About
YesAllBlackPeople is a Twitter hashtag campaign launched to raise awareness of the racism black people in America deal with. The hashtag was inspired by the anti-misogyny hashtag campaign #YesAllWomen and is used by African Americans to share their personal experiences with racism, personal and instutionalized.
Background
On July 23rd, 2014, The Daily Dot[1] published an article titled “17 things white people need to know about #YesAllBlackPeople” which introduced the hashtag and included many examples of racism black Americans face. In less than 24 hours the article was shared across social media over 7,000 times and gained over 1,000 comments.