Let's Talk: Black & White

Twitter's social media platform has allowed for people of all cultures to express opinions, thoughts and funny memes. White and black culture has created a social media storm known as "White Twitter" and "Black Twitter." White Twitter's culture is presented with more innocent tweets about typical white people thoughts and opinions. Black Twitter's culture is presented as more sarcastic/real tweets of what people really think about certain concepts. The big difference between white and black Twitter is that white twitter is viewed as more fluffy, "happy go lucky" people while black twitter can range from relatable, funny tweets to serious Black Lives Matter tweets. Although white twitter is not fully geared toward such serious issues as black twitter is they do have a few serious hashtags that they can use to either help or hurt a cause. Some of these hashtags include: #whitepeople, #whiteprivilage, and #itsoktobewhite. Although...

There are many stereotypes about black and white culture, one stereotype that sticks out the most is the food we eat and cook. White culture has been known for cooking with light seasoning or no seasoning at all. Whether its meat, vegetables or salad (potato, chicken, tuna, etc.) white culture is known for using the basics of seasoning: salt and pepper. Although there’s nothing wrong with salt and pepper, there are hundreds of different herbs, spices and seasonings to use with our cooking to “spice things up.” Not only do seasonings add flavor, but also visual and textural appeal. White people are known for trying to immerse ourselves into other cultures. Some examples are music, fashion, dancing, and language, but one area we lack in is food. Many other cultures use an abundance of seasonings in their meals that make them so delectable, but white culture just seems to not want to experience it. Out of all the cultural areas we immerse ourselves in I feel as though ...