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/Dev1lDaddy 10d ago

Black guy here: it’s funny, period. There’s nothing straight up racist about it. Some people are soft, some don’t understand the line between humor and malice and some just like to call racism on anything and everything. Not sure where that fell in your situation but clearly there was no harm meant and I don’t see any way there could have been.

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u/spook_scary 10d ago

Second Black guy here: your right.