Yesterday, Black Twitter landed #GrowingUpBlack on the worldwide trending list. The hashtag evoked memories and commonalities among Black people regardless of geographic location.

As they tend to do, white trolls responded to the hashtag with their tears. Instead of watching black people celebrate their blackness and the ‘black experience,’ they felt the need to see black people’s cultural celebration as a threat to their well-being. This doesn’t necessarily make them racist, but it does show some serious unoriginality.

https://twitter.com/chris24anderson/status/621078177214005248

white folks started #GrowingUpWhite in retaliation against a tag that has 0 to do with them. smh.

— tracy aka Bhad Bhooster (@brokeymcpoverty) July 15, 2015

So it should come as no surprise that Black Twitter did what they usually do….

https://twitter.com/fkawigs/status/621116046796267520

#GrowingUpWhite
Kid: Shut up mom
Mom: …………

— Dapper Dan (@FijiCasso) July 14, 2015

#GrowingUpWhite
When you've been acting all day and your mom has had enough pic.twitter.com/QP4BfmTIoD

— The Snack That Smiles Back (@_JulyAlsina) July 14, 2015

Lice #GrowingUpWhite

— Feral Channing (@sendcats) July 14, 2015

https://twitter.com/awkwardpisces/status/621051302840156160

https://twitter.com/nxtiajoy/status/621089641752580096

#GrowingUpWhite Not being allowed to eat mayonnaise or crackers because cannibalism is illegal

— siggy🐬 (@freakinshoes) July 14, 2015

https://twitter.com/AmyStephen/status/621147899276197888

https://twitter.com/TheJBucky/status/620659950252113920

https://twitter.com/runtheworId/status/621101336747229184

Holding back the tears because the cinnamon gum is too spicy #GrowingUpWhite pic.twitter.com/Afxa2HMJ2n

— himbo slice (@MrPooni) July 15, 2015

https://twitter.com/brentavious_/status/620999149769633792

#GrowingUpWhite being able to call my mom a bitch and she don't do nothing about it

— zo (@ZoMonneeyy) July 14, 2015

https://twitter.com/GotRichDiedTryn/status/621046637700366336

https://twitter.com/aidanlmao/status/621120837068849152

#GrowingUpBlack Vs #GrowingUpWhite 😂😂 Sorry I Had To, All Jokes pic.twitter.com/mU1cAouXWf

— 🇳🇬Benjamin Abiola (@SirAbiola) July 15, 2015

"GO TO YOUR ROOM COOPER!!" #growingupwhite

— miss nostalgia (@floramuva) July 14, 2015

https://twitter.com/DippOffTheTipp_/status/621099069130317824

#growingupwhite talking back to your parents & living to tell the tale.

— Shani, B. 🇨🇷 (@melanaire_) July 14, 2015

https://twitter.com/shrekteen/status/621105354634625024

Always eating like KINGS 👑👅👅👏#GrowingUpWhite pic.twitter.com/xlQv6yDSxh

— Christian (@x_christixn) July 15, 2015

https://twitter.com/ayypollo/status/621120256937824256

So basically…..

https://twitter.com/ImSo_GLaurieous/status/621092648040951808

https://twitter.com/jxeonghan/status/621109736285564928

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