#WhatDoesBlackPantherMeanToMe becomes a top 10 Twitter trending topic

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What does the #BlackPanther film mean to you? #WhatBlackPantherMeansToMe pic.twitter.com/mOnBiHqVYB

— Black Girl Nerds (@BlackGirlNerds) February 6, 2018

Me logging off to go into this work meeting and seeing the hashtag I created trending nationwide. #WhatBlackPantherMeansToMe pic.twitter.com/FWORRd9gHo

— Kayla Marie (@Maria_Giesela) February 6, 2018

Representation and validation after 30 years of wondering why my heroes didn’t look like me ✊🏾#WhatBlackPantherMeansToMe pic.twitter.com/eacUzchcoy

— #28DaysOfBlackCosplay 💫 (@princessology) February 6, 2018

#WhatBlackPantherMeansToMe Breaking free of the "comfortable" tropes of sidekicks and sacrifices, soaring into our technological future while honoring history & tradition. Seeing myself and my children's destiny reflected in the empowering mirror of #Afrofuturism. pic.twitter.com/pIqNYJl4KJ

— Tananarive Due (@TananariveDue) February 6, 2018

Finally seeing Africa depicted in a powerful and positive light, free from the effects of colonialism, with characters that look like me having motivations beyond the portrayal of “black pain” on screen.#WhatBlackPantherMeansToMe pic.twitter.com/nTEFHQM279

— Andrien Gbinigie (@EscoBlades) February 6, 2018

a film that connects black american and african cultures in ways that aren't all about trauma, conflict and slavery. #WhatBlackPantherMeansToMe

— marcussimmonscc (@marcussimmonscc) February 6, 2018

#WhatBlackPantherMeansToMe I was the only black person that graduated with a degree in Chemistry in 2014. At times I was the only black person in the lab. To see Shuri and other black scientists working on groundbreaking technology that is fully theirs means everything to me. https://t.co/CQOziSApim

— Your Royal Blackness. (@MsPowerGranger) February 6, 2018

Seeing centered Black women in key roles and appearing in merchandise as action figures makes my spirit flip. This film means so much to me as a Black girl nerd. #WhatBlackPantherMeansToMe https://t.co/e8HD7fMaYd

— Jamie “Is February 16 2018 Here Yet?” Broadnax (@JamieBroadnax) February 6, 2018

This is everything right now. Such a power moment for film and to see this level of success from people I look up to & inspire me to inspire the world. I could not be prouder. Coming from someone who used to get bullied for the color of his skin: me. #WhatBlackPantherMeansToMe pic.twitter.com/FRk0t1SnKc

— DJTech 🕸🕷 (@Djtechlive) February 6, 2018

Can you imagine being a little brown child and seeing Black Panther, only to find out that the creators look like you? That the director has the thickest Oakland accent ever? That the production was filled with black people? #WhatBlackPantherMeansToMe pic.twitter.com/b3f6dNYKz0

— Wakandas Favorite DJ (@djbenhameen) February 6, 2018

Seeing a whole film full of strong, powerful, educated people who look like ME not being discriminated against or mocked. No hurtful stereotypes of blacks. No ghettos or slaves or thugs… just beautiful royal kings and queens of Wakanda. #WhatBlackPantherMeansToMe

— Mica Burton (@MicaBurton) February 6, 2018

#WhatBlackPantherMeansToMe That I have lived long enough to see little black girls – dark skinned, natural hair, even bald– have these POWERFUL African women who are strong, beautiful & brilliant (in STEM at that) to look up to & buy toys & merch for. See themselves in 🙌🏾 pic.twitter.com/Am809VC79U

— Reina Valentine (@ReinaVCosplay) February 6, 2018

Black Panther is political. IDC. It's not just a movie to me. It's Black AF from director to the actors to the Afro-futurism all up and thru it. In a time where you feel hated just for existing, it means a lot to see Blackness celebrated like this. #WhatBlackPantherMeansToMe

— Knockout Ned 👊🏾🥋 (@DJTreG) February 6, 2018

Seeing dark-skinned Black women as other than the angry, loud sidekick #WhatBlackPantherMeansToMe

— Nyasha Junior (@NyashaJunior) February 6, 2018