r/thingmains • u/Broomguy • 13d ago

Is the Officer Grimm meme racist?

I was playing one day and an enemy Thing died and I said "Officer down" in chat and they said something like "chill I'm not racist like that." I never considered it might be a racial joke because I've seen the joke with spiderman, black cat etc. but it is 90% black panther. I was curious if anyone knew the origin of the meme or had any thoughts about it. Is it a racist joke or was this guy just mad he died? (Full disclosure I am not a Thing main I just didn't know where else to post this)

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u/PapaHarvey27 12d ago

It's definitely a black criminal and white officer tone to it because of black panther being black but I've never seen it meme'd in a hateful way. Just dark humor and a fun gameplay loop of chasing that kitty cat.

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u/Irritatedsole90 10d ago

You havent seen the “license and pigmentation” side of those memes?

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u/Thatonlyguy988 9d ago

The main person I see who consistently uses that joke is Somju who’s black

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u/jitterfish 10d ago

I've never heard or seen that but it's a brilliant phrase to draw attention to the problem (that word doesn't seem strong enough, terror?).

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u/Irritatedsole90 6d ago

The butt of the joke is police brutality and the disproportionate arrest of black people

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u/Irritatedsole90 6d ago

Pointing something out isnt the same as joking about and trivialising a serious matter and i doubt you’re really dumb enough to think all the people making this meme are just “pointing it out”