How social media has helped to uplift black voices in 2020

Authors

  • Ariana Whiteford Nottingham Trent University

Abstract

Performative activism is a prevalent problem online however condescension over resources and routes of learning about social injustice is an unnecessary form of gatekeeping 'wokeness'.  Social media played a special role in the emergence of the Black Lives Matter and the #MeToo movements, yet the use of social media to inform is critiqued.

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Published

2021-04-20