10 Brilliant Reactions to #WhiteGirlsAreMagic

Somebody started the hashtag #WhiteGirlsAreMagic. The takedown—from all over Twitter—was swift.

By Kenrya Rankin Nov 9, 2015

For months now, people of color have been celebrating their melanin on social media using the hashtags #BlackGirlsAreMagic and #BlackGirlMagic. But last week, another group of Twitter users followed in the footsteps of the folks who gave the world #WhiteGirlsDoItBetter and co-opted the tag to create #WhiteGirlsAreMagic. The result was a lot of posts like these:

#WhiteGirlsAreMagic #WhenAmericaWasGreat Higher res. :-) pic.twitter.com/w3eIP2vk1E
— Down with AntiWhites (@prowhitesunite) November 3, 2015

#WhiteGirlsAreMagic #StopWhiteGenocide stop the #WaronWhites #SaveEuropeNOW pic.twitter.com/3qxPVr7PjZ
— Pollox Troy (@billpierce1488) October 31, 2015

#IStandWithSweden because we must secure the existence of our people and a future for White Children. #WhiteGenocide #WhiteGirlsAreMagic
— Jonatan Pettersson (@JonatanNordisk) October 31, 2015

But the Internet was not having it, and users from all corners snatched the hashtag to point out what they view as hypocrisy and a pattern of appropriation. These 10 tweets say it all:

#WhiteGirlsAreMagic is only trending, not to promote beautiful white girls, but because #BlackGirlsAreMagic was trending first. Y'all petty
— loser spice (@bbygwala) November 6, 2015

How #WhiteGirlsAreMagic will go: -Black twitter finds it -White girls get dragged 2 hell & back -WGs get hurt feels & call blk ppl racist
— Audrey Lee (@divlioRom) November 7, 2015

White people will tweet #WhiteGirlsAreMagic like its no problem but will swear that #BlackLivesMatter is excluding all other races.
— Byakugan Princess ☆ (@kimie2sad) November 5, 2015

#WhiteGirlsAreMagic because it's difficult to find representation and appreciation for Eurocentric beauty in society pic.twitter.com/aiPlfcfJBJ
— vimto mami (@lunarnomad) November 7, 2015

The difference b/w #WhiteGirlsAreMagic & #BlackGirlsAreMagic in a nutshell. One's derogatory, one's celebratory. pic.twitter.com/yI7CbSxGzK
— Audrey Lee (@divlioRom) November 7, 2015

#WhiteGirlsAreMagic because most of the time when it comes to discussing racism and police brutality: poof. gone.
— Wine Daddy. (@TRYVNS) November 6, 2015

#WhiteGirlsAreMagic Okay And ??? pic.twitter.com/HNp2BnnWoV
— des (@choleh_) November 5, 2015

We have the entirety of the media telling us this. You don't need to steal a hash tag from the black community. #WhiteGirlsAreMagic
— lauren (@frecklesfem) November 5, 2015