"White People When" Memes

"White People When" Memesrefers tomemesthat use thephrasal template"White people when X" in which the "X" is replaced with a stereotype about white people. Memes following the snowclone trended en masse in 2023, via GIF Captionsand video meme templates that portrayed the reaction of white people like White People at the Function,The Avengersfuneral scene and the White Woman Scream GIF, among others. Predominantly starting in December 2023,discourseabout whether or not "White People When" jokes were overdone or meaningless ensued on Twitter / Xand elsewhere, leading to parodies of the criticism.