blacktag

English

Etymology

Blend of black +‎ hashtag

Noun

blacktag (plural blacktags)

1. (Internet) A hashtag used by, or in support of, the black community.
   • 2016, Virginia Heffernan, Magic and Loss: The Internet as Art, page 106:

     At the same time, Evans isn't exactly blown away by the genius of most “blacktags,” which he calls “Ghetto Comedy Voice.” He is slightly bored by them, pointing instead to “white cultural fingerprints” in Internet prose.

   • 2016, Kofi Lomotey, Pamela Braboy Jackson, Muna Adem, People of Color in the United States:

     Tweets often include the use of racialized hashtags referred to as “Blacktags” that help broadcast these performances across the Twitter universe.