Is this being posted on whitepeopletwitter supposed to imply some kind of privilege of the person saying this?
this post was submitted on 05 Sep 2023
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It's a remnant from reddit. There was a BlackPeopleTwitter and a WhitePeopleTwitter which just makes no fucking sense. Just make one "Twitter" community and be done with the segregation. Oh wait, it's X. Call it "Ex-SocialPlatform"
Because #blackpeopletwitter was a thing before Reddit picked it up. Often, various content with that hashtag would make it to trending, and thus many more users would find it.
The Black People Twitter subreddit gained a lot of popularity, but then the mods felt a need to ensure that actual black people were commenting, and they made a verification system. You would have a specific label that allowed you unfettered access to the blackpeopletwitter subreddit.
Occasionally, the subreddit would be locked to only certain flaired users (aka country club threads). This made it easier to actually hear the voices of the very community, especially because they were often posts about violence toward black people. This all made sense.
The White People Twitter subreddit didn't make sense. Like many things IRL, white people took from black people, revamped, and made their own thing.
A friendly reminder that the US celebrates labor Day in September because celebrating it in May with the rest of the world would encourage solidarity with the global working class, and that's "SoCiAlIsM"
Well dang. TIL. I just grew up thinking that the US was the only one that had a labor day. Pretty dumb, I know. But why would I have a desire to look into it?
Don't forget dying for these as well
The Lattimer Massacre The Great Railroad Strike The Ludlow Massacre The Memorial Day Massacre
There's others that I can't remember off the top of my head.
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Who is this guy? Why are his Twitter posts all over the place?