To celebrate Black History Month, MediaJustice is back with another season of “That’s So Black,” a limited series explaining how everything you know and love about the Internet came from Black people. 

Join us for new episodes every Tuesday this month. Here’s what's on deck:

• February 7: ‘90s Nostalgia 😍 breaks down how Black people created the '90s aesthetic that people are still wearing IRL and sharing online more than 30 years later. 
• February 14: Phonk Music 🎵 reveals how Black artists created the music behind the most popular sounds across TikTok and Spotify. 
• February 21: Gaming 🎮 explores how Black video game creators made it possible to build the worlds of tomorrow and find our people online through their inventions.
• February 28: Reality TV 📺 lays out how Black women are carrying reality TV and shaping Internet discourse with our favorite GIFS.

Pop culture is just expired Black culture, and with the prominence of social media, the lines between Internet culture and pop culture are blurred. What was once underground is now mainstream and the perfect product for the attention economy. White supremacy and capitalism extract from our communities and the Internet is yet another site for corporations to profit off of our culture while exploiting and dehumanizing us. 

It’s not all doom and gloom though. Black people (particularly those who are queer, disabled, undocumented, and marginalized) always have and always will, find ways to be the tellers of our own stories. 

Check our YouTube, Twitter, and Instagram every Tuesday morning in February for episode releases.

In Solidarity, 
Eteng Ettah
Narrative Director

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