About

Gingers Are Black refers to a viral TikTok video by user @scorpiostellyla1meramera in which she claims that all gingers (people with red hair) are Black, no matter their skin color. She elaborated on this in a second video, claiming all gingers are Black because Irish people are descendants of the Haitian deity Brigette Samedi (Maman Brigitte), also noting that Irish people were with Black people "on the plantation." The videos were posted in mid-May 2025 and inspired a meme trend in which ginger people play into the idea of being Black now.

Origin

On May 6th, 2025, TikToker^[1] @scorpiostellyla1meramera posted a video captioned "Gingers are Black" in which she "reminds" viewers that all gingers, despite their skin color, are Black, without explaining why that might be. The video garnered over 57 million views in six days.

On May 7th, the same TikToker^[2] posted a second video on the topic, garnering over 3.8 million views in five days. In this video, she starts by saying Irish people were beside Black people on the plantation. She then says that Irish people are descendants of the Haitian deity Brigette Samedi, also known as Maman Brigitte.^[3]

Spread

In mid-May 2025, following the release of @scorpiostellyla1meramera's TikToks that went viral, TikTokers began posting videos playing into the idea that gingers are Black.

For example, on May 9th, 2025, TikToker^[4] @adamunusual posted a video captioned, "ME AFTER FINDING OUT THAT ALL GINGAS ARE BLACK," in which he lip syncs to rap music and turns his hat sideways, garnering over 1.6 million views in three days.

On May 10th, TikToker^[5] @.akilha posted a video in which she talks about the idea of gingers being the "Black people of white people," claiming that she agrees with the premise and explaining her reasoning, garnering over 1.9 million views in two days.

On the same day, TikToker^[6] @casten_eldrich_blasts posted a comedy video in which he lays down some ground rules now that everyone is aware that gingers are Black, garnering over 921,000 views in two days.

On May 11th, 2025, TikToker^[7] @bout_that_life100 posted a video in which he claims that he's just learned that gingers are Black now and talks about how he's planning on changing his life because of this, garnering over 667,0000 views in a day.

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