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Franchesca Ramsey is a graphic designer, comedian and video blogger whose YouTube video "S- - - White Girls Say ... to Black Girls" has gotten more than 5 million hits. Chescaleigh/YouTube hibernate caption

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Franchesca Ramsey is a graphic designer, comedian and video blogger whose YouTube video "Due south- - - White Girls Say ... to Black Girls" has gotten more 5 million hits.

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It'south non just "S- - - My Dad Says," anymore. A whole serial of video memes parody what, for instance, Asian girls sound like to Asian boys. Or what natural hair girls say to relaxed hair girls. At that place are even videos almost the stuff vegans, yogis and Canadians say.

With more than than five million hits, "S- - - White Girls Say ... to Black Girls" is quickly becoming one of the most popular of the video parodies, although not without quite a chip of controversy: Some critics are calling the creator a racist.

The video features 28-year-onetime graphic designer, comedian and video blogger Franchesca Ramsey, who tucks her well-coiffed dreadlocks under a long blond wig to imitate conversations between a white woman and her black friend.

In her alternative persona, Ramsey asks why she tin can't say the N-word and says, "Jews were slaves too; yous don't hear us complaining about it all the fourth dimension." She as well reaches out to touch on her friend's hair — over and once again. At one point, Ramsey says it kind of feels like Cheetos.

"I think information technology's funny because it'due south real and it's honest and it's giddy when information technology happens to yous," Ramsey tells Michele Martin, host of NPR's Tell Me More than. "Merely I call back it can be embarrassing for people to confront the fact that they might have crossed the line with some of their friends."

Ramsey says that the grapheme she portrays is based on an actual friend, just she's quick to note that she doesn't think people who've told her some of what she presents in her video are racist. Ramsey says, "I believe that maybe, they're just a little culturally sheltered."

She also points out that her video is no different from the others that generalize about the sorts of things girls, drunk girls, Jewish girls or gay men say.

"It does non represent anybody," Ramsey says. "This is my have on the meme."

The character she portrays seems astute in pointing out racism, but is less enlightened of her ain inappropriate comments. The parody ends with the blond-wigged Ramsey sitting in front of a figurer and asking, "Accept you seen this Due south- - - Black Girls Say video? [It'south] kinda racist."

Reverse Bigotry?

In addition to millions of views, Ramsey'due south video has gotten thousands of comments — more than 26,000 with more existence added constantly. While some laud her for dealing with big-- and nonetheless, incredibly personal-- problems in a mere two minute outburst, others find Ramsey's video offensive.

One claim that comes upwardly over and over once more in the comments is that a role reversal would exist considered hate and not humor.

Ramsey says that when people don't sympathise her video they say, "That'due south racist, because if a white girl was wearing an Afro wig, people would be really mad."

But for now, Ramsey, who's been making comedic videos for years, is pleased to accept gotten so much attention for her work. If YouTube "likes" are any sort of litmus exam, the video has more than than 45,000 of those, and only near three,000 dislikes.

And of course, the door is wide open for a "S- - - Black Girls Say to White Girls" video for anyone who is up for adding to the video meme.

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Source: https://www.npr.org/2012/01/12/145101169/stuff-white-girls-say-offensive-or-funny

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