When you try to help kids in need but they are racist
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When you try to help the kids in need but they're all r*cist
Overview
This is a single panel meme consisting of a real photograph paired with a top text caption. The photograph shows an East Asian man, likely a volunteer on a charity trip in Africa, posing for a group photo with a crowd of young Black children wearing matching red and blue school uniforms. Multiple of the surrounding children are grinning while pulling the outer corners of their eyes back to create a slanted eye shape, a widely recognized racist gesture used to mock people of East Asian descent. The text overlay above the photo reads 'When you try to help the kids in need but they're all r*cist', with the word 'racist' partially censored with an asterisk. The humor of the meme derives from the dark, ironic contrast between the man's good intention of helping disadvantaged children and the unexpected, uncomfortable racist mockery he receives from them.
Origin notes
This meme was originally shared on the Reddit subreddit r/Meme, distributed via RSS feed, with the original post title 'The power of a group'. The underlying photograph is believed to have been taken during a real volunteer or charitable aid trip in an African country, and the satirical text caption was added to create the meme for comedic effect.
