#TwitterBlackout Emerges in Protest of Trump Presidency
We reported yesterday (November 9) on the emergence of the #NotMyPresident and #ImStillWithHer hashtags in response to Donald Trump's election as president. Outside of those hashtags, Twitter users unhappy with Trump's success—and what it could mean for the already-marginalized peoples that Trump and his supporters repeatedly targeted throughout his campaign—also rendered their avatars black and used the #TwitterBlackout hashtag to express solidarity.
take one you need and pass it on #twitterblackout
— phoebe the elf (@alyciapaesh) November 10, 2016
Latino & Asian friends, Muslim & Atheist friends, Friends with chronic pain... I am so so sorry #twitterblackout
— dorisafinkasaurus (@danahdoris) November 9, 2016
#twitterblackout because this scares me pic.twitter.com/ZxJJKxr4ao
— liberal bitch (@Morphe350) November 9, 2016
IM DOING THIS, BLACK OUT YOUR ACCOUNT IF YOU'RE ANTI TRUMP, OUR VOICE MATTERS TOO #twitterblackout pic.twitter.com/hq4grGa2PH
— ㅤㅤㅤ (@trueIovin) November 9, 2016
#NotMyPresident #twitterblackout I am #HERE for rising above the hatred and fighting for equality. #UnitedNotDivided pic.twitter.com/NyXHox9ceU
— #ImStillWithHer (@Kordeiiz) November 10, 2016
if you can't be at the protests tonight, join the virtual protests! #notmypresident #twitterblackout pic.twitter.com/8PzIxIoKq8
— nopalinda (@amanduhshow) November 10, 2016
(H/t USA Today)