A new trend is buzzing on Black Twitter. Earlier this week Twitter users took modern photos and memes and made up fake family stories as a joke. After a user did this to one of Halle Berry’s photos, calling the picture “a rare photo of my grandma in 1964,” she playfully retweeted back “Um…”
— Halle Berry (@halleberry) April 6, 2021
Berry is clearly taking this trend in jest, and she’s not alone. Comedia David Alan Grier commented under her retweet, “Jus disrespectful,” with a straight-faced emoji.
After a Twitter user explained to him that it was a new social media trend and meant in no way to be disrespectful, Grier let them know that he was only poking fun.
“You’re reading too much into frivolous comments,” he wrote back.
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For days now, social media users have taken pictures of Future, Quavo, Cuba Gooding Jr., and dozens of other celebrities and meme stars to make the hilarious “historical” memes.
My grandfather under the custody of French officers (Algeria, 1946) pic.twitter.com/eyAlKbxAhP
— A (@aIgerienne) April 5, 2021
My great grandma being rescued after the titanic hit the iceberg 1912 pic.twitter.com/FR2zTwSmZG
— Rinconeño (@fuckmigueI) April 6, 2021
Well this was her grandma and mine on their way to the club in 1975. pic.twitter.com/UuKhtqF7Pg
— Keka Araújo (@KAraujoNWT) April 6, 2021
One person tweeted a black-and-white meme of Jackie Christie of Basketball Wives sitting on a bus, writing “My great aunt witnessing Rosa Parks refuse to give up her seat in 1955.”
my great aunt witnessing Rosa Parks refuse to give up her seat in 1955
pic.twitter.com/nE9apBd1lg
— beat it, chick! (@lannadelnegro) April 7, 2021
My grandfather before speaking at civil rights conference in 1958 pic.twitter.com/m5UpoD7hvy
— vi’shawn (@MalikExMachina) April 6, 2021
Another person shared Keke Palmer’s viral “sorry to this man” video clip with the caption, “Archived footage of my Grandmother in 1969, being interrogated by the FBI and refusing to turn over members of the Black Panther Party.”
Archived footage of my Grandmother in 1969, being interrogated by the FBI and refusing to turn over members of the Black Panther Party. pic.twitter.com/xe4IB8LErj
— Clay10® ?? (@djordxc) April 7, 2021
My grandpa in 1950 when hair transplants were going wrong pic.twitter.com/Zv6gN35oFR
— İrem Erman (@iremerman) April 6, 2021
Angela Bassett burning her ex-husband’s car in Waiting To Exhale also made the cut, with someone joking, “Omg my grandma sent me another photo of my great aunt Shirley during the 1967 Detroit riots.”
Omg my grandma sent me another photo of my great aunt Shirley during the 1967 Detroit riots??? pic.twitter.com/goMedoIfaW
— No ? (@LadyOComedy) April 7, 2021
My great great grandmother in 1865 helping Harriet Tubman free slaves. pic.twitter.com/Qdh7AJioxK
— Gunz and butta, lil dumb mfs. (@mypenisisrubber) April 7, 2021
Black Twitter’s memes are truly unmatched.
