Abstract
Much attention has been paid to the use of Twitter as a form of political expression. Use of the Black Lives Matter hashtag has generated discussion about the treatment of black people in the United States and sentiment about the Black Lives Matter organization itself. In this paper, I examine how tweets are used to express ideas and identity surrounding the Black Lives Matter movement and the associated hashtag. I focus on how the hashtag is being used for political expression and as a means of documenting protest activity. While analysis of the tweets themselves are an important step in understanding online political expression, it is also important to understand who is doing the tweeting, as discussion may differ based on race. I code racial identity using pictures of twitter users and text and predict the group most likely to use the hashtag.
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