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Just Finding Out, Racism Is Quite Popular refers to a YouTube thumbnail turned into an image macro and reaction image meme on Twitter / X and Facebook. The original video was uploaded by YouTuber Aisha Rae in mid-March 2025, going viral shortly after on social media, often used in discussions about racism as a reply.

Origin

On March 20th, 2025, YouTuber^[1] Aisha Rae posted a video about her outing at a flea market in New York City, delving into a xenophobic moment she witnessed. The video is satirically titled "Just finding out, racism is quite popular," which amassed over 91,000 views and 7,800 likes in a week.

Spread

Following the viral spread of the screenshot, it gained virality as an image macro and a reaction meme to comment on racist interactions that netizens had recently experienced.

For instance, on March 25th, 2025, X^[2] user @hyeyunie posted Aisha Rae's YouTube thumbnail video, writing, "Talking to a coworker feels like this." The post (seen below) amassed over 7 million views and 422,000 likes in five days.

On March 27th, 2025, the Facebook^[3] page Screenshots With or Without Context shared Aisha Rae's thumbnail meme (seen below), amassing more than 335 likes and 58 shares in three days.

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