if stan twitter really wants to do some good, they could examine their casual use of ‘crackhead’, realise the racist origins of the word, realise that it is used in the dehumanisation of black women who happen to be addicts, and then, y’know, stop using it.

trending hashtags are completely meaningless and empty unless you’re prepared to put the work in on yourself and your own casual racism first.

this is getting way more traction than I anticipated (good! change your vocab!) so I’m gonna leave this article here so you can see the real world implications that come along with the use of ‘crackhead’ and dehumanising black women who use drugs https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2016/04/in_new_documentary_victims_and.html