Map Of Twitter Racism Shows Twitter Is Racist Everywhere

According To This Map, Twitter Is Racist Everywhere
TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY NATALIA RAMOS Twitter's brand marks are seen as background of the speakers during their press conference in Sao Paulo, Brazil on Februrary 20, 2013. Twitter began hunting for clients in Brazil with an eye on the upcoming Fifa World Cup Brazil 2014 and the Rio Olympic Games 2016. AFP PHOTO/Yasuyoshi CHIBA (Photo credit should read YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP/Getty Images)
TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY NATALIA RAMOS Twitter's brand marks are seen as background of the speakers during their press conference in Sao Paulo, Brazil on Februrary 20, 2013. Twitter began hunting for clients in Brazil with an eye on the upcoming Fifa World Cup Brazil 2014 and the Rio Olympic Games 2016. AFP PHOTO/Yasuyoshi CHIBA (Photo credit should read YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP/Getty Images)

This past semester, Humboldt State University students in an Advanced Cartography course mapped out hate speech on Twitter for a project called the Geography of Hate. Here's what they learned—drumroll, please—anywhere there is Twitter, there is racism and homophobia!

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