# The Exaggerated Swagger of a Black Teen GameSpot reviewer Jordan Ramée praised Miles Morales' character animations in his November 2020 review by saying they had the 'exaggerated swagger of a Black teen,' a line pulled out of context on Twitter the same day and used to accuse the reviewer of racism. Ramée is Black and his editor defended him, but the clip spread onto Instagram and TikTok anyway, where creators built image macros and rhyme edits around the phrase through mid-November 2020. ## Origin On November 6, 2020, GameSpot published Jordan Ramée's video review of Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales, in which Ramée discusses the character's Black and Puerto Rican background[1]. At the 2:58 mark, Ramée says the game's animations give Miles the 'exaggerated swagger of a Black teen'[1]. Within two weeks, that video drew around 245,000 views and 26,000 downvotes against 5,200 upvotes[5]. - **Platform:** YouTube (GameSpot review) / Twitter (viral spread) - **Creator:** Jordan Ramée (phrase author); earliest viral post by Twitter user @RenRenHa - **Date:** 2020 ## Overview Posts in this format usually pair the clipped audio or a transcribed quote with footage unrelated to Spider-Man, using the line as an absurd blanket description of any character or person moving on camera[4]. A common convention lifts the single sentence out of Ramée's review of Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales and leaves out the surrounding analysis of the character's Black and Puerto Rican heritage[5]. Image macro versions overlay the quote on screenshots or GameSpot's logo, making it look as if the publication had endorsed a strange racial generalization[5]. TikTok edits lean into shock humor, with creators adding rhymes or captioning random clips with the phrase for comic effect[4]. ## How to Use People typically clip the single sentence from the GameSpot review and paste it under footage of someone walking, dancing or gesturing on camera, letting the mismatch between the clinical analysis and the random subject do the comedic work[4]. Image macro versions often slap the quote over a GameSpot branded still as if it were an official pull quote[5]. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is The Exaggerated Swagger of a Black Teen? It is a quote from GameSpot reviewer Jordan Ramée's November 2020 video review of Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales that became a catchphrase after being clipped out of context[1]. ### Where did The Exaggerated Swagger of a Black Teen come from? Ramée said the line at the 2:58 mark of GameSpot's review on November 6, 2020, and Twitter user @RenRenHa posted the clip the same day with a 'wtf GameSpot??' caption, triggering the viral spread[2]. ### What does The Exaggerated Swagger of a Black Teen mean? In the review's full context, Ramée, who is Black, used it to describe Miles Morales' character animations as part of a wider discussion of Miles' Black and Puerto Rican identity, which GameSpot editor Alessandro Fillari emphasized in his defense[3]. ### How do you use The Exaggerated Swagger of a Black Teen? Creators typically paste the audio clip or quote over unrelated footage, or stamp it onto GameSpot screenshots as a fake pull quote, letting the stripped context carry the joke[4]. ### Is The Exaggerated Swagger of a Black Teen still popular? The clip saw heavy use through late 2020 on Twitter, Instagram and TikTok and is still referenced as a classic GameSpot review moment, with the original video still accumulating views[5]. ## References 1. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1sEskbVjm8]() 2. [https://x.com/i/status/1324723881563881474]() 3. [https://twitter.com/afillari/status/1324735543192645633]() 4. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQ2-H00ZyQs]() 5. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/the-exaggerated-swagger-of-a-black-teen]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/the-exaggerated-swagger-of-a-black-teen Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library