The 'CEO of Racism' is an absurdist internet meme that rose to prominence in late 2019, primarily within ironic and 'okbuddyretard' style communities. It typically depicts a character—often a muscular man, a fictional character like Joe Swanson, or a stock photo—aggressively traveling to locate and 'fight' the personification of racism. The joke relies on the surreal and naive concept that racism is a corporation with a physical headquarters and a singular leader who can be defeated in a physical brawl. While the specific origins are debated, it evolved from various 'CEO of [Concept]' tropes, eventually becoming a staple of Gen Z anti-humor used to mock both sincere activism and genuine bigotry through sheer nonsense.