Ugandan Knuckles isn't being used as a badge in the same way Pepe ultimately was by some, as a nod to white supremacism. But it's a controversial meme whose joke is wound up in racial stereotypes.

According to Know Your Meme, the root of the Knuckles portion of the phenomenon stems from YouTuber Gregzilla who published a review of Sonic Lost World to his channel in February 2017.

The Ugandan Knuckles meme, ... Soon, swarms of trolls were running around online, using Knuckles avatars and saying “Do you know de wey?”—a line from the movie—in a fake African accent.

Knuckles has been around since 1994’s Sonic the Hedgehog 3, but it wasn’t until February of 2017 that we were introduced to the version of the character that would become Ugandan Knuckles.

The cult of Ugandan Knuckles revolves around “the way,” and player run around asking each other “Do you know de way?” in caricature African accents. If this sounds racist, it’s because ...

Ugandan Knuckles didn’t start out as the Ugandan Knuckles meme; the character is inspired by a goofy caricature of the echidna, who first made his appearance in Sonic the Hedgehog 3.The weird ...

Sonic the Hedgehog’s Twitter account, always on the pulse of culture, has weighed in on the “Ugandan Knuckles” meme dominating certain corners of the internet. And, as it often does, Sonic ...

For now, the Ugandan Knuckles meme appears to be going strong. But memes generally have a short shelf life and it may be only a matter of time until VR chatters move on to the next hilarious and ...

The Knuckles meme has taken over among gamers, and now there's a Snapchat lens for it. Ugandan Knuckles derives from the character Knuckles The Echidna , which appeared in Sega’s Sonic the ...

How to get the Ugandan Knuckles Snapchat filter: Do you know da wae? Avinash Bhunjun. Published January 12, 2018 11:44am Updated December 12, 2019 4:42pm Share this with. Comments (Picture: Getty ...

According to Know Your Meme, the root of the Knuckles portion of the phenomenon stems from YouTuber Gregzilla who published a review of Sonic Lost World to his channel in February 2017.