Prominent Silicon Valley Investor: Black Creators Need To Dump Social Platforms And Launch …

Earlier this month, Black creators on TikTok went on strike to protest appropriation of dance trends by white creators, who in turn wind up getting sponsorships and earning money. Prominent Silicon Valley investor Jason Calacanis says don’t protest, create your own. On his popular podcast, “This Week in Startups,” Calacanis suggested that Black creators create their own app since most social media platforms are benefiting from Black creators and Black culture. He also tweeted his view. “Twitter, in the early days, all of the trending topics at times were based on Black culture. Someone at Twitter told me,…they created localized and customized trending topics…because non-Black people couldn’t understand what was going on on Twitter and they were afraid that white people…would leave. So they basically throttled Black culture on Twitter,” he noted. Calacanis continued, “Then you look at something like Clubhouse, my goodness, the whole thing was built off of Black culture. You’d open up Clubhouse and it was all kinds of Black creators — comedians, artists, thinkers, journalists, writers, hip-hop artists, athletes –basically building that product.” Instead of building white-owned apps like Clubhouse, Black creators should create their own platform, Calacanis urged. “What I would say to all of…
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