#TeachingRacism Trends On Twitter, Revealing How Society Ingrains Stereotypes
The hashtag #TeachingRacism trended Sunday evening, created by Ryan Dalton, a teacher, writer, and activist who says he wanted to collect stories that explain how racism is taught from one generation to the next, intentionally or otherwise. The hashtag caught on quickly, and became a top trending topic.
From Christopher Columbus to the Confederate flag, here are some of the most eye-opening things to be found under the #TeachingRacism tag.
#TeachingRacism Saying things like “discovered the ‘New World'”, instead of “colonizers came & genocidally slaughtered Indigenous Peoples”.
— Bacchus (@theonlybacchus) June 28, 2015
Showing very few women of color, but filling magazines with white models is teaching girls, THIS is what is beautiful. #TeachingRacism
— Ameenah J. (@Walk_Like_MoDel) June 28, 2015
Untruthful tales about the Confederate Battle Flag not being a symbol of white supremacy & racist dehumanizing of blacks is #TeachingRacism
— Dante Boykin (@DanteB4u) June 28, 2015
Wanting everyone to remember 9/11 & Holocaust but to get over slavery is #TeachingRacism
— Lady Sneaker Addict (@28Stinni) June 28, 2015
@capetownbrown Often it’s as simple as living your life in a segregated neighborhood, which unfortunately is the norm. #TeachingRacism
— Julie Schillreff (@JulieSchillreff) June 28, 2015
Teachers disproportionately over disciplining students of color while white students look on #TeachingRacism
— TheRealMsT (@Mamalini30) June 28, 2015
Saying that Blacks were happy & didn’t have it bad during Slavery is #TeachingRacism
— Lady Sneaker Addict (@28Stinni) June 28, 2015
#TeachingRacism is the default that black people are thugs and criminals while actual white criminals are labeled “troubled, ill’ etc.
— CHEL. (@tigerlilyysays) June 28, 2015
@theonlybacchus Portraying Egyptians as white, then getting angry that James Bond might be black in the next film. #TeachingRacism
— Bethany Wetuski (@MsAfro89) June 28, 2015
#TeachingRacism is as simple as googling beautiful men/women. pic.twitter.com/33CQc9Bkd5
— SocialJusticeFlower (@anthoknees) June 28, 2015
The media is #teachingracism by saying during Katrina that black people were “looting”, but white people were “finding food”
— Kristel (@BadGyrl_310) June 28, 2015
SIX AA churches burned in one week- NO news coverage #TeachingRacism
— Surly Temple (@wicked_cricket) June 28, 2015
#TeachingRacism Rushisms: “We need segregated buses… This is Obama’s America.” #stoprush
— GeeGee (@GeeGeeAkili) June 28, 2015
Then there are the tweets that started the #TeachingRacism trend, from a teacher in New York.
I would like to use this hashtag to share ways in which racism is “taught” even if and when it is unintended. Please share. #TeachingRacism
— Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) June 28, 2015
If you’re interested in seeing more from the #TeachingRacism hashtag, you can check out the entire timeline here.
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