Black Twitter was flawless once again this weekend when two hashtags, #BlackBoysBreakTheInternet and #BlackGirlsBreakTheInternet, began trending.
The tags were full of beautiful black women and men loving themselves and stuntin’ on the world, a celebration of black beauty.
#blackgirlsbreaktheinternet 👋🏽WHATS GOOD?!? pic.twitter.com/4OwT6oY4C2
— Ms.Storm (@Stooormmm) June 12, 2016
Can I get in on this? #BlackGirlsBreakTheInternet pic.twitter.com/YqXOVldC15
— Yara shahidi (@YaraShahidi) June 12, 2016
Well I'm black #blackboysbreaktheinternet pic.twitter.com/gjKXpWRCSF
— Sanele Junior Xaba (@SaneleJunior_) June 12, 2016
all of us are black and we r beautiful in all our shades // #blackgirlsbreaktheinternet + #blackboysbreaktheinternet pic.twitter.com/vKyFEnRfxm
— yatï (@IovesouI) June 12, 2016
I'm down for this hashtag tho #BlackBoysBreakTheInternet pic.twitter.com/o1PlmIXm8P
— Xaytone (@XLNB) June 11, 2016
Needless to say, the internet was successfully broken and the reactions to the hashtags were just as priceless.
scrolling through #blackgirlsbreaktheinternet and #blackboysbreaktheinternet got me like pic.twitter.com/2BY6MVN2Cm
— BBGS (@bombblackgirlss) June 12, 2016
Looking thru the #BlackBoysBreakTheInternet tag and seeing all these fine black men I'd let stress me out pic.twitter.com/Jn5n0K2JfK
— the internet is over (@electricpunany) June 12, 2016
Looking through the #blackboysbreaktheinternet #blackgirlsbreaktheinternet tags like 😍😩✊🏾 y'all are so beautiful pic.twitter.com/Ub4NKS5UaU
— Black (@melaninist) June 12, 2016
When we randomly CELEBRATE one another with tags like #blackboysbreaktheinternet & #blackgirlsbreaktheinternet pic.twitter.com/9PNakT1w8u
— Veteran Freshman (@yusufyuie) June 12, 2016
Keep posting, everyone! We want to see all your beautiful faces.
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