AI Fakes Black Women Looting Walmart Because Real Racism Was Too Edgy
KEY POINTS
- •AI tools like OpenAI's Sora and Google's VEO 3 generate viral videos depicting Black women in hostile situations to drive engagement.
- •Experts like Rianna Walcott and Michael Huggins warn these videos fuel harmful stereotypes and misinformation ahead of election cycles.
- •Platforms respond with content policies and visible watermarks on AI media, citing incidents like disrespectful use of MLK Jr.'s likeness.
In 2025’s sequel to racial chaos, AI apps like OpenAI's Sora and Google's VEO 3 churn out viral videos featuring shouting Black women and distressed Walmart staffers being cram-jammed into ICE vans. These aren’t your grandma’s deepfakes; they’re outrage farming machines optimizing for clicks, not truth. Rianna Walcott of BCaT calls it 'anything for viewership,' while Color of Change's Michael Huggins warns this monkeypox of misinformation could shape elections through 2028. Facebook-level digital blackface 2.0, this trend fireworks social media cash incentives, weaponizes the 'welfare queen' stereotype during government shutdown-induced SNAP debates, despite most food stamps going to non-Hispanic whites. OpenAI’s Sora now slaps 'visible, moving watermarks,' and Google restricts hate speech—but when MLK Jr. was meme-mocked, even AI cried uncle. Janice Gassam Asare reminds us these viral circus acts have deep, serious stakes hidden behind their ‘LOL’ workflows.
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When AI opts for racist viral garbage over subtle misinformation, welcome to 2025’s digital dumpster fire—where the hands have 6 fingers and the lies have zero shame.
Apparently, the future of AI creativity is 'Black women angry at stores' with a cameo of ICE vans—because reality wasn’t weird enough.
Who knew government shutdown memes combined with digital blackface would become the TikTok version of a horror movie sequel no one asked for?
Source: Axios | Published: 12/27/2025 | Author: Josephine Walker
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