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White People Dancing, or “LOL White People”, refers to animated GIFs, or image macros, of white people dancing in an awkward fashion. They often have the text “white people” or “lol white people” overlaid.
Origin
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An early “white people dancing” GIFs was a looped clip of a family dancing taken from a Snuggie commercial. The original posting of this is currently unknown.
White People Stereotype
The joke fits into the “white people can’t dance” stereotype, that is called “white people’s disease” on Urban Dictionary:
The inability to maintain or play to a rhythm. To have an Awful Sense of rhythm. This term is based on two stereotypes at once, African americans have a good sense of rhythm and Caucasian people do not.1
This comparison is often used in the “White Dude, Black Dude” stand-up comedy trope.2
The single topic blog Stuff White People Like has a post on “Standing Still at Concerts”:
If you find yourself invited to a concert with a white person, do NOT expect to dance. Prepare yourself for three hours of standing reasonably still. It is also advised to get a beer or (if legal) a cigarette so you have something to do with your hands. Although it is acceptable to occasionally raise one hand and point just above the stage.
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External Links
1 Urban Dictionary – white people’s disease
2 TV Tropes – White Dude, Black Dude
3 Stuff White People Like – Standing Still at Concerts
4 TV Tropes – Acceptable Ethnic Targets
