his criminal trial.

Who is that supposed to be?

That is who they are directing that at (although the oldest "Gen Alpha" still has about 4 years until they can vote - which would be the 2028 election).

...and the campaign's original text message is much more subtle than when the words are printed out because it is after all a meme they used.

Directed at anyone who may follow or be influenced by RW rappers. Kanye, Ice Cube, Snoop Dogg. All cozying up to the Fat Don because: ?tax breaks? Handouts from billionaires?

(something sort of started by the youngest Millennials) tend to "express themselves" through static memes, although more recently through TikTok shorts. My youngest nieces and nephews send me short TikTok videos (that I usually can't open since I don't have an account) to use as an "analogy" to comment on some situation.

...and I'm glad they're reaching out to the younger voters using messaging that they are comfortable with.

In any case, Go Joe!!! 🌊 !!!

Especially that he is being portrayed as black in a way that seems to pick up on the theme of black men as criminal defendants.

Maybe people recognizes the person and maybe there is a rational reason for using a black man sleeping in court. But not everyone is in the know - and it feels off, in a negative way, to me.

They are very "visual" and as long as it expresses their sentiment at the moment, it is fair game.

but they are NOT "Millennials or GenZs". They seem fuddy duddy GenX and probably don't "get it" either.

Using two race-connected stereotypes (sleepy/lazy and criminal) as an insult is not cool. Anti-racism work is not limited to fuddy-duddys. Most of the people I know engaged in it are in their 20s and 30s.

that younger generation is more "woke" (their older Millennial siblings coined the slang use of the term) than the older generations.

They are able to separate out a "meme" from "reality" despite using "memes" to attempt to describe their moods.

WE both know how that "appears" based on the use in our past lives, but they don't have that past experience and have seen huge strides in depictions and acceptance of diversity (despite the continual setbacks) that we never saw at their age.