Sanjay Sharma

Senior Lecturer, SociologyBrunel University

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Black Twitter- Contagious Hashtags

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Sanjay Sharma Brunel University

March 27, 2014
Black Twitter- Contagious Hashtags Race Beat & Black Twitter networks algorithms Curator's Note What is Black Twitter? Why isn’t there a Black Facebook, Instagram or YouTube? Is there something unique about Twitter which lends itself to being cap ...

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Re: What Are We Talking About When We Talk About Black Twitter?

Stimulating first post! The

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Sanjay Sharma Brunel University

Friday, March 28, 2014 — 2:40 pm
Stimulating first post! The problem with all racialized labels- such as 'Black Twitter' is the tendency to essentialize differences, divergences, complexities. 'Black Twitter' can, and should be, grasped in many ways. As you importantl ...
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Re: Racism Ended When

Thanks for posting. The

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Sanjay Sharma Brunel University

Friday, March 28, 2014 — 2:55 pm
Thanks for posting. The problem is that 'color-blind racism'- in a post-racial (Obama) era- appears to be more sensitive to issues of race, but obscures and de-legitimizes analyses of *racism*. The #RacismEndedWhen hashtag captured and exposed t ...