African Hat Meme Craze: Exploring its Impact
The “African hat meme” is often associated with the Hotep Kufi Exploitables. This meme features an exploitable image of a multicolored brimless cap known as a “kufi,” worn by men throughout Africa and is sometimes used to represent performative progressiveness, faux wokeness, or authority on issues regarding African American history.
The hat is often superimposed on the heads of various people and characters to present them as such. The meme has been popular on platforms like Black Twitter and is a symbol of Afrocentrism and the African diaspora. The meme is not limited to a specific image and has been widely shared and modified on various social media platforms.
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Hotep Hat
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