Roses Are Red, I'm Black

DeShun Edwards Roses are red, Violets are blue, I’m black.

A school-style portrait of a smiling Black young man in a white shirt appears above a short poem: “Roses are red, Violets are blue, I’m black.” The joke is an absurd, blunt twist on the familiar romantic rhyme, using the final line as a deadpan reaction to emphasize his identity. It is shared as a humorous reaction to unexpectedly direct or awkward statements.

• @afrosidemoon / 13797 2019-06-01