"Me Or Black History Month?" Interview Girl / Korectiion

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About

The "Me Or Black History Month?" Interview Girl, also known as Iam Cleo or Korectiion, refers to an American Black woman on TikTok who conducts public street interviews in Walmart in which she asks men to choose between Black History Month or some other objectively important setting, concept or event (such as Christmas, Halloween or video games), essentially causing a humorous conflict in the men over how they can flirt with her, as well as give her the right answer. Her interview script followed in the footsteps of Black male TikToker Tyebaby (@tyebaby21) who started the concept in early 2022 and inspired the "Friday Night Funkin' or Black History Month?" video. As Korectiion became associated with the trend, many male TikTokers joked about how attractive she was, what they would say to her and how they could get interviewed by her by going to every Walmart and waiting.

Online History

TikToker^[1] Korectiion posted her first video on April 27th, 2022, gaining roughly 6,500 plays and over 120 likes in two years. Around the same time, she posted her first, still-accessible Instagram^[2] photo, gaining roughly 9,200 likes in two years. She first went viral for a TikTok^[3] uploaded on April 5th, 2021, gaining roughly 1.2 million plays and 224,800 likes in one year (shown below, left). On July 21st, 2022, she uploaded her first "Or Black History Month?" TikTok^[4] in which she asked a man, "Strips clubs or Black History Month." Over the course of five months, the TikTok received roughly 1.8 million plays and 205,600 likes (shown below, right).

Predecessor / TikToker Tyebaby

Prior to Korectiion's use of the "Or Black History Month?" interview style, TikToker Tyebaby (@tyebaby21) created the format when he uploaded a TikTok^[5] on March 22nd, 2022, in which he asked a stranger, "Women's rights or Black History Month?" Over the course of nine months, the TikTok received roughly 15.8 million plays and 2.6 million likes (shown below, left). Going into the remainder of 2022, TikToker Tyebaby cemented the interview style as a part of his channel, earning mass engagement as his expression in each video shifted to blank-faced, letting the person speak uninterrupted as well as making the situation more awkward (example shown below, right).

Online Presence

After TikToker Korectiion's July 2022 TikTok,^[3] she maintained a habit of "Or Black History Month?" interviews in which the awkward pressure apparent in the video was reliant on her attractiveness. For instance, on July 25th, 2022, she posted a TikTok^[6] in which the man answered "Strip clubs" over "Black History Month" and then proceeded to flirt with her, gaining roughly 6.5 million plays and 993,300 likes (shown below).

As her videos continued to go viral in late 2022, male creators on the app began making content that referenced her. For instance, on November 22nd, 2022, TikToker^[7] teezstaxx posted a video that essentially said he'd be a munch if he got stopped by her at Walmart, gaining roughly 1.3 million plays and 254,100 likes in two weeks (shown below).