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The Year In Social Media: From #AskRachel To #IStandWithAhmed

Danielle Belton of the Root joins us to look back at some of the biggest stories of the year on social media. She and Here & Now’s Robin Young discuss former NAACP official Rachel Dolezal, who was outed as white after publicly identifying as black for years as well as Texas teenager Ahmed Mohamed, who came to class with a homemade clock and was arrested after a teacher worried it could be a bomb.

 

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