Twitter had one helluva Saturday, from the #ObamaAndKids fun to #BlackMenGreetings it was a love-fest of sorts. And at the center of all these good feelings were black men. In Song of Solomon, Toni Morrison put it best when she said succinctly, “Everybody wants the life of a black man.” And Saturday’s outpouring of hilarity, solidarity, and black men’s constant humility showed us exactly why.
1. @AfricanaCarr initiated the tag when he shared this moment he had at the grocery store.
Passed a Black man in the grocery store this morning:
“What’s up, Bruh?”
“I’m here, baby.”
“No doubt.”There it is. #BlackMenGreetings
— Greg Carr (@AfricanaCarr) February 19, 2016
2. And, naturally, it just took off.
In a store;
“Hey, man, how’s it going?”“Tired.”
“Bro, me too. I’m tired of us being tired.”#BlackMenGreetings @AfricanaCarr
— Virn (@virnmu) February 19, 2016
3. Can’t call it.
“What’s good baby?”
“Chillin. Chillin.”
“What you no good?”
“Can’t call it.”#BlackMenGreetings— Zachary Johnson (@WiseUpZach) February 19, 2016
4. Boss recognize boss.
“Waddup God”
“Nothing much my guy, how you?”
“I’m straight my g, be easy”
“No doubt”#BlackMenGreetings
— CHIEF OF W.O.L.F (@HelloWolfe) February 19, 2016
5. What’s hatnin’ is the proper usage of adlibs in the conversation
Gotta add:
True.
What’s good?
What’s hatnin?#BlackMenGreetings— O. Gerard Droze (@VerbalCryogenic) February 19, 2016
6. And this happens, no matter how far away
*walking in the grocery store*
*sees random black man from a distance*
*both do head bobs*#BlackMenGreetings
— Sam. (@_JackNForTweets) February 19, 2016
7. But it has to be upward.
The best is the silent, upward head nod. Universally understood & respected. Gotta be upward tho. #BlackMenGreetings
— O. Gerard Droze (@VerbalCryogenic) February 19, 2016
8. Still can’t call it, but okay.
Me and the black janitor this AM:
“What’s happening big time?”
“I can’t call it man”
“I hear ya. Take it easy now”#BlackMenGreetings
— Donovan McDABB (@OnThat_BusFlow) February 19, 2016
9. When you just knew they knew each other
@AfricanaCarr My fathers #BlackMenGreetings used to baffle me, for years I thought he knew all these men, lol
— A. Evans (@progr3ssnmotion) February 19, 2016
10. But it’s about recognizing the truth in each other #Namaste
#BlackMenGreetings be a competition to see who is more humble.
Wassup?
– Nothin much man. I’m tryna get like YOU!
Naaaah, YOU got it.— Neon Brown (@AfroMick_) February 19, 2016
11. And staying grateful for the little things
“Wassup man, how you?”
“I woke up”
“Aye that’s a blessing!”#BlackMenGreetings
— Tone Hanks (@UpTownTone) February 19, 2016
12. Truth!
“How you livin fam?”
“Everything is everything”#BlackMenGreetings
— way way up (@armontheapex) February 19, 2016
13. Word?
“Bruh”
“What you about to get into”
“Nothing right now. Tryna see if shawty fall through right quick”
“Oh word?”#BlackMenGreetings
— *Insert Name Here* (@GhostFaceSigma) February 19, 2016
14. Sometimes you have to read in between the lines
“Aye…what’s good?”
“Mane look…”
“Deadass…?”
“Mane……LOOK.”#BlackMenGreetings
— You Don’t Know Me (@Thought_InBflat) February 19, 2016
15. And saying the most with the least
“What’s good dog.”
“Sh*t chilling.”
“You been aight.”
“Straight.”
“I feel you.” #BlackMenGreetings— X (@XLNB) February 19, 2016
16. But sometimes you still can’t call it
“What’s good witchu, fam?”
“Ey, I can’t call it.”#blackmengreetings
— Gene Demby (@GeeDee215) February 19, 2016
17. Just trying to make it
Older Black man:”What’s good youngblood?”
Me:”How you doing, sir? I’m just tryna make it.”
Him:”I know that’s right.” #BlackMenGreetings
— NephewDeGrasseTyson (@SpikeHobbsJr) February 19, 2016
18. Sis …finna slide in somebody’s DM!
#BlackMenGreetings smells like good cologne and fresh fades
— Deb (@flashydeb) February 20, 2016
19. Get your money
*Clocks into the 9 to 5 at the same time*
“What’s Good Fool*
*Shoot Man, Anotha Day Anotha Dolla.#BlackMenGreetings
— Andre J. Ellington ♫ (@TheSuitMastor) February 20, 2016
20. Come on with this word
King #1 – How you doin’ Bro?
King #2 – I ain’t dead or in jail, no complaints, how you?#BlackMenGreetings
— Hanif J. Williams (@HanifJWilliams) February 20, 2016
21. And always greet, by any adjustments necessary
The necessary situational awareness of dap. The midair adjustment. #BlackMenGreetings pic.twitter.com/GHMboEzgjU
— Justin (@eumelanated) February 20, 2016
22. The greeting when you first meet
#BlackMenGreetings when y’all first meet pic.twitter.com/Ibxav6Mkx4
— younggifted&BLACK (@reallifedemo) February 20, 2016
23. And when you’re familiar
#BlackMenGreetings when y’all have known each other for a while pic.twitter.com/twFyF8QcQg
— younggifted&BLACK (@reallifedemo) February 20, 2016
24. Crine
“Man, it is GOOD to see you!!!”
“Man, it’s GOOD to be seen!” #BlackMenGreetings— Learotha Williams (@learothawms) February 20, 2016
25. Hello truth
The Black community isn’t a monolith. But we are a community. Folks sharing examples of #BlackMenGreetings is one beautiful example of how.
— Greg Carr (@AfricanaCarr) February 20, 2016
26. Still can’t call it, beloved?
“I can’t call it”
— Matthew A. Cherry (@MatthewACherry) February 19, 2016
