EPISODE · Apr 26, 2019 · 16 MIN
How Black Feminists Exposed the Alt-Right Online
from What Next | Daily News and Analysis
Back in 2014, a mysterious hashtag started trending on Twitter: #EndFathersDay. The accounts tweeting the extremist sentiments appeared to be the accounts of black women. But black feminists on Twitter knew something was amiss. So they got to the bottom of the hashtag—and used their own to fight back. Guest: Rachelle Hampton, Slate writer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Back in 2014, a mysterious hashtag started trending on Twitter: #EndFathersDay. The accounts tweeting the extremist sentiments appeared to be the accounts of black women. But black feminists on Twitter knew something was amiss. So they got to the bottom of the hashtag—and used their own to fight back. Guest: Rachelle Hampton, Slate writer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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