Incorporating the amount of time (71 seconds) that Trayvon Martin was still alive before being shot was also an important reference that Black Thought, born Tariq Trotter, wanted to state on record.ĭamon Dash Says Lyor Cohen Was Behind The Breakup Of Roc-A-Fella Records “I wanted to write something that somehow addressed a broader issue and addressed American tradition,” Black Thought told VIBE on set, “and how for so many generations this same sort of thing has been taking place.” The man who one Genius commentator said can freestyle the entire English language dictionary found a way to lyrically pack in decades of injustice at the hands of the law or those who take the law into their own hands.

“Rest In Power” discusses Martin’s killing, the birth of the Black Lives Matter movement, and the toxic relationship between guns and racial discrimination. The music video, which depicts images of Martin’s distraught parents and racist symbols, also inflates Black Thought’s striking phrases. The study is published in Humanities and Social Sciences Communications.To support JAY-Z and Paramount Network’s forthcoming docu-series, Rest In Power: The Trayvon Martin Story (July 30), The Roots’ Black Thought penned a song and shot a video that puts the then 17-year-old’s life and death into perspective. 'Twitter could step up by realizing that different political interests have different dynamics on Twitter, and algorithmic choices can shape those dynamics in counterproductive ways.' 'Algorithms don't simply promote tweets at random, they promote tweets of a certain age, with a certain speed and with a certain history of visibility,' he said. But Professor Klein believes Twitter could take more responsibility when it comes to this type of viral content. These hashtags helped BLM content go viral. The most common Black Lives Matter hashtags were #BlackLivesMatter, #GeorgeFloyd, #BreonnaTaylor, #Black and #ICantBreathe. Activists drive and are driven by protests, while the right reacts more to the political context.' 'You can clearly see the patterns of political engagement. 'For activists we can see protests acted as an indicator for the number of tweets, but also the number of tweets acted as an indicator for protests,' Professor Klein said. The study also showed the link between tweets and Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests. After George Floyd's murder this was swamped by the 'activists as terrorists' framing.' Early on they were more split, and there was a lot of pro-police rhetoric. 'We also saw a shift in the way right-wing accounts were framing things. Professor Klein said there was a significant spike in online activity after the murder of George Floyd in May of 2020. You get a lot of attention around gun control very early on, but a much longer-lasting interest in gun purchasing.' 'This is similar to what researchers have found in the wake of say a mass shooting in the U.S. 'Whereas the right-wing tweets tended not to spike as high, but they also decayed much more slowly-you get a much more sustained response. 'Content coming from the cluster of activist accounts spiked the highest in terms of reactions, but it also decayed the quickest,' Professor Klein said.

These groups differed not only in the content they were sharing and the language they were using, but also in how long their tweets continued to gain traction. The analysis of more than 118 million tweets in 20 saw three distinct groups emerge on Twitter: right-leaning, center-left, and left-wing activists. It also become an important platform for right-wing reactions. Lead researcher Professor Colin Klein said the immediacy of the social media platform allowed it to play a crucial role in spreading information and organizing protests.

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