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Black Twitter Is Thriving on Threads as a New Cultural Hub
Key Takeaways
- WIRED's Jason Parham argues Threads has become the spiritual successor to Black Twitter, now functioning as a vital artery of the Black social media ecosystem.
- The September 21 grand jury decision not to charge anyone in the death of 18-year-old Nolan Wells sparked intense demands for justice on Threads.
- Comedian D.L. Hughley contrasted the indictment of a pool of water turning green with the refusal to indict in a case involving a Black teenager found floating face down.
- Cultural critic Jamilah Lemieux, who has 208,000 Threads followers, says having a place to laugh is as important as ever during a second Trump administration.
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DT Editorial Team··via wired.com