Isobel van Hagen is the culture fellow at Newsweek. Before that, she worked at the ACLU, and at Newsday for their editorial section. She is also an editor at the Center for Feminist Foreign Policy.

What does ‘some of y’all lack’ mean? The exact meaning of the meme isn’t entirely known—which is part of its success as a viral moment and adds to its intrigue and humorousness.

In the last few weeks, a clipart photo of what appears to be a high school cafeteria ... about a version of the meme that showed different YouTube stars. “DID YALL REALLY HAVE TO PUT QUEEN ...

In case you want to revisit the dilemma of which lunch table to sit at in a school cafeteria, there’s now a meme for that. Meet the “Where y’all sitting?” meme, which asks you to consider ...

“Nothinglikeyallcore” is, well, nothing like the rest of the “-core” memes. TikTok users are tagging uploads “nothing like y’all core” as they deconstruct a basic meme or premise into something ...

And even if that is just a mere coincidence, it wouldn't be surprising if Buddy got inspiration for "Black" from the magnificent scene in CB4 that birthed the "I'm Black, Y'all" meme.