The document provides tips and commentary on "How To Be Black" online. It discusses statistics showing differences in internet usage and top websites between black and white users. It references popular black culture topics on social media like "Black Twitter" and provides examples of jokes and memes. It promotes an upcoming book and conference on being black in technology and media.
16. home broadband by
type of folk
White Folk Black Folk Hispanic Folk
68
70
56 65
52.5 47 57
41
48 46
42 43
35 40
31
17.5
0
2006 2007 2008 2009
Source: Pew
17. mobile internet use by
type of folk
Ever Yesterday
50
48 47
40
30
28 29 29
20
17
10
0
White Folk Black Folk Hispanic Folk
Source: Pew
18. When tethered and wireless access
are considered together, the gaps in
online engagement between whites
and blacks largely dissipates.
Source: Pew
19. Top Sites
General Public Black Folk
1. Google 1. Yahoo
2. Yahoo 2. Google
3. Facebook 3. Facebook
4. YouTube 4. YouTube
5. Microsoft 5. Microsoft
6. Live 6. Myspace
7. Wikipedia 7. Live
8. MSN 8. Wikipedia
9. Myspace 9. Ask
Source: Quantcast
22. The dozens is an element of the African
American oral tradition in which two
competitors, usually males, go head-to-head in an
improvised competition of often good-natured,
ribald trash talk. They take turns insulting—
cracking, snapping, West Coast dissin'", or
ranking on—one another, their adversary's
mother or other family member until one of
them has no comeback.
Source: Wikipedia
23. “Yo moms such a ho they
set up robocalls for all her
booty calls.”
- @AnilDash
Source: dashes.com/anil/2008/10/yo-mamas-so-fat.html
37. “I believe technology is about more than
consuming. I believe technology can literally
change the world and can be used to wage
unadulterated warfare!”
- Gina McCauley, What About Our Daughters