COVID-19 Memes

    Social media and memes have become a significant portion of the way the world operates, especially even more now due to isolation for the COVID-19 pandemic. It has become a major way people across the internet share their feelings on the situation. Many of the accounts I follow have made informative posts, while some have used the situation to spread laughter. In the following posts shown below, account managers attempt to show a different type of humor regarding COVID-19. 

    The meme shown above is one that details the United States current stance with COVID-19. The post comes from a post on Instagram from an account named Embracingblackculture. This post creates a Blacks versus Whites battle in terms of the way we deal with the pandemic. Black people throw shade at white people because many of them seem to be denying protocol for preventing the spread of COVID. It is humorous in a certain way because it seems to be the general consensus between the Black community that white people aren't doing what needs to be done for the sake of the country in different areas of the world. I think irony can be found in this situation because I know that some of the articles I've been reading for class have specifically stated that African Americans & their communities are at higher risk for exposure to the virus due to a lack of resources invested in low income areas created because of things like redlining. Those two situations provided by the meme and the article are somewhat contrasting and allows different individuals of the same community really evaluate the difference in perspective.

This post also comes from the account Embracingblackculture on Instagram. This meme references another country, Indonesia, and the way they are dealing with certain aspects of the Pandemic. In Indonesia, anti-maskers are being punished by being forced to dig graves for patients who passed away due to COVID-19. In some ways, this is ironic because it's almost as if the leaders of the country are showing anti-maskers where they may end up if they continue to disobey government authority. Another viewer picks up on this & makes the comment "This approach seems to have a lot going for it." Another aspect of this approach is that if grave diggers do get sick from COVID at least it will be individuals who don't seem to care since they don't wear masks.