Levon Kirkland is now a meme...and it's pretty funny
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not funny at all. racist and gross. i doubt he would find the humor in it.
I don’t get it. Can you explain what the joke is?
Don Jr. posted it to his IG so that should tell you something.
Big Mike? Michelle being a dude. It's a joke and probably not true, but since 2020, I question everything.
Man….its going to be a long ugly year
Amazes me what some people think is funny.
It’s definitely not funny. I don’t know how it would be racist though
It's the same reason people saying Serena Williams is a man is racist.
How is it racist? It's definitely not funny.
As someone finds humor in most things, I don’t think it’s funny. Not like we should be serious about it, but it’s just not funny.
What is racist about that? The fact they’re both black? Would it have been acceptable to have a picture of a large white man? This is nuts.
Some people saw an internet conspiracy that Barack is gay because Michelle is actually a man named Michael. Not funny to me but it definitely isn't racist lmfao
Genuine question. How's this racist? I'm missing that.
No pictures of her “pregnant” exist.
Is the meme funny, not really, minimally at most. But the reactions to this meme are hilarious!
In this thread we find out some people don't know the meaning of the words funny and racist.
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Not funny but definitely not racist. How is saying Serena is a man racist? Stupid yes. But not racist.
LMAO, when being woke goes wrong.
OP's meme wasn't funny, but the DVU outcrier was.
OP's meme wasn't funny, but the DVU outcrier was.
Zero doubt OP forwards no less than 8 chain emails each day
This thread is proof positive how people just ridiculously throw around the word racist. If you don’t like something…. Just call someone a racist. So sick of such a feeble cop out.
Stupid to call this post of Michelle playing LB racist.
Stupid to call this post of Michelle playing LB racist.
I'm going to assume anyone in this thread asking "why is this racist?" is genuinely asking and not being an a**hole. And I'll hope you're are open minded enough to consider another person's perspective, particularly a person of another gender and race who has obviously had a very different life experience from your own(assuming you are a white man). So, I'll explain and I'll keep it very brief.
For many, many years, black women have been considered masculine and even called ape-like. To insinuate any black person looks like an ape is an extremely old racist trope that goes back to the ages of slave holders.
So, to compare Michelle Obama to a hulking NFL player in his prime, or to state she looks like a character from Planet of the Apes(this has been done), not to mention starting absurd conspiracy theories claiming she is transgender(also been done) and did not give birth to their daughters(also been done) is exceedingly demeaning and, yes, is VERY racist.
For many, many years, black women have been considered masculine and even called ape-like. To insinuate any black person looks like an ape is an extremely old racist trope that goes back to the ages of slave holders.
So, to compare Michelle Obama to a hulking NFL player in his prime, or to state she looks like a character from Planet of the Apes(this has been done), not to mention starting absurd conspiracy theories claiming she is transgender(also been done) and did not give birth to their daughters(also been done) is exceedingly demeaning and, yes, is VERY racist.
You are making a blanket statement that black women in general are referred to as being masculine. Go out on a limb, much? Wow! Not true.
Plenty of gorgeous black women and plenty of masculine looking white women. Goodness!
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But but but, if you ignore all that context, it's not racist at all!!
Proves the point that if you have to explain your joke then it isn't funny. And I still don't get what was supposed to be funny.
Well, one thing’s for sure…. Levon Kirkland was a great football player and Clemson Tiger
I don’t like that my man Levon Kirkland is part of a bad joke. One of my all time favorites and a hero to me growing up.
you are racist for seeing race in everything. so don't be a racist, just be kind.
Because there is a long history of denigrating the black females features. Ugly, monkey-like, and manly were at one time outright perpetuated as the common adjectives to accurately describe the black female's looks. Fast forward to today, and while that hate has largely gone by the wayside (Let's not pretend it is completely gone), the history is still completely in tact.
I'd like it to blackface. You could have the purest intentions when painting your face black, but it's going to be assumed it's from a racist place because of history.
Is all that completely fair in today's world? Probably not, but some things I think you just have to carry the burden of.
NoT RaCiSt aT aLL....hmmmm, where have I heard that before?
1. Pamela Ramsey Taylor, the director of Clay County Development Corp. near Charleston, wrote about Melania Trump becoming first lady after Donald Trump won the election. On her Facebook page, Taylor said: “It will be so refreshing to have a classy, beautiful, dignified First Lady back in the White House. I’m tired of seeing a Ape in heels [sic].”
The post was picked up by local news stations which also reported the town’s mayor, Beverly Whaling, replied to the post: “Just made my day Pam.” Both women apologized for the remarks since but an online petition calling for them to step down from their respective posts garnered over 84,000 signatures. Taylor has since been removed from her post.
“My comment was not intended to be racist at all,” Whaling told the Washington Post. “I was referring to my day being made for change in the White House! I am truly sorry for any hard feeling this may have caused! Those who know me know that I’m not of any way racist! Again, I would like to apologize for this getting out of hand!”
From an article by the company that owns Rivals:
5 times Republicans called Michelle Obama a Primate
1. Pamela Ramsey Taylor, the director of Clay County Development Corp. near Charleston, wrote about Melania Trump becoming first lady after Donald Trump won the election. On her Facebook page, Taylor said: “It will be so refreshing to have a classy, beautiful, dignified First Lady back in the White House. I’m tired of seeing a Ape in heels [sic].”
The post was picked up by local news stations which also reported the town’s mayor, Beverly Whaling, replied to the post: “Just made my day Pam.” Both women apologized for the remarks since but an online petition calling for them to step down from their respective posts garnered over 84,000 signatures. Taylor has since been removed from her post.
“My comment was not intended to be racist at all,” Whaling told the Washington Post. “I was referring to my day being made for change in the White House! I am truly sorry for any hard feeling this may have caused! Those who know me know that I’m not of any way racist! Again, I would like to apologize for this getting out of hand!”
From an article by the company that owns Rivals:
5 times Republicans called Michelle Obama a Primate
