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Amirah, an 18-year-old student who is graduating from Carver Early College High School, agrees that memes gave her an easier way to participate in politics. Stream my sister today or I will be calling kamala on y’all. Who would’ve thought that a three-word phrase I heard on Twitter would motivate me to become politically conscious? Although I won’t be able to vote in the 2020 election, if one of the current candidates becomes president, I’ll have an idea of what’s in store for my future. Nevertheless, it allowed me to inform myself on the views of all the candidates. I started watching the debates, and after each debate, more and more memes would come out, mostly mocking each candidate. That prompted me to do research on the other candidates and figure out who I thought would be most fit to possibly be president one day. Once I did my own research about Kamala’s history, I started realizing that I didn’t really support her views, race aside. Of course, when I first read this meme, I had no idea about the context behind it, and like most people, I hate not being in on a joke. READ Ravyn Lenae Hypnotizes Atlanta on 'HYPNOS' Tour Stop The phrase, “I’m calling Kamala” is basically saying, “you said something stupid, so that lady Kamala needs to take you to jail.” I started seeing more and more people on Twitter responding to something stupid by saying, “I’m calling Kamala!” The phrase is a joke about Kamala Harris’ history as district attorney of San Francisco and attorney general of California, when many of the prosecutors who worked under her handed out prison sentences to people for minor crimes. It wasn’t until a particular meme started flowing down my timeline on Twitter that I started to actually pay attention to the world around me. Instead of researching each candidate to find out whose views aligned with my own, I instead boiled down my ideology to, “I’m supporting everybody black.”
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So, when the 2020 Democratic candidates started popping up, I made no effort to research any of the people who could possibly run the country one day. Like a lot of teenagers, I could care less about politics and probably would say that I only actively watch the news during important elections, which normally occur every couple of years. Nevertheless, though ignorant and toeing the offensive line at times, most Gen Z humor provides a way to make light of some pretty dark and depressing situations, and helps others who are looking to be informed about a situation they had no idea about. I mean, come on: Imagine if Twitter was around during 9/11 and people joked about how they would distract the Taliban if they were to invade America. This type of humor would be considered very offensive to some. The social media trends of Gen Z do vary depending on what section of the internet you voyage on, but some of the more recent social media trends from Zoomers include joking about slavery through the hashtag, #IfSlaveryWereAChoice in response to Kanye West’s controversial comments, and joking about a hypothetical WW3 in response to the assassination of Iranian general Qasem Soleimani. Many members of older generations such as Millennials and Gen X like to chide Zoomers’ sense of humor because much of it is, in fact, absurd. Keyword: politics, because like many other facets of life, our jokes reflect the current state of affairs in the world. that is copied (often with slight variations) and spread rapidly by Internet users.” Meme culture refers to the politics surrounding memes. Gen Z is also notoriously known as being the progenitors of “meme culture.” A meme is defined as, “a humorous image, video, piece of text, etc. Generation Z, also known as the Zoomers, are the current generation of teenagers and young adults.