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(The Root) — Black Twitter is getting pretty good and tired of the media’s new obsession with twerking, especially since it seems that nobody cared until Miley Cyrus started attempting to do it. Twerking isn’t just a dance anymore; it’s a battleground where cultural appropriation and double standards are razor sharp and aimed at black…

Tracy Clayton is a writer, humorist and blogger from Louisville, Ky.

(The Root) — It’s a good thing Kanye wasn’t planning on heading to the Maury show, because with those cheeks, there is no denying who little North West’s father is. She’s even got her “I’ma let you finish” hand out. Kris Jenner tweeted the very first picture of little Nori this morning, and Twitter has…

(The Root) — Among the biggest news stories of the day is Chris Brown’s 500th Twitter tantrum, which began sometime last night and is still occurring in random spurts throughout the day. Last night, a thing happened and Brown took to Twitter to paint the Internet with his profanity-laced feelings, of which he has many.…

(The Root) — Emojis, the tiny smiley faces and pictograms that people use in text messaging, are gaining popularity on social media sites like Twitter and Instagram, making some messages look more like hieroglyphics than anything else. As their popularity increases, more and more people are noticing the stunning lack of emojis that look like…

Rapper 2 Chainz was given two cuffs after he — along with everyone else on his tour bus — was arrested in Oklahoma City Wednesday night. According to TMZ, the police pulled the bus over after noticing that its taillights were out. When the police attempted to board the bus after observing what they said…

(The Root) — It’s time to start voting for next year’s South by Southwest panels, and one is of particular interest to black people in the Twitter world. This year’s proposed panels for the event — a conglomerate of music, film and interactive festivals held yearly in Austin, Texas — range from Internet law to…

LeBron James’ social media showboating may have gotten some of Miami-Dade’s finest in trouble. The NBA superstar posted video of police officers in Miami escorting him and his entourage to a Justin Timberlake-Jay Z concert at Sun Life Stadium. He tweeted the video with the caption: “They treat us so well! We needed it cause…

(The Root) — The recent fascination with what has come to be known as “black Twitter” continues with the recent creation of a Wikipedia article on the topic. Some have been wary of the very naming of “black Twitter” from the start, since making it an official thing seems to reinforce the status of blacks…

(The Root) — Parents, students and online onlookers are thankful that a scary situation at an Atlanta-area elementary school didn’t turn deadly, as these events often do. All students are accounted for and a suspect is in custody after shots were fired at Ronald E. McNail Academy, a charter elementary school in Decatur, Ga. USA…