Fake caring is when you tweet or share a tidbit of news and consider yourself an activist for your part in the upcoming revolution.
Lemme just break it down for you:
Lemme just break it down for you:
- Tweeting about something doesn't raise your social consciousness.
- Making a hashtag doesn't mean you are making a change.
- Sharing an article on your Facebook wall doesn't mean you are an intellectual.
In this culture of social media, 24-hour scrolling news, and 'just read the headline not the article' philosophers, people have gotten lazy. People aren't actually going out and fighting for a cause, they are sitting on their couch and retweeting their support.
What if Malcolm X didn't fight for the people, he just tweeted #byanymeansnecessary? What if Huey P. Newton didn't found the Black Panther Party but just retweeted an article about poor Black kids in Oakland? What if instead of voting drives during Freedom Summer, everyone just wore a T-shirt saying Vote or Die? None of those would have been effective.
I understand the power of social media as evidenced by the uprisings in Egypt & Ukraine. But that wouldn't have worked in the good ol USA; in between the tweets about revolution would have been social commentary about the latest Real Housewives Reunion brawl.
I'm not saying you shouldn't care about issues. Racism is prevalent; social injustices exist everywhere; the cycle of poverty still grips families for generations. And the list goes on. But stop TWEETING about it and get off your ass and DO something.
#therevolutionwillnotbehashtagged
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