{"id":110757,"date":"2020-11-12T06:35:01","date_gmt":"2020-11-12T03:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/twitter-meme-identifies-things-that-feel-racist-but-technically-arent\/"},"modified":"2020-11-12T06:35:01","modified_gmt":"2020-11-12T03:35:01","slug":"twitter-meme-identifies-things-that-feel-racist-but-technically-arent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/twitter-meme-identifies-things-that-feel-racist-but-technically-arent\/","title":{"rendered":"#Twitter meme identifies things that feel racist, but technically aren’t"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Twitter<\/a> meme identifies things that feel racist, but technically aren’t<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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What’s something that ISN’T a joke but still FEELS like a joke to you?<\/p>\n

A new Twitter meme has users listing things that feel suss to them, despite being fairly innocuous on the face of it. Subtler than microaggressions, these objects and actions don’t hold any particular connotations at first glance, but are so frequently accompanied by certain behaviour that they’re now guilty by association.<\/p>\n

It’s the doctrine of joint criminal enterprise, but with bigotry.<\/p>\n

The meme was kicked off on Tuesday by Twitter user abcdrih<\/a>, who asked, “What’s something that ISN’T racist but still FEELS racist to you?”<\/p>\n

Her own examples included white men in flip flops, jorts, “those small white karen ass dogs,”<\/a> and people who don’t wear face masks.<\/p>\n

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i\u2019ll go first, white men in flip flops. ???<\/p>\n

\u2014 rebecca (@abcdrih) November 10, 2020<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

This question prompted a plethora of deeply relatable answers, with mainly people of colour listing the seemingly innocuous things that set off their alarm bells.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Whether everything mentioned isn’t actually racist is debatable, but there’s no denying the xenophobic vibes they radiate.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A white girl wearing hoop earrings<\/a> driving a pickup truck with a bull bar<\/a> isn’t bad on the surface. Some people may consider decorative cotton<\/a> and live laugh love-style cursive font<\/a> to be charming home decor. But to others, they scream Get Out<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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when the Black family loses on Family Feud https:\/\/t.co\/2T93JSHA3y<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 love yo self. (@MichellCClark) November 10, 2020<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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1. ???????, 2. ?? or 3. ?? in a Twitter name https:\/\/t.co\/UBWy5aS6YF<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 diastema kween (@_abzx) November 10, 2020<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Pics of people holding fish https:\/\/t.co\/614QW4EsmT<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Bria Celest (@55mmbae) November 10, 2020<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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posting a story of an asian nail tech giving u a pedicure https:\/\/t.co\/iVTA5cAr0Z<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 aamer (@aamersnow) November 10, 2020<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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white people speaking in tongues https:\/\/t.co\/93qSFDkYid<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Moses Sumney (@MosesSumney) November 11, 2020<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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When white girls say sis https:\/\/t.co\/s3uOlKe1Xx<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 killaky (@koko4ky) November 11, 2020<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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when the only black chef gets sent home on Chopped https:\/\/t.co\/n5EcbuCLDU<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 vehemently, lauren b. brown (@RAGGEDYROYAL) November 11, 2020<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Non-black people using the word ghetto. https:\/\/t.co\/teCtfmAxIu<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Jordan Sumbu (@JordanSumbu) November 11, 2020<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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wearing shoes in the house https:\/\/t.co\/VjF3YfeAiC<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 jonny sun wrote a new book! (@jonnysun) November 11, 2020<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Dress codes at bars & restaurants https:\/\/t.co\/1E9MoF9wl2<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Onyx? (@Allanah_Morales) November 11, 2020<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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American flags in front of homes. https:\/\/t.co\/EcxciClfYj<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Frederick Joseph (@FredTJoseph) November 11, 2020<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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When white women wear gold nameplate jewelry and\/or long, heavily designed, acrylic nails. https:\/\/t.co\/tyDUFvNIS4<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Shelby Ivey Christie (@bronze_bombSHEL) November 11, 2020<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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owning a golden retriever https:\/\/t.co\/OckCxMAAcM<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 taylor garron (@taylorgarron) November 11, 2020<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The meme format has since spawned a number of spinoffs, with Twitter users asking what other things evoke a quality they don’t actually possess.<\/p>\n

Again, whether all of these aren’t what they app<\/a>ear to be is contentious. Some things that feel homophobic are, in fact, homophobic. But by and large, this meme speaks more to the instinctive identification skills that people in marginalised communities often develop out of sheer self-preservation.<\/p>\n

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straight women covering take me to church but changing the pronouns to he\/him https:\/\/t.co\/ZyeTZr5NlV<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Sarah Z (@marysuewriter) November 11, 2020<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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straight people saying the word homosexual https:\/\/t.co\/q4n1OrkhpX<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 mitski (@mitskiIeaks) November 11, 2020<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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cis people going \u201cwhy arent your pronouns in your bio? ?\u201d https:\/\/t.co\/VOeCmaRK2u<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 misa misa 2 (@MuriahCarey) November 11, 2020<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Number one, obviously pic.twitter.com\/ntlD1PM823<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Nathan McDermott (@natemcdermott) November 11, 2020<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Scarlett Johansson<\/p>\n

\u2014 nidhi (@nerdyreddy) November 11, 2020<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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failing to signal when merging on the highway https:\/\/t.co\/oehHEi6EQl<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 sarah schauer ? (@sarahschauer) November 11, 2020<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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July https:\/\/t.co\/CNAjdOJBQR<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Sarah Silverman (@SarahKSilverman) November 11, 2020<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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I was going to do a joke answer but I realized I feel very strongly about my real answer: overemphasizing Chanukah https:\/\/t.co\/vRqVU90zC2<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Jess Zimmerman (@j_zimms) November 11, 2020<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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what\u2019s something that ISN\u2019T human eyeballs but still FEELS like human eyeballs to you?<\/p>\n

\u2014 Paul F. Tompkins (@PFTompkins) November 11, 2020<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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they feel racist<\/p>\n

\u2014 Marcella Arguello (@marcellacomedy) November 11, 2020<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n