same with me, i hated cream o wheat and i still hate it. I also hate out meal. At to much of both growing up. But i love my grits with pepper and Hot Sauce "Franks" of course.
Sugar grits person here .. :)
@@FreeSpirit0978 my disappoinment? Immeasurable. My day? Ruined. Hotel? Trivago.
FreeSpirit0978 i’m with you👏🏾
Love the video! Native Twitter made me interested in news. Twitter is a powerful tool of cultural connection
"Sugar grits over the correct ones" YASSSSS!!!! #sayitloud
Alexandria Smith Right?? I laughed so hard that I had to rewind to enjoy it again!
I had to throw that in there!!
I'm team sugar grits. Awsome video but Did not appreciate the shade!!!!!
black twitter should be abolished. it is the worst thing anyone can ever encounter honestly on any social media app ever.
Im not even done w this video and i love it !!!! Ily evelyn 💚
Great video, very informative. But I find you guys find too much time leading in before explaining the concept or what the video is about. Like in this one it took 3:30 min before you explained what Black Tiwtter is. I always stick around but wonder how many don't. Unfortunately, not everybody has heard of many terms in Black culture hat's why I love you guys, I can finally learn what the media around me don't publish or talk about. I love the intros, but then I think it would help a lot of others like me trying to learn about the awesome Black culture to have a short definition of the subject. Keep up the great work.
Another really interesting episode! I feel educated. :)
Super interesting! Thanks for the education! 🙏
I needed this. #BlackTwitter101 now let me go put my study into practice. 😂
I had the time of my life with #AskRachel 😭😭😂😂
Can you guys do a video with historical contexts to weaves for black women like the black names video? I honestly want to know why and how it started. It’d be nice to include stuff about how black women weren’t allowed to adorn their hair and what not during slavery. I’d love to help do research for it too lol
Instagram is just Black Twitter but screenshots version and a splash of Influencer accounts.
Black Twitter at its most funny: Dem thrones, Royal Wedding, and when that movie won the 2019 best pic Oscar.
I feel like every twitter user didn't understand twitter at first and left but when they came back they became addicted.
I thought black Twitter was an abstract notion like love or freedom. Thanks for the edumacation👍 As always, you sisters are🔥🔥🔥
Thanks for watching!
@@Evelynfromtheinternets Are you kidding? Thank you! I love, love you girls. Edutainment at its finest. ❤️❤️❤️❤️
We see you supporting ADD!
*sits at a park bench*
*the contact sits down*
*i pass a note*
*"How do I find Black Twitter?"*
Love, love, love this channel!❤
Lets not forget when black twitter started the “ifslaverywasachoice” those were the funniest tweets to DATE
It exists because communicating in less than 120 characters fits black Americans perfectly
Tbh, i'd never heard of "black twitter". It's probably because I don't really use twitter, and am not black.
But either way, great video! Thank you for informing me about this
Thanks for watching!
thou ist I don’t have Twitter but I know about black twitter from watching TH-cam channel that post them for me to enjoy. Black twitter is supper funny.
Breakfast grits: sugar/sweet
Dinner grits: no sugar/savory
In the PBS vein, I'm getting serious Antiques Roadshow vibes like "is this tweet trash or naw?" I LOVE YOU GUYS!
White girl who loves, appreciates, and loves your channel. More videos please!
Evelyn..... girl that wig took me out