For black millennials, speaking out, making our passions known and explaining our struggles has never been easier. Every click, tap or swipe can bring awareness, knock down stereotypes and inspire action.
More than just televised, our revolution is being tweeted, shared, posted, pinned, Facebooked and Instagrammed and has the potential to go viral daily.
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And on this weekend in August, weβve taken over The Root. Weβre calling it Young, Black and Viral, and it means all the features youβre reading have been written by and about bright young minds under the age of 30.
Whether itβs an intro to all this young, new hype, a discovery about how hip-hopβs boundaries are expanding or an exploration of a new world of dating, we hope you click around and gain insight into some of whatβs on our minds.
Weβre also putting you up on the 20-somethings (and even those younger) you should know, whether theyβre scorching up your screen or crafting tweets that make you think. And if your goal is to be more social-savvy, weβve hosted a Google Hangout with three of the Webβs most influential millennials, who offer their insider tips on how you can expand your own imprint on the Internet.
Like generations before us, weβre crafting our own narratives and using our voices to make change. The platforms may be different, but the possibilities are still endless. Especially when we're in charge.
Meet the voices behind this weekendβs content:
Terron Moore, 26, is The Root's social media editor and a guilty-pleasure aficionado. Some of those pleasures include macaroni and cheese, retro YouTube viral videos, searching for the lost members of Destinyβs Child and reruns of MTVβsΒ The Hills.Β
Breanna Edwards, 24, The Root's newswriter, has an unhealthy obsession with making up new deep-conditioning treatments for her hair, making green smoothies, rewatching Disney movies (and singing along to all the songs) and making fun of any beaches that arenβt Antiguan.
Diamond Sharp, 25, is an editorial fellow atΒ The Root. She is also a Netflix connoisseur, grocery don and lifelong Chicago supremacist living in exile in Washington, D.C.
Diana Ozemebhoya Eromosele, 27, is a staff writer at The Root. She learned how to float in the Aegean Sea. Her favorite comedian is Paul Mooney. (That rhymed.)
Erin C.J. Robertson, 27, a summer intern at The Root, loves the color purpleβshe wears it oftenβsweets and street fairs. Sheβs been a bit of a vagabond, having lived in Northern California, Utah, Indiana, northern Japan and metro D.C.
Taryn Finley, 22, is a summer intern at The Root. Sheβs also a Saturday-morning-cartoon enthusiast and lover of avocados. She's devised a 12-month master plan to find the pot of gold at the end of a rainbow and watch every episode of Martin twice; plan B is to become Blue Ivyβs baby sitter.
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