The Black Lives Matter guide to racist trolls

Black Lives Matter’s proves dealing with trolls isn’t always easy. Illustration by Max Fleishman, The Daily Dot.

Patrisse Cullors doesn’t respond to trolls often—not for the lack of opportunity.

Cullors co-founded the Black Lives Matter movement with Alicia Garza and Opal Tometi in 2013, after George Zimmerman killed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. The events of the past few years, as Black Lives Matter rose to prominence following the August 2014 shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, have made her and her fellow activists experts in dealing with all forms of insulting characters through hardened restraint.

With trolls on Twitter and other platforms coming after Black Lives Matter daily, we asked the co-founders and other members of the movement how they identify and deal with hateful harassment.