Each week we feature the best tweets about five of the hottest topics on the net, and the best part is, the voices will be blacker than ever.
Who knows? Your tweet may just end up in The Best of Black Twitter. Enjoy!
1. Black Twitter celebrates Summer with #SummerWhileBlack.
“Can I get icecream from the ice cream truck?”
mom: it’s sum in the house
Ice cream in the house: pic.twitter.com/gtF85BmrId
— crimson (@diaryofaziza) June 20, 2016
#SummerWhileBlack if you say “It’s too damn hot for all this hair.” pic.twitter.com/Y6tOoq1gqp
— nubianbrotha (@nubianbrotha) June 20, 2016
When ya uncle’s new woman brings potato salad to the cookout but you give it a go ’cause she cool #summerwhileblack pic.twitter.com/hLSxHGQsZX
— Ivey Johnson (@IveyWithAnE) June 20, 2016
2. Have a bad case of #TwitterFingers? Black Twitter will decide.
Azealia Banks after a 14 year old came at her life ???? #twitterfingers #AzealiaBanks #hideunderarock @AZEALIABANKS pic.twitter.com/10cVZaSvDH
— Julie (@trulyjuju) May 12, 2016
She gonna get hubby in trouble 4 this. Don’t matter that you deleted the post #twitterfingers #playyorole #NBAFinals pic.twitter.com/N06FspzBkg
— Rhoyal Sigma (@rhoyalsigma) June 17, 2016
3. The LGBT community is upset with Nicki Minaj for not mentioning the Orlando tragedy.
Lil Kim was the first Hip-Hop act to support the LGBT community , meanwhile Nicki Minaj uses them for sales. pic.twitter.com/yzxHvmqXzm
— Shady Lil Kim Facts (@ShadyKimmyFacts) June 16, 2016
#ImHappyToBeAliveBecause the LGBT has seen Nicki Minaj true colors & served FedEx beef straight to her front door pic.twitter.com/l8Cu5CUxmD
— Lil’ Kim Buzz (@LilKimBuzzz) June 21, 2016
4. Black Twitter pokes fun at #Brexit.
Horrified people still managed to make #Brexit memeshttps://t.co/9zuIA1jogk pic.twitter.com/sUAtNwTylK
— Mashable (@mashable) June 24, 2016
The best #Brexit memes https://t.co/mUwtsZMr1l pic.twitter.com/2srHPT297c
— The Sun (@TheSun) June 24, 2016
5. Issa Rae drops the trailer for her HBO show Insecure, and releases the Awkward Black Girl book in the same week. Black Twitter is delighted.
I’M SO READY FOR @IssaRae NEW SHOW!!!!!!! It’s amazing seeing her go from an amazing YouTube series to HBO it’s LIT pic.twitter.com/qjfiTRhfRC
— Robyn (@Swaggy_Peete) June 23, 2016
@HBO @IssaRae I can't wait for #InsecureHBO to drop this fall. Kudos Issa &@hbo for the diversity. Excited pic.twitter.com/oHwAslgSzL
— T (@Tmusiclover1) June 23, 2016
.@HBO is going to be surprised with how big of hit #InsecureHBO (Issa Rae's show) is going to be and we all gonna be pic.twitter.com/KTZnfZo3EX
— Jasmyn (@JasmynBeKnowing) June 22, 2016