While the black experience isn’t monolithic, and neither is Black Twitter, when we find commonalities, it’s always pure gold.
Last night folks got together to share old, and mostly hilarious memories in a virtual family reunion of sorts. Here are some of my favorite Tweets.
Twas the night before Easter and all through black houses across America… #GrowingUpBlack pic.twitter.com/Ypd88IMhqV
— Androméda (@_Gambina) July 14, 2015
#GrowingUpBlack We all have that ONE relative that be like "last time I saw you, you was a baby….you remember me?" pic.twitter.com/Kvi0ZVpqQC
— Royce Morgan (@TheRoyceMorgan) July 15, 2015
This needs no caption
#GrowingUpBlack pic.twitter.com/bJvCh1qwos
— Jacob O'Neal (@JCO_tho) July 15, 2015
#GrowingUpBlack After Every Cookout Your Refrigerator Looked Like This pic.twitter.com/mf2EwmcKvu
— Menace ll Society (@BreezyxSupreme) July 15, 2015
#GrowingUpBlack luxury toilet seats at grandmas pic.twitter.com/zcaH5ykCUS
— (@Roberts_Rules) July 15, 2015
When moms fall asleep on the couch and soon as you change the channel she go "I was watching that" #growingupblack pic.twitter.com/bjL9BmH88b
— Prob A. Lee (@drinksonant) July 15, 2015
#GrowingUpBlack and getting this box relaxer and then tryna copy the hairstyle pic.twitter.com/3q9F6nbGmL
— RAI-anna (@__princessrai) July 15, 2015
When your the only black kid in the class and the teacher start talking about slavery or civil rights #GrowingUpBlack pic.twitter.com/hm0GVaTXIW
— Naruto Uzumaki (@King_Naruto_) July 15, 2015
#GrowingUpBlack you had to watch one of these shows with your grandparents while your parents at work pic.twitter.com/BdKb5YVk3M
— Sulley (@Brett_Vino) July 15, 2015