This one might ruffle some feathers
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Expat, Immigrant
Overview
This is a satirical meme using a scene from the animated sitcom Family Guy. The scene shows Peter Griffin sitting in a vehicle, looking at a skin tone shade chart held up in front of him. The left side of the chart is labeled 'Expat' over the lighter skin shades at the top, and 'Immigrant' over the darker skin shades at the bottom, with a red line marking the cutoff between the two categories. The joke critiques a widespread cultural double standard where lighter-skinned people moving to foreign countries are referred to by the more privileged, positive term 'expat', while darker-skinned people undertaking the same action are labeled 'immigrant', a term that often carries more negative, stigmatized connotations in public discourse.
Origin notes
This meme was posted on the Reddit r/Meme subreddit, as indicated by the provided source information. It is an edited remix of an existing canonical scene from the show Family Guy, where the original chart was edited to add the 'Expat' and 'Immigrant' labels and skin tone gradient to convey the satirical commentary on racial bias in migration-related terminology.
![This is a 2-panel reaction meme using the well-known Mr Bean exam cheating scene template. In the first panel, the student sitting on the left is labeled 'Europe', focused on writing on his exam paper, while Mr. Bean sitting to his right is labeled 'Americans naming cities' and is sneakily glancing at Europe's paper. In the second panel, Europe looks up with an annoyed, surprised expression at Mr. Bean, who is caught looking, with text next to Mr. Bean reading '"New [City name]"'. The joke satirizes the common naming convention used for many United States cities, where the prefix 'New' is added to the name of an existing European city for newly established settlements, such as New York, New Orleans, New Hampshire, and New London.](https://gagbase.com/i/c/memes/96/58/df/90/9658df90d3c4d5bf9899ba1e9a441daa.jpeg.webp)
