Forget the fact he’s white. Why does she have a Jheri curl and why is he wearing vertical stripes?
It looks like a photo still from an episode of Different Strokes. Arnold's fat female classmate is having trouble finding a date for the school dance, so Arnold pays some white dude to date her with his lunch money.
Halfway through the episode, Mr. Drummond notices that Arnold is uncharacteristically eating lots of food at the dinner table.
"Arnold, I've noticed you've been eating a lot lately. What's going on?"
"Oh, nothing dad. *Insert snarky remark/laugh track from the audience* "