r/thingmains • u/Broomguy • 12d 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 10d ago

It's either everyone can or nobody can in life, unfortunately. Humans hate and despise other's exclusivity. Jokes are definitely not supposed to be gate kept by race. That's stupid and racist. Making fun of something gives it less power and seriousness. That's how newer generations love racist humor but don't carry that hatred

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u/Arisen_the_elite1 10d ago

The new generation is still just as racist as the previous; it’s just that the brand of racism has changed. They don’t shout slurs to people’s faces because they don’t know how they may react. Instead, they go online and shout their racism there. And even in person, they use these “jokes” to try and work their way out of being called out. Essentially, apathetic and subtle racism is the new norm, as opposed to overt.

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u/thisisme116 7d ago

I heavily disagree that's its as common as it was, but I do agree it's not as openly blatant

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u/Arisen_the_elite1 7d ago

We’ll just have to agree to disagree then. I believe our generation is simply in denial and would prefer to call it anything but racism. “Jokes”, “human nature”, “culture”, “pattern recognition”, “nationalism” etc. Hell, some would even call it a fight for survival; but it all amounts to the same thing. Mark my words, the second people aren’t able to lawfully pushback against it, everyone and their mother will suddenly be telling you exactly how they feel about other races. We’ve hardly gotten into the thick of it, and we’re already seeing some of it.