I know and I guess that’s my point. Mêmes like this basically just continue a weird modern “progressive” segregation when you’re all just Americans.
Edit: to expand on that, what I mean is that is this meme trying to say white skin is more the deciding factor on how someone acts vs the environment they grew up in?
The humour is based on saying that how someone acts is derived from the colour of their skin
edit: is it not?
edit 2: obviously Canada has a huge racism problem too, especially in regards to indigenous peoples but generally progressive people don’t make jokes like this because it’s honestly sort of racist
It’s almost like race is a foundational conversation to the USA, a colonial nation.
I’m Canadian so same here but we don’t try to label things “white thing” or “POC thing” because that’s weird
No, we just white wash our racist and homophobic history. Please learn about our history, it’s VERY racist.
I know and I guess that’s my point. Mêmes like this basically just continue a weird modern “progressive” segregation when you’re all just Americans.
Edit: to expand on that, what I mean is that is this meme trying to say white skin is more the deciding factor on how someone acts vs the environment they grew up in?
And so do the Americans and every other colonial nation.
Or you have no sense of humor, you are supposed to celebrate differences. Not mash them down and hide them like a shameful secret
The humour is based on saying that how someone acts is derived from the colour of their skin
edit: is it not?
edit 2: obviously Canada has a huge racism problem too, especially in regards to indigenous peoples but generally progressive people don’t make jokes like this because it’s honestly sort of racist