Race Swapping, sometimes spelled Raceswappingor Race-swapping, is aslangterm used online that revolves around the switching of a previously established character or person's race when portraying them in a media adaptation inconsistent with their original depiction. The trend, which started with modern remakes of movies and TV shows changing around previous characters, evolved into a meme format in which characters, even historical nonfiction ones, will be race swapped and attributed to a movie production studio for humorous effect (typically by making them absurd). It also sometimes includes changing inanimate objects or animals.
