Current Events > CNN: White people posting Memes with Black people in it is racism.

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GhostFaceLeaks
03/26/23 4:26:29 PM
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https://twitter.com/CNN/status/1639960392175697921

CNN unironically wants meme and gifs to be segregated.

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whateveroh
03/26/23 4:27:32 PM
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I read about this years ago.

Why are they bringing this back up now?

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Kloe_Rinz
03/26/23 4:28:07 PM
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Anyone supporting segregation is a racist
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catfan2008
03/26/23 4:28:12 PM
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I mean I get the point but her point is dumb

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Intro2Logic
03/26/23 4:28:39 PM
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I think the article is more nuanced than the tweet and TC's title

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catfan2008
03/26/23 4:29:44 PM
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oh the author has a book coming out this month
that's why they pu the article out

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KanWan
03/26/23 4:29:52 PM
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https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/6/3/2/AAfboFAAERGo.jpg

thats an iconic face to me and an appropriate response tbh


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WaterLink
03/26/23 4:30:16 PM
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This surely won't end up with people just responding with gifs to clown on said article

https://i.imgur.com/ULkhvd7.gif

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Dragon56
03/26/23 4:30:39 PM
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It is going to come to the point that white people aren't allowed to look or associate with black people without being called racist
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catfan2008
03/26/23 4:30:48 PM
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Intro2Logic posted...
I think the article is more nuanced than the tweet and TC's title
It's not nuanced at all
If you aren't black and are putting out gifs/memes of black people within a manner of projecting offensive stereotypes then it's bad

But the fact is the article is just an advertised for some douche's book so I don't really care to argue more

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TheMikh
03/26/23 4:31:19 PM
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whateveroh posted...

my thoughts exactly

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ThePrinceFish
03/26/23 4:31:27 PM
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https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/5/8/9/AAZPfaAAEUgt.jpg

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CommonStar
03/26/23 4:31:50 PM
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It's rage bait for dumbass conservatives.
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xlr_big-coop
03/26/23 4:31:51 PM
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When you run out of things to bitch about

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Irony
03/26/23 4:32:46 PM
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xlr_big-coop posted...
When you run out of things to bitch about
There is plenty to bitch about

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BeantownHero
03/26/23 4:33:34 PM
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https://twitter.com/ImmortalTech/status/1640042104784293888?t=5Li60JJmGuvpp08IRxJCzg&s=19

to be fair, I've literally seen it happen on gamefaqs

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CRON
03/26/23 4:34:33 PM
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They're not wrong at all. If you really want to get technical, Black Twitter literally started out as a bunch of borderline racist "parody" Twitter accounts back in the day.

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catfan2008
03/26/23 4:34:35 PM
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BeantownHero posted...


to be fair, I've literally seen it happen on gamefaqs
Actual digital blackface is dumb and should have the account banned

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ThePrinceFish
03/26/23 4:34:39 PM
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CommonStar posted...
It's rage bait for dumbass conservatives.
Why would a respected news organization like CNN be peddling in rage bait articles?

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Intro2Logic
03/26/23 4:37:27 PM
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ThePrinceFish posted...
Why would a respected news organization like CNN be peddling in rage bait articles?
Capitalism

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catfan2008
03/26/23 4:37:31 PM
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If you find yourself always reaching for a black face to release your inner sass monster, maybe consider going the extra country mile and pick this nice Taylor Swift GIF instead.

just saying
it's creating rage bait
only cause some fucking nobody is releasing a book and needs it shilled

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BlueTigerLion
03/26/23 4:38:44 PM
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GameFAQs was ahead of its time banning the Black Man Ass meme.

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Kloe_Rinz
03/26/23 4:38:49 PM
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[LFAQs-redacted-quote]

So we just inventing shit that didnt happen now
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CruelBuffalo
03/26/23 4:39:22 PM
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Its a good discussion to have but of course journalist is more concerned with clicks with an inflammatory description of it and now all the discussion and nuanced is loss and society continued to get worse off.
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AloneIBreak
03/26/23 4:39:57 PM
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Can we not with this?

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COVxy
03/26/23 4:41:20 PM
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I think there's a lot of truth to the idea that people post these reaction memes with the goal of humor in the exaggerated emotions, which makes it not so different than minstrel shows. But CE is never going to critically approach this.

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Quezovercoatl
03/26/23 4:42:33 PM
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Some people do post the black reaction memes in a way that's kind of sus but I feel like ce at least has a wide variety of memes from white people to black people to spongebob that trying to say it's bad outright is a mistake.
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Corbenik
03/26/23 4:45:10 PM
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I read stuff like that and think its ridicules

but then I see posters from CE doing it and it makes perfect sense.

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Akagami_Shanks
03/26/23 4:46:47 PM
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He says it in the worst way and types it out in a way that even made me question it but in between the lines there is a genuine discussion that can be had.

But hopefully they make one about AAVE too because it always feels like subtle racism when suburban kids start saying it all the time and then you get people mocking it and talking about how people don't know how to talk these days or something >_>

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Collat
03/26/23 4:57:05 PM
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Sorry CNN. I know who runs you now.
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GregsMedley
03/26/23 5:21:15 PM
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I just got called a troll on 261 for agreeing with the article and pointing out that white people need to chill out with the reactionary responses and maybe give it some thought.

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Supersex420
03/26/23 5:23:15 PM
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Don't get upset, because I'm just being biased and assuming, but does black for some people mean, like, "not light"?

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PesticideDream
03/26/23 5:27:42 PM
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About as offensive as using GIFs and memes of white people looking super nerdy or redneck-y. They just say this stupid shit because it gets a billion views and comments. I remember seeing an article posted once that white main characters in books is racist. Feels like some of these people have a dartboard and go "let's see what's racist today".
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Jagr_68
03/26/23 5:30:50 PM
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CNN that's fucking rich.

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Scorsese2002
03/26/23 6:05:00 PM
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Well thats asinine

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McMarbles
03/26/23 6:16:01 PM
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CommonStar posted...
It's rage bait for dumbass conservatives.

Ah, theyll never fall for th-

Dragon56 posted...
It is going to come to the point that white people aren't allowed to look or associate with black people without being called racist

Never mind!

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R1masher
03/26/23 6:20:50 PM
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https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/2/8/4/AAYZyTAAERQ0.jpg

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Anteaterking
03/26/23 7:13:25 PM
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COVxy posted...
I think there's a lot of truth to the idea that people post these reaction memes with the goal of humor in the exaggerated emotions, which makes it not so different than minstrel shows. But CE is never going to critically approach this.


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Heavy_D_Forever
03/26/23 7:15:25 PM
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And this concludes today's edition of "Everything is Racist" brought to you by CNN, the home for outraged white people who are the experts on what offends people of color.

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Agent_Stroud
03/26/23 7:15:40 PM
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https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/7/0/9/AAR6WtAAEUil.jpg

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WhisperWolf2005
03/26/23 7:16:14 PM
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This is an ancient laughable discussion even H3H3 demolished it
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DKBananaSlamma
03/26/23 7:17:31 PM
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I guess I'll only post meme pics with only white people. That'll show that I'm not racist!

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Kloe_Rinz
03/26/23 7:18:17 PM
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DKBananaSlamma posted...
I guess I'll only post meme pics with only white people. That'll show that I'm not racist!
Wait, no, not like that
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Agent_Stroud
03/26/23 7:19:42 PM
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https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/0/4/5/AAR6WtAADycV.jpg

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WalkingLobsters
03/26/23 7:20:29 PM
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back in my day trolling meant something

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whateveroh
03/26/23 7:20:55 PM
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Agent_Stroud posted...
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/0/4/5/AAR6WtAADycV.jpg

This is the most speciest post on the net!

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Lost_All_Senses
03/26/23 7:21:12 PM
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CRON posted...
They're not wrong at all. If you really want to get technical, Black Twitter literally started out as a bunch of borderline racist "parody" Twitter accounts back in the day.

They're wrong because they're clickbaiting by calling everyone rascist. They could of quoted something that led to a real conversation about it being used in suspect ways, instead of trying to immediately throw everyone under a bus and piss them off lol.

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cjsdowg
03/26/23 7:22:59 PM
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I can see the point. It is hard for me to explain it. It just like when I know someone is a like a card carrying race, then they meme a black person . Just doesn't feel right. It is hard to put into words.

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Antifar
03/26/23 7:27:43 PM
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Lost_All_Senses posted...
They're wrong because they're clickbaiting by calling everyone rascist.
Is that what the article says?

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