A year ago today, Black Twitter was abuzz with the news about Michael Brown. From the get-go, many of us knew that this murder would not be like the others. What manifested in full form was the #BlackLivesMatter movement. Twitter users used the hashtag #FergusonTaughtMe, started by @LeslieMac, to reflect. Check out some of these tweets to see what many black Americans learned from this experience.
#FergusonTaughtMe that apathy can be overcome & this is a generation that has found new ways to resist & survive.
— Hari Kondabolu (@harikondabolu) August 9, 2015
#FergusonTaughtMe that womyn, the youth, & Trans & queer folk lead the movement with admirable strength & resilience. #BlackLivesMatter
— EMPATHY (@MrNikoG) August 10, 2015
#FergusonTaughtMe that skin color can be perceived as a weapon.
— Francesca (@LipstickNLegos) August 10, 2015
#FergusonTaughtMe HISTORY REPEATS…. pic.twitter.com/NDd5hiAFx3
— 𝓑𝓻𝓮'𝓼 𝓒𝓵𝓸𝓼𝓮𝓽🛍 (@BlackBeauty504) August 10, 2015
#FergusonTaughtMe that people were still very sleep on the realities of police killings and brutality against Black ppl & PoC. #FTP #ACAB
— EMPATHY (@MrNikoG) August 10, 2015
https://twitter.com/ShaunKing/status/630461766900781056
#FergusonTaughtMe that social media has given us organizational tools our ancestors would have killed for. We have the power now.
— ♈️🐏♈️Aries SZN ♈️🐏♈️ (@FeministaJones) August 9, 2015
https://twitter.com/BlvckConscious/status/630474869407248384
#FergusonTaughtMe how easily a lie can become a truth if we repeat it enough.
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) August 10, 2015
#FergusonTaughtMe that cops & media will lie about anything so that it fits their narrative
— 🎨 🖌🖍ArtsySneakerGeek (@BamaIntrovert) August 9, 2015
#FergusonTaughtMe that my heroes are mostly Black women.
— Jesse Benn (@JesseBenn) August 9, 2015
#FergusonTaughtMe that the safety in silence is an illusion.
— deray (@deray) August 9, 2015
#FergusonTaughtMe that we're all one bullet away from being a hashtag. pic.twitter.com/fHcD0rXe1g
— NULL ⣢ (@0xUID) August 9, 2015
#FergusonTaughtMe don't run away, police are here to protect and to serve! Right?! pic.twitter.com/iRGghPugsK
— NULL ⣢ (@0xUID) August 9, 2015
#FergusonTaughtMe everyone has a role in fighting racism and police brutality social media enable even disabled to assist
— This page owned by Cats 🐈 (@MastaOfMp3s) August 9, 2015
https://twitter.com/KeshRue/status/630423379779133440
What did Ferguson teach you? Let us know in the comments.
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