Betty White is a national treasure.
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The comedian and actress has been doing the damn thing since what feels like the dawn of time, and even at 97 years of age she still makes it a point to bless us all with her trademark spunk and sass.
But this shit is funny.
I first saw it on Marc Lamont Hillโs Instagram page on Wednesday and my slow ass stared at my phone for a good five minutes until a light bulb appeared over my head:
Ohhhhhhh! Yeah, thatโs funny.
For those of you who arenโt card-carrying members of the Black Delegation, we have this thing where if we hear about a crime or some wild shit in the news, we hope to God the culprit isnโt black. A woman gets busted for peeing on potatoes in Wal-Mart? Her ass better not be black. And about the only time we donโt have that fear is when itโs a mass shooting, because crimes of that nature are almost universally carried out byโwait for itโwhite guys.
So yes, every time this cycle of death continues with the disturbing news of yet another mass shooting, I automatically assume the coward abusing his 2nd Amendment rights is another Trump-touting โLiamโ or โGarrett.โ
Betty White, indeed.
Yet despite this rather sound logic, and Chris Rock deciding to use humor to call a thing a thing, there are living, breathing human beings calling this meme racist. No, really. Because Melanin Deficient Instagram (and Twitter) isnโt always there when you call, but itโs always overly sensitive.
โYou canโt fight racism with racism,โ one user commented. โYouโre just contributing to the problem.โ
โThis is racist,โ added another.
โDont ya love how this is racist but nobody cares because he is black,โ another wrote.
And last but not least: โAlthough itโs comedy, itโs still racist.โ
Meanwhile, I stumbled upon one comment that I finally agreed with: โYo these wypipo in your comments hella pressed.โ
Really, though.
Clearly, mass shootings arenโt a laughing matter, but using humor to redirect or anesthetize our pain isnโt exactly a revolutionary act. Betty White has yet to comment on this now-viral meme, but Iโm pretty damn sure sheโd agree with Rock.
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