• LePoisson@lemmy.worldEnglish
      18·
      17 hours ago

      It’s a bunch of jokes for our viewing pleasure? At least I think that’s what’s with them.

      • nullroot@lemmy.worldEnglish
        91·
        16 hours ago

        Okay so it’s just a bit I guess. It is silly but I’ve been kinda struggling to enjoy them… I guess it’s something to do with the real-ish format. Idk, probably just some tism on my part

    • funkless_eck@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      2619·
      19 hours ago

      a meme that I personally would have suspicions about it’s origin considering it paints a black academic woman in a bad light.

      • bleistift2@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        263·
        17 hours ago

        This is the first time we get a face to the name “Faith”. These emails are obviously jokes. That you’re spinning this into a race issue tells more about you than OP.

        • funkless_eck@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          85·
          16 hours ago

          No it isn’t. See my other reply, she was the one who originally broke the story of her masters thesis being rejected because she mentioned her boyfriend, publically on her tiktok profile which shows her face.

          I still question the motives behind the original author.

      • Phineaz@feddit.orgEnglish
        10·
        17 hours ago

        All characters are, as far as I am aware, Kenyan. I find it very weird that you consider the skin colour of faith to be a sign of anything.

        • funkless_eck@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          8·
          16 hours ago

          Well I decided to look into it a bit. It seems like the original Faith ran into trouble for dedicating her Masters thesis to her boyfriend.

          I cannot find the OP amongst that particular story which was reported on a lot of low-effort quasi-journalistic outlets (think Buzzfeed but less well known).

          Might it be the case these are copycat meme creators who are creating these memes to capitalize on a trend/news event and are impersonating the original author for - at best a laugh, at worse for an ulterior motive?

          I don’t think it’s “weird” to question these motives. I think its perfectly reasonable to suggest that this anonymous screenshot should be subject to critical thought.