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

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December 23, 2015

Ahmed Mohamed, 14, is greeted by a supporter during a news conference on Wednesday in Irving, Texas. He was detained after a high school teacher falsely concluded that a homemade clock he brought to class might be a bomb. (Ben Torres/Getty Images)

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.

Guest

Danielle C. Belton, associate editor at The Root. She tweets @blacksnob.

This segment aired on December 23, 2015.