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After the Latest Pair of Mass Shootings, Betty White Has Become a Meme and White People Aren't Happy About It

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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 Hillโ€™s 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:

https://twitter.com/andysalsa98/status/1158810293062914048

Ohhhhhhh! Yeah, thatโ€™s funny.

For those of you who arenโ€™t 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 isnโ€™t black. A woman gets busted for peeing on potatoes in Wal-Mart? Her ass better not be black. And about the only time we donโ€™t have that fear is when itโ€™s a mass shooting, because crimes of that nature are almost universally carried out byโ€”wait for itโ€”white 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 โ€œLiamโ€ or โ€œGarrett.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) isnโ€™t always there when you call, but itโ€™s always overly sensitive.

โ€œYou canโ€™t fight racism with racism,โ€ one user commented. โ€œYouโ€™re just contributing to the problem.โ€

โ€œThis is racist,โ€ added another.

โ€œDont ya love how this is racist but nobody cares because he is black,โ€ another wrote.

And last but not least: โ€œAlthough itโ€™s comedy, itโ€™s still racist.โ€

Meanwhile, I stumbled upon one comment that I finally agreed with: โ€œYo these wypipo in your comments hella pressed.โ€

Really, though.

Clearly, mass shootings arenโ€™t a laughing matter, but using humor to redirect or anesthetize our pain isnโ€™t exactly a revolutionary act. Betty White has yet to comment on this now-viral meme, but Iโ€™m pretty damn sure sheโ€™d agree with Rock.

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