![White Male Rage Melissa Villaseñor SNL Saturday Night Live skit Oscars Twitter hashtag started Joker Irishmen what is #whitemalerage](https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/mobile/000/032/600/Screen_Shot_2020-01-27_at_3.19.51_PM.jpg)
White Male Rage
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About
White Male Rage or #WhiteMaleRage refers to a Saturday Night Live sketch in which actor Melissa Villaseñor sings about the "white male rage" involved in the 2020 Oscar Nominated movies. The theme of the song then became a hashtag that began trending the next day in January 2020.
Origin
On January 26th, 2020, the Saturday Night Live Twitter [1]account tweeted a clip of the "Weekend Update" segment featuring Melissa Villaseñor with the caption, "@nbcsnl This year's Oscar nominee theme: 🎶 White Male Rage 🎶" which garnered over 48,900 likes and 9,200 retweets in a day. That day, they also upload the whole sketch to YouTube (shown below). The video gained over 692,200 views in a day.
Spread
On January 26th, 2020, Twitter users began spreading the hashtag #WhiteMaleRag to comment on the sketch or the idea. Twitter user @BadCrippIe[2] disapproved of the hashtag and tweeted, "In 10yrs time we will look back on tags/media like #WhiteMaleRage and wonder why the fuck society collectively decided that using another specific demographic as a punching bag was a good idea. The same demographic that commits suicide at the highest rate.. hell world" (shown below, left). The tweet gained over 3,400 likes and 500 retweets in a day. That same day, Twitter user @JRehling[3] tweeted, "If you're white and male and don't like being treated as a faceless part of a group, losing all your individuality, when someone talks or jokes about #WhiteMaleRage it could be a chance to understand that people in other groups may feel that way too when you stereotype them" (shown below, right).
![Hell World Jess+ @BadCripple In 10yrs time we will look back on tags/media like #WhiteMaleRage and wonder why the f--- society collectively decided that using another specific demographic as a punching bag was a good idea. The same demographic that commits suicide at the highest rate.. hell world 4:11 AM - Jan 26, 2020 - Twitter for iPhone](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/721/912/22d.png)
![Stereotype JRehling @JRehling If you're white and male and don't like being treated as a faceless part of a group, losing all your individuality, when someone talks or jokes about #WhiteMaleRage it could be a chance to understand that people in other groups may feel that way too when you stereotype them. 10:34 AM - Jan 26, 2020 - Twitter Web App](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/721/914/5a8.png)
That day, Twitter user @rob_sheridan[4] tweeted, "Nothing validates the #WhiteMaleRage hashtag more than a bunch of white dudes getting Mad Online that a Latina woman made fun of JOKER on a comedy show" (shown below). The tweet accumulated over 290 likes in a day.
![Validated Rob Sheridan @rob_sheridan Nothing validates the #WhiteMaleRage hashtag more than a bunch of white dudes getting Mad Online that a Latina woman made fun of JOKER on a comedy show. 11:20 AM - Jan 26, 2020 - Twitter Web App](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/721/913/32b.png)
Various Examples
![Still Mad halftime_hannah @Rev_H_CPA the ones who are still made about #WhiteMaleRage this morning #SNL TNN TRUN 9:26 AM - Jan 26, 2020 - Twitter for iPhone](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/721/916/f39.png)
![Whole Episode Joe Blevins @Joe A_Blevins Just realized that White Male Rage was the theme of this entire episode. #SNL 2:42 AM - Jan 26, 2020 - Twitter Web App](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/721/917/9d6.png)
![Example Christin Isobel @christinisobel Pictured below at a Trump rally: Pete Lúcido of Michigan - a retired attorney, former State Rep, and current State Senator whose ambition is to be governor on a platform of #whitemalerage. In the foreground is Michigan State Supreme Court Justice and enabler, David Viviano. RICA RIC KE 7:40 AM - Jan 26, 2020 · Twitter for IPad](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/721/918/b10.png)
![Woke Twitter Angry Philosopher On Drugs @OfficialAPOD Replying to @BadCripple It'd be funny if it wasn't to sadly predictable. Woke Twitter: Lol, these White Males rage so hard, let's troll them with a skit and the hashtag #WhiteMaleRage. Non Woke Twitter: Uhhhh wut? That's pretty f------ dumb, lol. Woke Twitter: OMG! Look at all the White Male Rage!!! 4:16 AM - Jan 26, 2020 - Twitter for iPhone](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/721/921/0bb.png)
![Not A F--- Given Woman In The Moon @SassyKadik Hey all you white males raging over #WhiteMaleRage. Not a f--- available for you. Nope, not one. 5:52 AM - Jan 26, 2020 - Twitter for Android](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/721/920/89e.png)
![Example PRESS THE RESET @PressResetEarth Is the #WhiteMaleRage hashtag targeting Antifa? Bernie bros? SJW's? Because those are the only white males I see with their panties in a bunch lately. 7:32 AM - Jan 26, 2020 - Twitter Web App](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/721/919/d80.png)
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