From girls dancing to voicemails left by their sh*tty exes to meme-ing the PSATs, there seems to be a TikTok challenge for everything. For one of the latest, teens are wiping their fingers under their noses and giving a thumbs down afterward.
But many are pointing out that they seem to be either knowingly or unknowingly throwing up a gang sign.
https://twitter.com/FLAWLESSLEXO/status/1184236597673259008
https://twitter.com/VideosCryptic/status/1183606585404416000
https://twitter.com/sadskronniee/status/1184654285574942720
https://twitter.com/MariBePompon/status/1184923455713464320
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXenG-YnQRs
“Natural selection,” one Twitter user joked, before clarifying that the motion is actually a gang sign used by the Bloods gang and “many have died behind this.”
“if u do that tik tok slatt thing in certain areas in public UR GONNA GET SHOT STOP IT,” another cautioned.
And it’s not just the teens doing it. The challenge seemed to make its way into a school where faculty members were seen doing it.
https://twitter.com/izzyjaxon/status/1185272470141575170
https://twitter.com/mxmx_mv/status/1185507046986309634
https://twitter.com/ShaneAppling/status/1184191222107312128
https://twitter.com/shadowhillgrant/status/1184596432671526912
https://twitter.com/MuvaMimi/status/1184290263931506698
https://twitter.com/nysfat/status/1184771954873655296
The videos are being captioned and called slatt and/or slime. Young Thug popularized the terms through his music, and the two are heavily associated with him. So, hopefully, TikTokkers just think they are doing some Young Thug challenge.
And, while many argue the sign is affiliated with the Bloods gang, the Daily Dot could not find any explicit evidence of such.
“I swear if I see one more 90 pound white girl on TikTok throwing gang signs imma stick a toothpick under my toenail and kick a wall,” one person tweeted.
https://twitter.com/usa_depressed/status/1185312701439975425
the slatt/slime trend is really crazy because thats a gang sign. that is slang used by real life killers. its not some cute text decoration or funny tiktok trend you can die over that shit. real life.
— Zongeh Le Fey (@zongehhh) October 16, 2019
lit rally the “trend” on tiktok of yt kids throwing up blood gang signs is yet another example of white people knowing their privilege and being brazen enough to do something for fun that ordinarily could possibly get a black person killed or incarcerated
— rama (@YVNGPONYO) October 16, 2019
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