Get Back to the Kitchen?

This post were not going to see one meme in particular but a stereotype that inspires hundreds of others. This stereotype is that women belong in the kitchen which leads to them doing most the housework. Most of theses memes have a picture of a women and a phrase which is sexist like the one below which says "Here's one that tried to escape from the kitchen."  A study done report in an article Journal of Family Issues says that on average women do 70 percent of housework compared to men. I find this steroytpe to also be sexist, when have the right to do anything they want to with their lives. As of this day in the United States women pursuit what ever they want, with some limitations like how they cant go out in combat. 

For a whole Tumblr dedicated to this theme visit and see the post for yourself.

These stereotypical memes have the same theme, and this stereotype has been going on for ages but with recent movements women now have equal rights. Before the majority of  women stayed home to do housework while men went out and made made ends meet.  

As women acquired equal rights they became more independent got more educated and acquired more jobs. So now women are becoming more independent, working to support themselves and even somtimes supporting their families. I know lot of responsible single moms but some people still find humor in theses post because of our history. 

Annoying Facebook Girl

Today we analyze then Annoying Facebook Girl meme, which is part of the Advice Animals Series. This meme is focused on the stereotype that teenage girls are most likely to be annoying  Facebook addicts and in this case its a white American girl as the face of this meme.

The Annoying Facebook Girl meme first appeared on a Latvian Blog named Krabjiem on January 15,2011 but the popular post didn't spike till June 2011 according to Google Insight. The identity of the picture is unknown but a post was found where she apparently talks to another friend. 

What make this meme and the above memes so funny is that most people agree they have this type of friend on Facebook and one of many similar comment said

"TheTacoMessiah7 months ago+47

This is funny,because it describes EVERY FRIGGIN’ GIRL IN HIGH SCHOOL!"

Their are more comments on the bottom of the page and none of them are negative, they are all comments , where they either ridicule her or say things something her type would do or say on Facebook. To me this stereotype isn't true, yes you get the occasionally ( and excuse my language) Facebook whores but not all teen age girls are obsessed with attention , which is one of the things they girl in the meme wants.

You Gonna Get Raped

This meme has surfaced around the internet and the creator of this has dealt with several struggles after this racist captioned associated with the man in this meme. The origin was in 1993, a photographer named Matt Kenlon was sent to cover the Mississippi River Flooding. In November 1994 the photographer met a homeless man named William Todd in the town of Biloxi, Mississippi. In 2001, the Something Awful forums began hosting a scanned version of one of the photos -- the one with the fierce, vaguely threatening stare, glowering through that intimidating hood:

The internet meme didn't go well for William Todd. The subject of the original photograph there was a thread in which the picture of the man got photoshopped into a cd in where Todd was linked to it. Todd was fired from his job and could not find another job for 6 months. He has been clean for 14 years and now works for a contractor rebuilding buildings in Biloxi.

This is a great example of how racism can go so far in society. People making jokes and deciding to create memes and associate people with a certain race can damage a person's life. Todd lost his job due to this meme he created online. People linked him to a thread about this meme even though he didn't create the album image, he created the original meme. Society has to be careful in what they post online because once it is online, it will be there forever.

Rasta Science Teacher

This meme features a class professor wearing dreadlocks and a Rasta fashion hat. A type of bait and switch joke involving intentional line break similar to Successful Black Man. The caption usuallyconsists of two parts 1.) direct reference to Reggae songs or smokers’ lingo and 2) an anti-climatic statement derailing to academic subjects in the manner of a science teacher.

The origin of this is with the tagline of “Lights his joint/ With Bunsen Burner” was uploaded on Quickmeme and was on Reddit as well on April 6,2011. The image was subsequently picked up by other hubsites like FunnyJoke, MemeBase, and Tumblr. Some of the jokes directly played stereotype of a “Rastafarian professor” while others adopted the bait-and-switch format by derailing into the voice of a science class instructor.

The meme below displays both of the description above. As you can see the man having dreadlocks and is dark skin, apparently from Jaimican descent and associating them with smoking or a type of dug reference than turning it into a joke by adding an academic line that switches the top line of the racist assumption. For example “20 PER GRAM IS THE RATIO ON THIS SOLUTION” At first glance the 20 per gram can be associated with drugs because the man on the meme is black, but adding the academic bottom line switches it to a funny meme. 

Irrational Black Woman

     

     Irrational Black Woman is another meme based off the AdviceAnimal series featuring an African American woman wearing a nice business suit. The joke within the text of these memes come from stereotypes of irrational expectations set by African American women in popular films and TV shows, especially  those regarding romance, sex, and interaction with males.

     Know Your Meme, being one of the biggest sources of memes historical information, claims that the original photo is of the Miss Black USA Executive Director of Pageant Relations Karen Lyew, found on the Miss Black USAonline website. On Saturday October 22, 2011, the first image macro was posted on the Team Pervert (explicit) Tumblr blog and featured the caption “Complain about down low brothas / wants to have sex with Anderson Cooper.” On October 25th, threads related to the meme popped up on the Lipstick Alley and Black Hair Media web forums, which led to a discussion over the appropriateness of the joke and whether it promotes negative stereotypes associated with black women. The single topic Tumblr was subsequently created on October 26th. A compilation of derivatives was posted to the Divine African Queens blog the following day. TheMeme Generator page has received a total of 173 submissions as of November 9th, 2011. Derivatives are often posted on Tumblr under the #irrational black woman tag.

     Many people know the common stereotypes associated with black women being domineering girlfriends or spouses, which makes this meme so funny to its viewers. This joke about stereotypical African-American women has been said by many people and comedians many ways and for many years. Many comedians besides this one have poked fun at the typical African-American woman stereotype like Chris Rock, Kevin Hart and Jamie Foxx, as well as in popular films and TV sitcoms.

     

     

Impossibru!

     This popular meme is a reaction image based on a still shot of an Asian man showing us a bizarre expression and a caption reading “impossibru,” which is typically interpreted as the English equivalent of the word “impossible” (Japanese: インポシブルimposhiburu). Both the image and the phrase are typically used to express someone’s surprise or shock across various forums and image board sites, like 4chan, and is similar with the Rape Face expression meme.

     According to Know Your Meme, the man shown in the original photograph is Ayumu Kato, a Japanese comedian, who became one of many celebrity victims in the popular hidden-camera prank show Panic Face King. In the episode, Kato is introduced to a group of businessmen (played by hired actors) under the premise of a business meeting. But as they begin their conversation, the three businessmen suddenly get shot down in front of him and a man wearing body armor enters the room to fire at the “snipers” outside. Kato falls to the floor in panic and moments later, another man enters the room with a gun, puts it to his head and informs him that he’d been punked by the TV show.

     Since its creation around 2010, this meme has been featured on many blogs, image boards, and forms, including FunnyJunk, I Can Has Cheezburger, FAILblog, and 4chang. There are also groups that have been made on Facebook that only talk about the “Impossibru” meme.

     As with most reaction based memes, this is used primarily as a reply to someone or something that someone is surprised, in fear, or in disbelief. This meme is also commonly photoshopped onto other peoples, animals, and cartoon character faces. 

That's Racist!- Origin

"That's Racist!" is the famous saying that a little African American boy shouts out in a famous GIF animation and picture  meme, which is placed after a racist statement. This meme started off as a  GIF  clip from a T.V show called  Wonder Showzen which aired only for two years on MTV2.

The phrase is at 1:44.

According to Google insights this famous meme rose in 2005 and started peaking in 2011. This meme also surprisingly  inspired a now mainstream  rap group called  "Das Rasist" apparently the main rapper loved the show and the phrase gave him the spark to start the group.

Himanshu Suri stated in an interview.

I think being minorities at a liberal arts college and that type of environment had an impact on both the way we view race and our sense of humor, which people often use as a tool to deal with race. I always felt like Wonder Showzen was a television show that captured that type of thing perfectly. When I saw the little kid yelling "THAT'S RACIST" it blew my mind. And then it became a game ... to take all the seriousness out of making legitimate commentary on race, because that can get very annoying. So when something veering on racially insensitive would pop off in a commercial on television or something it would be like, who could yell "That's Racist" first. And then we thought it would be a cool name. Das EFX may have been an inspiration.

As you see in the picture below the "That's Racist" meme is used on other pictures that are presumed racists, thus the meme can not work with out another picture. The effect this meme has is that it points out the obvious just like little kids do. People already see some sort of racism on the picture and the "That's Racist" just confirms it.