Black people have to face a lot of racism and discrimination in our societies, inter-racial as well as within Muslim communities. And then you have people who are black and Muslim, and we often tend to ignore their causes and struggles.

Not only do they have to deal with racism and discrimination because they’re black, they’re also dealing with Islamophobia because they’re Muslim. That’s why the hashtag #BeingBlackAndMuslim was trending on twitter and here’s a brief summary of the various tweets people shared.

1- Read and never forget

https://twitter.com/2_Anissa/status/831621960312385537

2- #beingblackandmuslim in one tweet

https://twitter.com/pochighlight/status/831869722371186688

3- That’s why we should all support #blackhistorymonth

https://twitter.com/atribecalledmoe/status/831638916163915776

4- Double standards

#BeingBlackAndMuslim means hearing "free Palestine" often, but being told "Black lives matter" is too controversial.

— basura (@HalfAtlanta) February 14, 2017

5- When you’re black, Muslim and a woman…

#BeingBlackAndMuslim when you have to deal with racism, islamophobia and sexism all in one. I'm basically a walking target

— Hafeezat 🌻 (@_hafeezat) February 14, 2017

6- You know something is wrong when you need Trump before you help each other out

#BeingBlackAndMuslim When your immigrant counterpart communities only call and recognize you as Muslim when they are about to get….#BANNED

— Dr. Halim Naeem (@halimnaeem) February 15, 2017

7- Sadly enough, non-black Muslims can be so ignorant

#BeingBlackAndMuslim Having to recite a verse from the Quran to non black Muslims to prove that you're Muslim.

— مرياما (@MariamasTL) February 15, 2017

8- Preach!

The ummah really needs to check itself.If we can't question prejudice within our community what can we expect of others #BeingBlackAndMuslim

— Kamil_M (@TheKamikazi) February 15, 2017

9- This is like the one ‘advantage’ of being a minority

https://twitter.com/AmericanZol/status/831750485388492801

10- Some non-black Muslims should really buy themselves a map

https://twitter.com/AmalAkilYare/status/831604724675776513

11- I mean, check this out

https://twitter.com/AmalAkilYare/status/831601921639272449

12-

#BeingBlackAndMuslim
Me: I'm black
Classmate: I thought you were Muslim?
Me: Ya and black
Them: pic.twitter.com/p1I2hpIR47

— wanderess (@heyitsasmaaa) February 15, 2017

13- You don’t really belong anywhere

#BeingBlackAndMuslim means being too Arab for Africans and too black for Arabs

— Fatma (@FatmaYasier) February 14, 2017