It's Okay To Be...

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It's Okay To Be… refers to a snowclone popular on Twitter in which a person says "It's okay to be" several different types of races, sexualities, gender expressions, etc., and ends with "but it's NOT okay" be something humorous, often a fandom-related transgression.

Origin

The snowclone began spreading around the time of the It's Okay To Be White prank pulled by 4chan users. As the controversy spread on Twitter, the snowclone began spreading as users made posts saying it was okay to be any race. For example, one of the posts featuring text resembling the eventual snowclone was posted by@xolexieox^[1] on November 3rd, 2017 (shown below).

Lexie @xolexieox Follow It's okay to be white, black, Arab, Hispanic, Asian, female, male etc., it's okay to be yourself. It's okay to express. lts okay to speak. It's okay to be you. Don't let anyone else tell you it isn't okay to be you. You're all you have, have self-love and respect. 6:20 PM -3 Nov 2017

Spread

On November 27th, Twitter user @mathgrant^[2] posted a tweet which used the "It's okay to be X, it's okay to be Y, but it's NOT okay to be Z" that would become the standard for the snowclone (shown below).

Grant Fikes @mathgrant Follow It's okay to be white It's okay to be black. It's okay to be Asian. It's okay to be Hispanic. It's okay to be [insert other race here]. If one of these statements offends you and the others don't, then you're a racist. And it's not okay to be racist. 2:02 AM-27 Nov 2017

On January 14th, 2018, user @enssra^[3] uploaded the first known joke variation, gaining over 30 retweets and 90 likes (shown below, left). On the 17th, Twitter user @snsdmanager^[4] uploaded one of the popular variations, a variation about Korean pop band BTS that gained over 960 retweets and 550 likes (shown below, right).

The salty elitist @enssra Follow It's okay to be white It's okay to be black It's okay to be Asian It's okay to be Hispanic It's okay to be Native American It's okay to be female It's okay to be male It's okay to be gay It's okay to be straight It's okay to be YOUU Using a controller on a fps is f------ not. 1:48 PM-14 Jan 2018

이힛 @snsdmanager Follow It's ok to be white. It's ok to be black It's ok to be Asian. It's ok to be Hispanic It's ok to be female. t's ok to be male. It's ok to be gay. It's ok to be straight. It's ok to be YOU But it's NEVER okay to dislike Am I Wrong #iHeartAwards #BestFanArmy #BTSARMY @BTS twt

Various Examples

cya everyone! @saldadinno Follow It's never okay to be white. It's never okay to be black. It's never okay to be Asian. It's never okay to be Hispanic It's never okay to be female. t's never okay to be male. It's never okay to be YOU. It's only okay to be a gamer. 6:26 PM-16 Jan 2018

ABI GETS HERE IN 13 DAYS @mintyfreshkid Follow It's okay to be white. It's okay to be black. It's okay to be Asian It's okay to be Hispanic. It's okay to be female. It's okay to be male. It's okay to be gay. It's okay to be straight. It's okay to be YOU. It's NEVER okay to be a gamer 5:21 PM -17 Jan 2018

Ninten @ninten866 Follow Its okay to be white lts okay to be black lts okay to be Asian Its okay to be Hispanic Its okay to be Native American lts okay to be female lts okay to be male Its okay to be gay lts okay to be straight lts okay to be YOUU but it's never okay to post this meme because it's dumb 3:21 PM -17 Jan 2018

jaylin @mattyset3 Follow It's okay to be white It's okay to be black. It's okay to be Asian It's okay to be Hispanic. It's okay to be female. It's okay to be male. It's okay to be gay. It's okay to be straight. It's okay to be YOU But it's NEVER okay to dislike The 1975. 8:42 PM-17 Jan 2018

Widowmaker. @OverWidow Follow It's okay to be white It's okay to be black It's okay to be Asian It's okay to be Hispanic It's okay to be Native American It's okay to be female It's okay to be male It's okay to be gay It's okay to be straight It's okay to be YOU It's not ok to spam the Need Healing button. 8:55 AM-18 Jan 2018

DJ Heck @Colecperrine Follow It's okay to be white It's okay to be black. It's okay to be Asian. It's okay to be Hispanic It's okay to be Native American. It's okay to be gay. It's okay to be straight It's okay to be YOU It is NOT okay to post entire concerts on your Snapchat story 1:53 PM 18 Jan 2018

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External References

^[1] Twitter – @xolexieox

^[2] Twitter – @mathgrant

^[3] Twitter – @enssra

^[4] Twitter – @snsdmanager

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Youyou Meme

Jan 18, 2018 at 08:21PM EST

It’s ok to be white.
It’s ok to be black.
It’s ok to be Asian.
It’s ok to be Hispanic.
It’s ok to be female.
It’s ok to be male.
It’s ok to be gay.
It’s ok to be straight.
It’s ok to be YOU.

But things i don't like are not okay.

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