Do you know where popular memes originate?

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Recently I got into a “debate” so to speak with someone about the use of populate pop culture references or quotes. For example , “put some respeck on my name”, “bae” , “go offs sis” etc. (for reference it was under a topic about the kardashians so I suppose this “outrage” may be misdirected). Anyway, the person I was speaking with said that “culture vultures” use of AAVE in memes, quotes or sayings was offensive. 
It’s my understanding that POC contribute a lot to “pop culture”, it’s also my understanding that they often go unnoticed or unrecognized. However, my question is, should popular phrases, terms or “vocabulary” that originated from POC culture, be limited to only POC? Or is it fair to assume majority of people who reference pop culture know where their favorite quote originated? 
Hope this makes sense.. thoughts?

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Not all of tjem and I dont care enough to look. But no, using a meme should not be race specific. Thats ridiculous and stupid.

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I don’t research every meme I see in depth, but AAVE is usually easy enough to identify. 
As a white woman, I intentionally choose not to use fake AAVE including typing out quotes to make my point as if I was saying it. I might choose to post a meme that includes AAVE, provided that it’s not offensive of mocking. 
I don’t think there’s any real way to limit things, but that’s how I self moderate.

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It's not a yes or no. Not a don't care either.
It's a sometimes 😂 sometimes I know the origin if them because I saw the original video or what have you. Sometimes I don't. I don't go out of my way to look them up either. Which is probably why I don't get half of them 😂

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I don’t know anything about memes and I can’t imagine I’m the only one. I think the origin of the majority of slang goes unknown. But maybe I’m wrong. I’m really not in touch with memes or “meme culture” as I have heard. I’m not gonna lie, it sounds so odd and unnatural when white women say “sis” lol 😬

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Anyone can use the phrases or “vocabulary”, why make another racial divide while the world is trying to unite as one? By assigning “vocabulary” usage to only one race defeats the whole point of the creation and use of language... and divides the people based on colour... ultimately leading to racism.

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I learned about memes in a college education class. This is a good summary of what I learned, with a relevant analogy (think of memes as a living entity).

Memes come from all sorts of cultures, and cannot be pinned down to just originating within POC circles - that may be where the memes currently are, but the first "modern era" meme was in 1970, based around the Kent State school shooting.

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If you don’t understand it then don’t say it. 
If a white girl told me to go off sis I’d roll my eyes. Once I was Yasss Queen!!!ed by a white girl and it was just weird. 
Y’all can do that amongst yourselves I guess because I know there is no point in telling y’all not to do it because you’re gonna do it anyway even though I think it is a kind of culture vulturey but at least don’t do it to black People

Do you know where popular memes originate?

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