Meme Watch: Successful Black Man’s Son Is A Chip Off The Ole Block

As you may recall, the wildly popular Successful Black Man meme, as we noted back in August, featured a top line of text that illustrated a racial stereotype commonly associated with urban black men, while the bottom line of text went in the opposite direction to illustrate a stereotype commonly associated with upper middle class suburbanites. The stereotypes exploited by the meme are so borderline offensive that you almost feel guilty laughing at it, but in a weird way it feels kind of good to laugh at it — like it’s a mark of progress or something.

So, since that meme went viral, you had to know that another version of it would follow — Successful Black Man Jr., if you will. And that’s exactly what Successful Black Man’s Son is — many of the same jokes recycled and paired with a stock photo of a model student-looking black kid. INTERNET!

(Quickmeme via Pleated Jeans)

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