Oppressed Black Friend Crosses River

Text on the meme

I WILL HELP YOU CROSS THE RIVER, MY OPPRESSED, BLACK FRIEND

What it means

A smug green frog offers to help his oppressed black friend cross a river, but the black friend is revealed to be a scorpion riding on the frog’s back. The joke plays on the frog-and-scorpion fable and the frog’s absurdly patronizing wording. EN: A smug green frog offers to help his oppressed black friend cross a river, but the black friend is revealed to be a scorpion riding on the frog’s back. The joke plays on the frog-and-scorpion fable and the frog’s absurdly patronizing wording.

Objects

green frog / зелёная лягушка scorpion / скорпион river / река water / вода reeds / камыши pond plants / водные растения speech bubble / речевой пузырь water ripples / круги на воде purple worm on frog’s head / фиолетовый червяк на голове лягушки