Prentice Penny on the Importance of Black Twitter, Memes & Elon Muskc

Prentice Penny joins Kyle Meredith to talk about his Hulu docuseries Black Twitter: A People’s History, which charts the posts, accounts, and memes that made Black Twitter such an influential force in American political and cultural life. Listen now.

Penny (Insecure, Uncorked) talks about why he felt like he needed to tell the story of Black Twitter and the social movements it created. He also dives into how the sale of the social media platform to Elon Musk factored into the production of the docuseries, as well as the handles, profiles, and memes that fueled the culture.

He then discusses how the filmmakers gathered the figures behind some of the site’s most famous hashtags (like #youknowyourblackwhen or #blackgirlmagic), how Black people will still find community in a post-Twitter environment, and how it all might effect the upcoming election.

Black Twitter: A People’s History releases on Hulu May 9th. New subscribers of Hulu can get a 30-day trial by signing up here.

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