white people can yall. Not. do this

are you guys stupid

we all understand the meme format, im saying that there is a general trend of people who aren’t black /only/ using aave / random images of black people in their memes. and that for me and a lot of other black people it starts to get weird when every single joke has to have aave or pics of black people that don’t illustrate the point being made. yes they’re Just Memes but why is a screenshot of kevin hart just smiling in some movie w aave text the go-to for a meme about sodom and gomorrah or how some kate bush albums are tonally different? why is a random black guy holding money the go-to for poking fun at yourself for being autistic?

it’s just jarring seeing stuff from white people in europe i follow but they’re sharing earnest memes about the beatles or w/e talking like mid 00s black american rappers. not advocating for segregating memes or w/e before people start running w that. I get The Joke, but part of The Joke is that aave and black people are inherently funny to people who aren’t exposed to them too often IRL and it’s time people admitted that to themselves

Thats a fair assessment actually and i do agree that some people would find the inclusion of a black person funny or apart of the joke if they arent exposed to it often irl, but im also finding it easy to think their inclusion is not contributing to The Joke as well. like, if it was a picture of a white guy squatting with money trying to look cool that had the same text, or if it was a white guy saying word for word what kevin harts character is saying in the other image, i don’t think it would take away from what actually makes the image funny- it just happens to be that a black guy took that picture, and a black guy had that line in a movie 

all that to say i don’t think its fair to be like ‘white ppl stop doing this’ because they.. arent doing anything in my eyes?

and before i gotta deal with anymore mentions, @logicandreasonkilledtheboer​

And if the sky was made out of jam we’d all have diabetes. Let’s not deal in what ifs but deal with the actual reality of the situation. The actual reality is that the picture uses a black man using aave as the joke. You have not elaborated on what makes it funny nor have you explained how this being part of a broader trend of African American voices being mimicked for comedic reasons.

You say what if and don’t ask “why isn’t it a white man”.

You’re so quick to defend whites, and call other black people stupid but when asked to give another interpretation its all tepid “what ifs” you are made out of paper machete and can be crumpled.