Black Women Stand up on Twitter Following Maxine Waters Dig

Bill O'Reilly's joke about a congresswoman's wig and White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer's dressing down of a reporter have spurred black women to take to social media in protest.

Activist Brittany Packnett encouraged people to tweet under #BlackWomenAtWork Tuesday. It's a response to O'Reilly's comment Tuesday that Democratic U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters' hair was a "James Brown wig." He later apologized.

Also Tuesday, Spicer told American Urban Radio Networks reporter April Ryan to stop shaking her head during a testy exchange at a White House press briefing.

Every black woman meets at least 3 @oreillyfactor's and 5 @seanspicer's a day.#BlackWomenAtWork

— Brittany Packnett (@MsPackyetti) March 28, 2017

Former DNC chair Donna Brazile tweeted, "#BlackWomenAtWork face the double bind of gender and race."

Waters used the hashtag herself on Tuesday night, tweeting:

I am a strong black woman. I cannot be intimidated, and I'm not going anywhere. #BlackWomenAtWork

— Maxine Waters (@MaxineWaters) March 29, 2017