youre racist but thats none of my business

But since the 1960s when there was civil rights legislation, it changed the way we thought about race because it was not only immoral to think that way, but it was illegal to discriminate.

John Dovidio: We used to think about racism in a very simple way – that people had negative thoughts, negative feelings, hatred toward a group. His work explores techniques for reducing these conscious and unconscious biases.Īudrey Hamilton: Your work focuses on what you call “aversive racism.” Can you explain what that means and how it differs from just racism? He has studied issues of social power and social relations, both between groups and between individuals. John Dovidio is a psychology professor at Yale University and one of the leading researchers on racism, particularly subtle or unconscious racism. I’m Audrey Hamilton and this is “Speaking of Psychology.” But being aware of them is the first step toward improving relations among different racial groups.

We speak with one psychologist who has been studying a more modern form of prejudice and says ridding ourselves of those biases is practically impossible. Club and Mashable.Audrey Hamilton: Understanding our own racial biases is something we all struggle with, even when we aren’t aware of those struggles. In the following hours, GMA's tweet was met with a slew of snide remarks from those who noticed the misnomer #tealizard, as well as media coverage from The Verge, AOL, A.V. Meanwhile, ABC's Good Morning America (GMA) chimed in on the emerging Crying Lebron photoshop meme with a tweet asking the followers whether it should be counted among the ranks of other well-known memes in the sports world, in which Kermit the Frog's tea-sipping image was mislabeled with the hashtag #tealizard. On June 21st, LeBron James' fashion statement was picked up by several news sites and sports blogs, including USA Today, Washington Post, GQ, New York Daily News and BarStoolSports, many of which underscored the celebrity athlete's sense of humor. That same day, James posted an Instagram of his meme-themed hat alongside the Larry O’Brien Trophy with the caption taunting his critics and skeptics: On June 20th, 2016, the meme saw a resurgence when Cleveland Cavaliers' LeBron James who led the team to earning its first NBA championship title in the franchise history, returned home wearing an “Ultimate Warrior” t-shirt and a cap embroidered with an image of Kermit the Frog sipping tea. In the first 24 hours the video gained over 100,000 views and 480 comments.Īs of June 2014, there are over 2,100 images uploaded under the tag 'kermitmemes' on Instagram. On the following day, YouTuber Bugatti Beez uploaded a video of Kermit the Frog reading notable 'But Thats None Of My Business' examples (shown below). The first post featured a photograph of Kermit the Frog drinking a glass of iced tea with a caption mocking men who wear fake Jordan sneakers (shown below).

On June 22nd, 2014, the single topic blog 'Kemit the Snitch' was launched on Tumblr, which highlights notable examples from the image macro series. On the same day, Twitter users began tweeting jokes using the hashtags #NoneOfMyBusiness and #Kermit, reaching over 19,000 and 11,000 mentions in the first four days respectively according to the Twitter analytics site Topsy. In the first four days, the feed gained over 130,000 followers. On June 20th, the Instagram feed was created, which highlights pictures of Kermit the Frog with 'none of my business' captions. On June 17th, the earliest known Kermit image macro including the phrase “that’s none of my business” was highlighted by the Instagram feed in a post mocking delusional women described as being 'ratchet' (shown below, right). As early as January 2014, Instagram users began posting captioned images of Kermit the Frog with the hashtag “#kermitmemes” (shown below, left).

Youre racist but thats none of my business