Black women are often in the crosshairs of abusive discourse driven by social media. That recent targets are often public figures suggests that social media abusers find it profitable to attack high-profile Black women who have become symbolic avatars for the group as a whole. (This article originally appears in the Spring 2024 issue of Ms. Join the Ms. community today and you’ll get issues delivered straight to your mailbox!)
Is it because of their afros?
Why would you even try to go there?
Dark people don’t get to select how their hair grows.
I’m very disappointed in your response.
Because it’s curly. so they might get entangled.
What does that have anything to do with anything?
People’s hair changes pattern sometimes…
https://youtube.com/watch?v=PhAWyOuIedc
It’s a pun
No, its a tone deaf joke.
Agreed. Would have worked better if it said “tangled up”. This is too much of a stretch.
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