Why The 'Race Card' Is Played

The term meme was coined by Richard Dawkins in 1976 as a way to explain how cultural information spreads and meme culture began to emerge in the 1980s as people frequented early internet forums such as Usenet. #meme #memes #socialmedia There are two central attributes of internet memes: creative reproduction of materials and intertextuality. Creative reproduction refers to “parodies, remixes, or mashups,” and include notable examples such as “Hitler’s Downfall Parodies,” and “Nyan Cat,” among others. Intertextuality is demonstrated in example of a collision of Korean culture "Gangnam style" and “binders full of women,” a 2012 Mitt Romney presidential debate's assertion, in Psy’s meme with “my binders full of women” written on it. This indexes intertextual practices in political and cultural discourses of two nations. https://www.whytheracecardisplayed.com