A Twitter user's response to a trending challenge has the timeline going crazy.
Folks on the Twitterverse are posting throwback pictures of themselves next to current ones.
Artist and Temple University graduate Chan Cozy put his own spin on it when he casually dropped a picture of himself being held as a baby by none other than Rosa Parks, alongside a current photo of himself. Chan posted the flick as if it was no big deal that he was in the arms of a civil rights icon.
Lil Chan vs Big Chan pic.twitter.com/P0BltGh8l6
— Chan Cozy (@lovechvn) November 19, 2019
The casual flex had people shook to the core, questioning how he ended up in a photo with Ms. Parks.
is that…. https://t.co/sIsw1Dd1ds
pic.twitter.com/SiMPlN4C76— ᶠᶤᶰᵉˢˢᵉ (@tajeslay_) November 19, 2019
Why is he not answering no body?? Is Ms. Rosa yo grandma or not? https://t.co/ReJ3mUn5rk
— B ???? (@Brand0x4) November 19, 2019
IS THAT MS ROSA PARKS???????? pic.twitter.com/vKbUdYI2TD
— ????????????:) (@notmeklit) November 19, 2019
???? What in the black history…..
— Lauren Dupreé (@lvd413) November 19, 2019
But the audacity of the casual nature of the post is what really had some shook.
So you just going to pretend like Rosa Parks ain’t holding you? https://t.co/lADtkNFx0v
— September12th???? (@MykeshiaFairley) November 19, 2019
Maaan if I was related to Rosa Parks, y’all wouldn’t hear the end of it???? “y’all know that’s my cousin right” https://t.co/19DwucT09V
— Huntaa???????? (@huntersempire) November 19, 2019
If I had a baby pic with Rosa, I’m tossing that mf around like a gold black card.
— Ish???? (@itsTOO_EZ) November 19, 2019
So you were just gonna flex on all of us and expect us not to ask questions? He causally pops out with a photo with him & THE Rosa Parks like … I- pic.twitter.com/IF5FoF5RMW
— messengerk???? (@katlynshanice) November 19, 2019
Chan finally replied, after thousands of retweets, that the civil rights activist is, in fact, his cousin.
She’s my big cousin
— Chan Cozy (@lovechvn) November 19, 2019
One Twitter user pointed out that the picture proves the civil rights movement really wasn’t as long ago as we may think.
A reminder that the Civil Rights movement wasn’t actually that long ago. That lady is Rosa Parks. THE Rosa Parks. https://t.co/lZoPOCUJMf
— ????Aunt Wobble Gobble ???? (@NamjoonsBeach) November 19, 2019
The original post even sparked some family reunions, with a few other Twitter users pointing out that they, too, are related to Ms. Parks.
Rosa parks my cousin too! pic.twitter.com/10SLCGFSWe
— Kevin † (@TheRealKCross) November 19, 2019
I don’t have any pictures with her anymore but I have some of my grandmother and my aunts and my mom with her pic.twitter.com/0cwo4CTMwo
— ☥Jae Dinero????☥ (@jaetheegoddesss) November 19, 2019
BRB, going to go check our family photo albums.
