https://twitter.com/Freeyourmindkid/status/808832358694666241
Last week, a white supremacist website we aren’t going to name or drive traffic to posted an article titled “How To Be A N****r On Twitter” (except the slur wasn’t censored). The article bemoaned the recent banning of abusive accounts after Twitter’s crackdown on hate speech. The author encouraged readers to create fake accounts pretending to be black, then “create a state of chaos” in an attempt to undermine the Black Lives Matter movement and make Twitter look bad (somehow). It’s as dumb as it sounds, the white supremacist equivalent of a “How do you do, fellow kids?”
Black Twitter clapped back at these nonsense fake accounts on Tuesday with #BlackTwitterVerificationQuestions, jokingly vetting fakers with questions about memes, $200 dates, and popular songs Twitter regulars would probably be familiar with.
The hashtag was started by @iHateDanae, who told The Huffington Post she saw the racist article and considered the hashtag “a humorous way of taking ownership of the Twitter experience we have created.” She was surprised when the hashtag became popular and said it’s been “really rewarding to bring everyone together in a humorous way considering how tough this year has been on most of us.”
Here are some of our favorite Black Twitter Verification Questions, and if you don’t like these options, you can drive to Temecula and catch these hands.
#BlackTwitterVerificationQuestions Which one is our Aunt Viv? pic.twitter.com/VLCWTfgBhd
— 𝐶𝑒𝑑𝑟𝑖𝑐 the other entertainer (@iAintPaul) December 14, 2016
#BlackTwitterVerificationQuestions What does every black person wish? a. upon a star b. happiness c. more wishes d. YOU WOULD…
— Lawrence Ross: An Ice Cold Alpha Man (@alpha1906) December 14, 2016
Who gets more RTs?:
A.) original tweet
B.) quote tweet with "LMFAOOOOO" #BlackTwitterVerificationQuestions— K-Ci’s (ooh yeah) (@frodeci) December 13, 2016
https://twitter.com/iHateDanae/status/808801311013662723
Is this a:
A: Plastic bag
B: Lunchbox
C: Trash can
D: All of the above#BlackTwitterVerificationQuestions pic.twitter.com/AKH8fHVqkW— Torraine Walker (@TorraineWalker) December 14, 2016
https://twitter.com/smilleesims/status/808844585644466176
https://twitter.com/CJforShort/status/809403998268694528
https://twitter.com/iHateDanae/status/808801777852252164
https://twitter.com/DavidDTSS/status/808872931237462020
What is the black twitter national anthem? #BlackTwitterVerificationQuestions
— taylor (@cornbreadsays) December 14, 2016
https://twitter.com/woahhh/status/808863977119870977
https://twitter.com/JimiEarly/status/808845607381110784
https://twitter.com/InThisDancery/status/809460851119976448
https://twitter.com/MatthewACherry/status/808823438664224768
https://twitter.com/smilleesims/status/808848620317536257
What pops severely and yours dzon't? #BlackTwitterVerificationQuestions
— Pull up & eat some cereal with me (@MacAndCheeks) December 13, 2016
What was the appropriate response when your parents find out you failed a test in high school? #BlackTwitterVerificationQuestions
— Dr. Micah R. Gaines (@MicahRGaines) December 15, 2016
According to mom, why are you sick? #blacktwitterverificationquestions
— ille$t.🤠 (@illwillie_) December 15, 2016
Which American rapper was able to rhyme the word "mansion" with "Wisconsin"?#BlackTwitterVerificationQuestions
— NUFF (@nuffsaidny) December 14, 2016
If the cookout starts at noon, what time will the food be ready? #BlackTwitterVerificationQuestions
— Dr. Micah R. Gaines (@MicahRGaines) December 15, 2016
(Via #BlackTwitterVerificationQuestions, Quartz, and The Huffington Post)
