Jordan Peele's Obama Meet & Greet

In a show called "Key & Peele", comedian Jordan Peele impersonates himself as President Barack Obama. Peele gives a speech then then walks through a crowd of supporters. In this crowd of supporters there are white/black men, along with white/black women. In each encounter with a white person Peele gives a firm handshake with not much to it. Then when Peele encounters a black person he gives a hug or a very loose handshake acting to have a close and relaxed relationship with that person. Peele is clearly pointing humor at race saying how President Barack Obama was loved and favored by all black people. Also, that he had a more authentic and understandable relationship with black people as well. As to Obama's relationship with white people, Peele is pointing out that Obama had a business and professional like relationship where Obama did not show his true personality.

https://twitter.com/matte_bIack/status/1043555936399282176

In this next meme, a group of marvel movies are placed on each person that Jordan Peele introduces himself into. All of the movies that are considered to be successful and well liked are placed on the black person Peele interacts with who he strongly embraces with love. While the unsuccessful movies are placed on the white people Peele interacts with in which he gives a calm and quick handshake. In relationship to chapter 8 the humor used in this meme would be considered "memes as modes of expression and public discussion (p 123)." There was no motivation behind this meme, it was simply an expression of someone's personal opinion of what is going on in the political world. As Shifman said "meme creation is an accessible, cheap, and enjoyable route for voicing one's political opinions (p 123)."

https://twitter.com/KofieYeboah/status/1044972750329327617

This meme uses the content of the same original "Key & Peele" television show except uses the personal liking of the NBA team. So for the things he did not like about the upcoming NBA season such as certain teams or players he placed the caption not the white people. For the teams/players he was interested in he placed not the black people. Once again using race to show the intent of this meme. In reference to Shifman in chapter 8, this meme relates to facilitating public discussions. This meme created was all based off of personal opinion. People will see this meme and it can spark discussion of race and what they like/dislike about the NBA season. There is nothing politically wrong about this meme, it is simple just someone's perspective that will make headlines.

https://twitter.com/SnowmanEmbiid/status/1045089269528883200

The last meme I chose came from someone who is a Sixers fan. He used the original episode of "Key and Peele" to put together all the people he feels are enemies or have a negative effect on the Sixers, mixed with all of his favorite players on the team. The white men that were captioned were the people who were not considered people on the Sixers side from this person's perspective such as Colin Cowherd and Stephen A Smith, two sports analysts. Along with Russell Westbrook who plays for the Oklahoma City Thunder, and even the confetti guy who throws out the confetti at Sixers games at the Wells Fargo Center. In chapter 8, the meme would relate to "memes as grassroots actions (p 123)." This meme brings together personal beliefs and political ones to spark conversation and action by the public. After seeing this meme some people who are Sixers fans may want to look at certain sports analysts differently and maybe stop watching their show because they feel this person is against their favorite team. Another example is someone who is a Russell Westbrook fan might not watch anymore games in which the Sixers are involved because he feels the team has hatred towards Westbrook. A meme with this message sparks action and speaks about race.