There are many amazing African-American writers and editors at BuzzFeed so why none of them seemed to weigh in on the latest video "27 Questions Black People Have for Black People" is unclear, but #BlackTwitter is certainly doing so.
The video asks questions mainly relying on stereotypes surrounding the African-American community. The first has a young black man asking why it's so hard for people to be on time, a "joke" Hillary Clinton and Bill de Blasio got in trouble for making this week as well. It continues with questions about why people care more about the latest dance moves than politics, an issue that is not unique to any race. It even devolves into black men who date white women, education being considered a "white thing" and even watermelon.
The internet naturally found a way to respond to the video with it's own hashtag: BuzzFeedVideoQuestions and these are their responses:
The black people who work at Buzz Feed who had nothing to do with the video are like. #BuzzfeedVideoQuestions https://t.co/qZsWReRKF3— ThickySmiley 🍩 (@ThickySmiley 🍩)1460560259.0
#BuzzFeedVideoQuestions people being into the latest dance moves over politics is not unique to blacks only https://t.co/pla9YMonmN— (((Charles Young))) (@(((Charles Young))))1460558287.0
That #BuzzfeedVideoQuestions was the most embarrassing, uneducated, misguided thing I've seen all year. What a shame— Theodore Christian (@Theodore Christian)1460560271.0
Are the Black people in that video the ones white Buzzfeed employees refer to when they say "I have Black friends"? #BuzzFeedVideoQuestions— jujoffer (@jujoffer)1460515609.0
When the questions were not offensive enough did the buzz feed staff yell CUT? #buzzfeedvideoquestions— Shanita Hubbard (@Shanita Hubbard)1460515397.0
Are the Black people in that video the ones white Buzzfeed employees refer to when they say "I have Black friends"? #BuzzFeedVideoQuestions— jujoffer (@jujoffer)1460515609.0
Are y'all only "woke," "bae," and "n Formation" during Black History month or...? #BuzzfeedVideoQuestions— Akilah Hughes (@Akilah Hughes)1460515248.0
Do the black people in the BuzzFeed video know the Negro Community frowns on their shenanigans? #BuzzFeedVideoQuestions— Veronica McDonald🗣 (@Veronica McDonald🗣)1460515147.0
No concept of woke. Literally "sleep" on the job... #BuzzfeedVideoQuestions https://t.co/QsyAVnvqgu— DigiDee (@DigiDee)1460558448.0
Yesha Callahan writing for The Root made a list of questions for them as well.
#BuzzFeedVideoQuestions was hilarious last night. Almost took my mind off of that horrible video. Almost.— Johnetta Elzie (@Johnetta Elzie)1460552461.0
Direct your #buzzfeedvideoquestions to the creators of that awful video, @MarquitaThomas and @GCurtCSB— Neal Carter he/him (@Neal Carter he/him)1460557962.0
i cannot wait to see the next #buzzfeed article titled "27 ways we f*cked up" #BuzzfeedVideoQuestions https://t.co/WUjC9XW43k— JDegarson (@JDegarson)1460558964.0
