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"Black Twitter is on fire today," read one viral tweet, which showed an image of a man posing seemingly victoriously beside a grave that had been mocked up as the queen's.

Showing similar sentiment, another popular tweet showed the words: "We are sad to announce that the queen has died," alongside a picture of the late Princess Diana laughing, styled to represent Black Twitter's feelings on the news.

The Queen ascended to the throne at a time of change for the British Empire and the subsequent forming of the Commonwealth of Nations. Many people from former colonies consider her a figurehead for the brutality their people suffered under British imperialism.
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"Black Twitter is absolutely Black Twittering right now," said The Atlantic contributing writer Jemele Hill, who defended people questioning the queen's legacy.

"Journalists are tasked with putting legacies into full context, so it is entirely appropriate to examine the queen and her role in the devastating impact of continued colonialism," wrote Hill.
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Eugene Scott, a national political reporter at The Washington Post, chose to address those who criticized the timing of those speaking out.

"Real question for the 'now is not the appropriate time to talk about the negative impact of colonialism' crowd: When is the appropriate time to talk about the negative impact of colonialism?" Scott asked.

Indians troll the passing of Queen Elizabeth II as #Kohinoor trends on Twitter. People took to social media to demand the British Monarch to handover the crown jewel Koh-i-Noor back to India.
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Indians took to Twitter to call out the British Monarch for looting India for 150 years, accusing them of “stealing the world’s largest diamond Koh-i-Noor. The magnificent diamond is a the crown jewel of the British Monarch. Following Elizabeth’s death, #Kohinoor is trending on Twitter as people come up with sum hilarious memes. Check it out!

The ridicule of her reign was led by Tirhakah Love, senior newsletter writer for New York Magazine.

'For 96 years, that colonizer has been sucking up the Earth's resources,' he wrote in his Thursday evening newsletter.

He added: 'You can't be a literal oppressor and not expect the people you've oppressed not to rejoice on news of your death.'
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'Now I'm supposed to be quiet or, better yet, actually mourn what was a barely breathing Glad ForceFlex trash bag? Please, no,' he wrote.

'I just want to remind you that in the rest of the world, and I mean the actual world, most will be celebrating today.

'We all have our methods of mourning friends; doing the electric slide on a colonizer's grave just happens to be mine.'
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Imani Gandy, a legal analyst at Rewire News, tweeted out a video of a group of men tap-dancing outside Buckingham Palace to the song Another One Bites The Dust.