The African American Hashtag
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Posted By: William Jackson on February 27, 2016 The African American Hashtag What kind of vision do African Americans have of # - Hashtags passing through a digital decade? Defining the African American experience through hashtags has become a way of sharing experiences and telling a story, technology has opened doors so that African Americans across this nation can highlight their accomplishments, share their challenges, testify to their blessings, reflect on their setbacks to be setups to future success and even plan their come backs.What better way to share a life than with hashtags. A personal exclamation point for the world to see what your about and who you associate yourself with. The sharing of content allows for the uplifting of African American people, the challenge is the definition of the hashtag of African Americans. Having difficulty in defining African Americans. African Americans still have a challenge in defining themselves, coming to terms with being assimilated to a culture that intentionally blinds and distracts them from a unified vision and a unified purpose. The statement, "Where there is no vision, the people perish," is seen as content is created in the randomness of chaos that is sometimes prevalent on the Internet, and in some cases confusion as to the direction of African Americans of this nation. The powers that wanna be only caress African Americans with promises, trinkets, that allows temporary pleasure in being falsely accepted and needed. Look at how some African Americans run to political candidates and seemingly bow down asking for the candidates blessings and acceptance only to be ignored again in the political process that looks at African Americans as a temporary commodity to be discarded when they are used to the pleasure of others and not needed because their votes have been taken as easily as police are killing unarmed African American boys and girls, but these same politicians are unwilling to do anything about it. Blacks keep voting for them. What hashtag can stop the killings, to put an end to racial profiling and even change the stereotypes of African American men and boys? Collectively African Americans can make a difference. #BlackLivesMatter #BlackGirlsMatter If other cultures can get the media to change their depictions why can't African Americans? Maybe if African Americans stop running after the latest DVD of an entertainer that calls their mothers, sister and daughters ho** and bit****. Maybe if African Americans stop spending their monies on Air Jordansz or the most expensive weave or even chemical treatments to make them look lighter and whiter. Take those same dollars and invest in educational and entrepreneurial foundations to invest in their young people. Build African American boys and girls into financial brokers, political lobbyist and international business men and women. The hashtags will change for African Americans #BlackEducator #HBCUConnect How can people get mad at Beyonce when she expresses her right to speech and is criticized because she speaks out for her African American brothers and sister and when whites do it about endangered insects and animals they are celebrated. This shows you the value of African American lives compared to insects and animals. Wake up African Americans... The Oscars are showing you the reality that we can entertain them, we just can't earn their respect to be represented. Look at the Presidential elections of today, African Americans are again having their egos stroked because someone else needs their vote, but offers no more progress than a dog would receive from its owner for being trained to go the the bathroom outside. What is the vision for African Americans in the hashtag of this digital expansion of technology, and an expansion of so many Social Media platforms. African American children need to understand that just because you have access to global resources does not mean you have to share your life globally especially if it will cause problems later in life with higher educational entrance and employment. Why would you show the worst of yourself and your community online when you alienate yourself by placing violence to the world that already is fearful of your expanded life. Cities like Jacksonville, Florida will expand police activity, but won't expand employment opportunities to the teens that need it. Where is the re-investment in communities that are suffering the most, what educational opportunities in STEM, STEAM and STREAM are there and coding? The lessons of technology are slowly being learned. What is the vision of integrating technology to enhance and better the lives of African American children? There is an incredible attraction to tech by children, toddlers, and even infants, but what direction will they take beyond games, Apps, music downloads, gossip and entertainment? What kind of job opportunities will be available beyond texting, Facebooking and Snapchatting? Vine and Periscope are dominating the digital airwaves and Wi-Fi signals are transmitting over trillions of bytes of data of African Americans personal stories, but what benefits does this technology create for African Americans or is this just another opportunity for people of color and culture to show just how messed up they are from colonization and assimilation? When was the last time youth and teens told their own story, shared their dreams and aspirations about survival and perseverance to thrive beyond just surviving. Too many children of color are satisfied at just living day to day instead of living for a secure and comfortable life. If #BlackLivesMatter then that means EVERYONE must buy into it, they must invest in #BlackLivesMatter and must stand up for justice. #BlackLivesMatter must be a vision of now and the future. The importance of having a vision can be seen throughout history; a # hashtag vision for African Americans motivates and focus now in the present. This is not a put down or throwing dirt at parents, schools or society in general, it is a call for parents of color and culture to use their mobile technology for the betterment of their children. Too many children today do not have a vision beyond their circumstances, parents do not have a vision for their homes beyond their issues and experiences. The hashtag is a brilliant tool to promote unity and create strength with connections and growing a network, but when it is filled with self demeaning images, videos of destruction and words that hurt and destroy it is hard for the world to take seriously a vision for African Americans that only use technology for foolishness and self destruction. #BuildBlackFamilieswithEducation Rest assured Hillary knows how to stroke the egos of African American families using Social Media with hashtags of empty promises, family members that attract thousands just to "be seen" or ignoring the true needs within the African American community. #BlackLivesMatter What hashtag will you use to define yourself, your community, your neighborhood, your family and your life? Mines is and will always be #MyQuestToTeach to help children of color and culture better themselves either directly or indirectly through access to educational resources and using technology. Will you allow someone else's hashtag to define you or will you create and build your own? Hashtags: #AfricanAmerican #NMAAHC #BlackTwitter #POCIT #POTUS #FLOTUS #MyQuestToTeach #BlackHistoryMonth #BHM #BloggingWhileBrown #AfricanAmerican/Black youth #BlackandStem #AfAmEdChat #Blackwomen #Blackmen #sandrabland #tamirrice #africa #chosenpeople #blackyouth #blackpower #blackpeople #prayforafrica #fightthepower #BlerdNation #Negro #NegroPlease #TheNegroLeague #TuskegeeAirMen #HBCU #HBCUNation #EducationalTechnology Top Hashtags for Black People http://top-hashtags.com/hashtag/blackpeopl... Best Black Twitter Hashtags http://www.dailydot.com/lol/best-black-twi... If you enjoyed this article, Join HBCU CONNECT today for similar content and opportunities via email! |
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William Jackson
Educational Technology and Social Media Instructor, Edward Waters College South Carolina State University class of 1985 Member Since September 2008 |
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