A Twitter campaign that hopes to bring attention to racist Scruff and Grindr profiles has been making waves on the Internet. The satirical account takes jabs at members of the gay community who are social justice warriors who nevertheless manage to discriminate against minorities.
“Don’t call Britney old!”
**calls Beyoncé’s family every racial slur in the book** #TweetLikeAWhiteGay
— josh (@videostark) January 29, 2016
#TweetLikeAWhiteGay Grindr bio: vanilla?or spice ?, not chocolate ? nor rice ?
— aidan (@aidanlmao) January 29, 2016
#TweetLikeaWhiteGay Peter by day, Shaniqua by night!
— ㅤ (@sIutwaIk) January 29, 2016
#TweetLikeAWhiteGay
I have a black woman inside of me, I’m not racist!!!— venecia (@coconutoildaddy) January 29, 2016
Of course, not everyone is tittering to themselves regarding the hashtag:
I love how #TweetLikeAWhiteGay ignores people with disabilities in the gay community! Apparently the rest of the LGBT can’t be racist either
— Jason Counter (@ZeldaFan180) February 2, 2016
Never forget… The media is corrupt and lies so often it’s hard to believe they understand what “truth” means anymore.#TweetLikeAWhiteGay.
— Redregon (@Redregon) February 2, 2016
What are your feelings about the #TweetLikeAWhiteGay movement? Incisive satire? Offensive claptrap? Or… yawn?
Related: Grindr goes down; Twitter frenzy ensues
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