to tell son NOT to post memes of black people

Jesus, dont tell cats there are memes about them, they'll have us!!!

But a racist joke and a non-racist meme surely can’t be compared?

Is the meme joke anything to do with the guy being black? Or would it be funny in exactly the same way if the guy was white? If so and he just happens to be black, I don’t see an issue with it. However, if him being black is part of the joke, no then your son (assuming he isn’t black himself) should not be posting it.

Well if he can't behave in an appropriate manner when he has contact with them, them he has to live with the consequences.

You are his parent not his buddy.

So would re-posting any funny meme with a black person be racist? I assume this would also apply to any other non-white race?

So in turn we should only have memes featuring white people? In which case are we not at risk of being non-inclusive?

I actually know the exact meme you mean and I had thought the black man was actually someone famous. I could be wrong

Is it racist ?

As an exercise I put in bombastic side eye in the “add GIF” part of this website and there’s a mixture of people and animals shown.

He isn’t acting inappropriately

Yeah, I didn't know what the meme was until after I'd posted when I saw other pps had made it clearer. Jumped the gun a bit there...

No it's just a meme where the person happens to be black

@Overtheatlantic neither do white people, brown people, cats, but people still
post funny memes. It's not posted because he's black, it's posted because he a bloke doing something daft that isn't related to him being black.

@mazxim

you're being daft

Can any one who says it's racist explain why as I don't get it?

That’s completely different. That’s someone taking an image of a black person and then using it to use racist language. That is calling a person the N word.

That is entirely different to simply posting a meme. If his funny comment was a racist comment then his comment is racist. That doesn’t make posting memes of back people, at all, racist.

But surely if he wanted to post a racist comment that would be your issue. Not using a meme.

In that case I agree he should steer clear, it might muddy the waters a bit But as others say ges too young for these apps.

@Reugny

why shouldn't he post it?

Surely only wrong if he is doing it to amplify what the other kid did?

I think it’s a bit ridiculous telling him he can only post memes of people of his own race.

What's race got to do with anything here?

Gotta love white people, always jumping in to tell people shit is not racist 🙄 my friend is black and she doesn't find that racist.....same on a thread the other day, Irish people explaining calmly why a saying was offensive but no you all know better, your Irish grandmother/ friend/partner think it's hilarious. Honestly you Brits are literally violently racist, just say you don't give a shit and stop trying to justify yourselves and your language towards minorities

How would it muddy the waters.

Posting memes is fine

posting memes along with the n word isn’t not fine. The water is crystal clear. The difference is crystal clear.

I would be really concerned if people couldn’t see the difference between to 2. The meme is not the problem. Accompanying it by racist language is

Do piss off.

I am not white. You do realise plenty of people are British and also not white.

You do realise that people post on MN who are not white and are not British don’t you?

Its nuanced. You won't get a consensus either way on here, probably nowhere tbh. But the point is, you don't need it. He's 11. If you as the responsible adult in charge of him have sufficient doubt to question it, then don't allow it. Its hardly a huge impeachment of his rights to tell him not to do something you find controversial. In 7 years time he will have the rest of his life ahead to make his own decision. Right now, you're in charge.

Thankfully you, the hero of civilisation, have arrived to explain to everyone why it’s racist. But you haven’t.

All you’ve done is make racist comments. In fact, the only racism on here is from you….