Finally, a win
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Alabama, after finding out their schools' math and English test scores are higher than those in New York and California
Overview
This is a single-panel humorous meme that uses a film still of three male characters dressed in tattered, stereotypical poor rural American 'redneck' clothing (dirty denim overalls, patched plaid flannel shirt, worn camouflage wear) standing on a porch with serious, smug expressions. Text at the top of the image reads 'Alabama, after finding out', and text at the bottom reads 'their schools' math and English test scores are higher than those in New York and California'. The joke subverts the widespread negative American stereotype that the conservative Southern state of Alabama is culturally backwards and uneducated, by contrasting that stereotype with the surprising statistic that its students' core subject test scores outperform those of students in the liberal coastal states of New York and California, framing the outcome as an unexpected, proud win for Alabama.
Origin notes
This meme was originally posted on the Reddit r/Meme subreddit under the title 'Finally, a Win'. The base visual is an unedited still from the 2012 American Prohibition-era crime drama Lawless, featuring the film's central Bondurant brothers characters. Edits were limited to adding the top and bottom text referencing comparative US state education test scores to create the humorous meme.
