Why does Alabama have niggers and California have earthquakes? / California got first pick.
A Racist Dog post.
A yellow Labrador in thin, rimless reading glasses, on a blue and grey colour wheel. It's one of the advice-animal templates from the early 2010s; where the photo came from isn't known. The dog looks like a retired accountant reviewing your tax return. The captions are a different matter: Racist Dog is the template people used for racist jokes - the old two-line kind with a setup on top and a stereotype as the punchline at the bottom. A lot of the posts come with their own excuse built in, the classic "it's not racist if it's true". The dog, peering over his glasses, is apparently the voice of that uncle at the family dinner everyone tries not to sit next to. The meme is a snapshot of an era of advice animals that hasn't aged well. The dog, to be clear, is innocent. He was just wearing glasses. **Why it caught on:** it gave edgy jokes a cute mascot, which made them feel like less than they were.