Black Twitter Is Thriving—on Threads
The case has incited racial tensions nationwide.“This year a grand jury handed down an indictment for a pool of water turning green, but didn’t indict when a black kid was found floating face down in water!” commented comedian D.L. Hughley.Black Americans have never shied away from calling out America’s racial hypocrisies—Twitter served as an indispensable tool as the Black Lives Matter movement swelled in the 2020s—but the chatter on Threads was uniquely charged for Wells. Speaking of HBO Max’s new superhero thriller, Lanterns, one user recently commented that it’s the first sci-fi show “with a black Chosen One and a white Magical Negro.”“The heyday of Twitter was during the Obama era.
- ▪The case has incited racial tensions nationwide.“This year a grand jury handed down an indictment for a pool of water turning green, but didn’t indict when a black kid was found floating face down in water!” commented comedian D.L.
- ▪Hughley.Black Americans have never shied away from calling out America’s racial hypocrisies—Twitter served as an indispensable tool as the Black Lives Matter movement swelled in the 2020s—but the chatter on Threads was uniquely charged for
- ▪Speaking of HBO Max’s new superhero thriller, Lanterns, one user recently commented that it’s the first sci-fi show “with a black Chosen One and a white Magical Negro.”“The heyday of Twitter was during the Obama era.
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Jason ParhamCultureSep 30, 2026 6:30 AMBlack Twitter Is Thriving—on ThreadsFrom outrage over Nolan Wells’ death to analysis of HBO Max’s Lanterns, Threads has transformed into a vital artery of the Black social media ecosystem.Photo-Illustration: WIRED Staff; Getty ImagesCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyLast week, after a Mississippi grand jury declined to bring criminal charges in the death of Nolan Wells, the 18-year-old Black college student who disappeared on Horn Island while traveling with a group of white friends and was later found dead, Black users on Threads demanded justice.“Just so it’s abundantly clear: The state of Mississippi is covering up the murder of Nolan Wells,” user @_taexoxo posted two days after the September 21 decision.
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