Comments on: Social Media: The New Revolutionary Forefront https://www.cbcfinc.org/blog/social-media-the-new-revolutionary-forefront/ Advancing the Global Black Community by Developing Leaders Informing Policy and Educating the Public Wed, 15 Sep 2021 18:20:03 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.1 By: Sister Shabazz https://www.cbcfinc.org/blog/social-media-the-new-revolutionary-forefront/#comment-275 Mon, 16 Jun 2014 06:05:06 +0000 http://www.cbcfinc.org/thevillage/?p=1197#comment-275 I think it’s fair to say that with any new form of activism, good and bad things develop. We can say these “social media revolutionaries” are nothing but updated armchair revolutionaries who traded their debates at Starbucks for 140 character limited Twitter wars over who first created a trendy, socially relevant hashtag. However, in the same breath, we can say that if it was not for the Angelas, Hueys, and Ches of social media, millions of people would be grossly ignorant of some of our country’s and world’s most horrible social injustices.

Personally, I think it’s unfair to blanket critique anyone who engages in such form of social justice because for some that may be the best capacity in which they can be involved in the fight for justice and equality.

Instead of focusing on the possible fake and phonies, I’ve resorted to recognizing the power of hashtivism and the power of typically silenced communities (POC, WOC, low-income, etc) to use social media to their advantage and create awareness of issues plaguing their respective communities.

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